2012-09-27, 05:33
(2012-09-27, 04:01)VanillaXtract Wrote: Also, if I play an AAC file with audio set to HDMI then my receiver sees a AAC 2.0 track. If I switch to optical out then the receiver gets a 5.1 file.
This is by design: if you have AAC-capable receiver deselected it will play as PCM over HDMI but transcode it to AC3 for optical connections. To get AAC 5.1 as PCM over HDMI you would also need to enable "Multichannel PCM capable receiver".