2010-06-01, 13:10
dlmh Wrote:Do you use bitstreaming for HD audio? If I remember correctly, only ATi/AMD HD5xxx videocards, Intel Core i3/i5 GPU's and some Auzentech and Asus cards support full bitstreaming of DTS-HD (MA) and Dolby TrueHD.
But I guess as long as WASAPI works, HD audio works as well?
Edit: forgive my ignorance. Just noticed that the Auzentech HD audio cards are actually the X-FI cards you mentioned, I thought that it was a Creative thing...
Edit2: ow... it actually is a Creative thing...
Auzentech basically are a bunch of engineers that got a license from Creative to use the 20K1(pci)/20K2(pcie) chipsets, so they perfected a lot of the design, basically the customizable AMPS,
Unfortunately I never said I was bitstreaming DTS-HD(MA) or Doldby TrueHD, basically I've setup XBMC to output the audio using WASAPI (X-FI SPDIF out) for DTS (regular, 1.5Mbps) and DD (regular, 640Kbps), which I think gets rid of the Windows SoundMixer... that's all
I have no clue about the HD formats, but from my understanding through a lot of reading, some ppl were able to get it working using the Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD or even the Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 (yet you have to use the latest PowerDVD player through XBMC somehow because only PowerDVD can bitstream the Audio HD formats (that I know of))
But let's stop it here, we don't want to hijack the thread and get off topic...