2019-12-21, 11:39
(2019-12-21, 06:13)crawfish Wrote:(2019-12-20, 17:39)Lei_Wulong Wrote: KAdvantage of Kodi decoding to PCM: When I skip forward/back, it keeps my AVR in 7.1 PCM rather than dropping the 7.1 output to Stereo and causing an audible click every time.
Thanks. So regarding my 2nd question I suppose the answer is: "HD audio passthrough cannot be properly implemented at the moment."
But I don't see any real problem with that. I mean by having HD-Audio decoded to PCM by Kodi I don't see much of a downside. My receiver would have done the same and I am pretty sure I would not hear the difference.
Disadvantage to Kodi decoding to PCM: Stereo sources are presented to my AVR as 7.1 PCM (still stereo, though), and I can't use my AVR's various expansion features Like Dolby Pro Logic IIx.
The advantage outweighs the disadvantage for me.
As for Kodi reversing the side/back channels, I only have 5.1 speakers, so I output 7.1 and let my AVR sort it out. People with 7.1 can have Kodi output 5.1, and that would be in their list of disadvantages.
Kodi won't upmix, besides you tell it. For me it sounds like you have set the configuration to 7.1 Fixed. That's not needed. Just disable Passthrough, Set kodi to Optimized and don't enable Upmix Stereo.