2019-09-17, 19:23
I'm running Kodi 18 on Ubuntu Linux.
My media PC is connected to a Sony STR-DN1080 receiver with 5 speakers.
Everything seems to work fine. Multichannel audio streams (DD, DTS, Atmos etc) work great.
The problem is when I play 2 channel (stereo) videos.
Other stereo sources that go through the receiver (set to Dolby Digital) are processed by the receiver (similar to the older Pro Logic) so speech is coming from the center speaker and effects from the surround speakers etc.
But when playing from Kodi the speech is coming through all speakers.
Only if I change the system audio settings of Ubuntu to stereo does 2 channel playback from Kodi work as expected.
I've tried various different Kodi setting combinations but none seem to work as long as the Ubuntu system setting is set to surround.
Can someone explain what's going on, or how to fix it?
Thanks,
Marc
My media PC is connected to a Sony STR-DN1080 receiver with 5 speakers.
Everything seems to work fine. Multichannel audio streams (DD, DTS, Atmos etc) work great.
The problem is when I play 2 channel (stereo) videos.
Other stereo sources that go through the receiver (set to Dolby Digital) are processed by the receiver (similar to the older Pro Logic) so speech is coming from the center speaker and effects from the surround speakers etc.
But when playing from Kodi the speech is coming through all speakers.
Only if I change the system audio settings of Ubuntu to stereo does 2 channel playback from Kodi work as expected.
I've tried various different Kodi setting combinations but none seem to work as long as the Ubuntu system setting is set to surround.
Can someone explain what's going on, or how to fix it?
Thanks,
Marc
