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Thanks Meshuga,
That doesn't sound too far from the truth. It soudns like it isn't reconising the fact its a DD stream.
Does xbmc send anything to the receiver to tell it what to expect?
It is possible it is the fact its going through my tv's optical output as well, but it should all be simply passing a bitstream.
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I did consider this and have tried auto and dd, both to no avail!
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bkim
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After having similar problems with my ps3, I think the static might be a result of xbmc not properly bitstreaming. Is there any way to force bitstreaming in the guisettings?
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Tried optical straight into my receiver-one pop and then dd kicks in. Looks like those going through a tv are being recompressed into PCM. Which would return static noise.
Ordered a £6.50 optical to coax adapter - problem solved!
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keith
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Should we start talking about setups that do work to find a commonality?
OS: iOS 4.2.1 (4.1.1 system version)
Receiver: JVC RX-D412
Input: HDMI only
output to tv: HDMI
Works flawlessly. Sometimes when I turn on the TV (if video is still playing) it 'flaps' enables and disables DD sound fairly rapidly.
I have never used the Optical in, but it seems like a fair amt of people who have are having problems. I'll try to find my optical cable later and test it out.
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2011-02-03, 11:02
(This post was last modified: 2011-02-03, 12:01 by Kaiserlein.)
I had the same problem:
The problem with the clicking once or twice and then nothing is NOT the apple TV (most of the time) it is your Receiver !
After hours of trying I figured out, that the Apple TV does not send just DTS and AC3 but rather a bitsream some receivers can't decode.
So you need to go into settings of your receiver and tell it to wait for the triggersignal (in most cases for "input" you can try to set it on "auto") - DO NOT SET YOUR RECEIVER ON A CERTAIN KIND OF SIGNAL - just let it do its work when thrown an audio signal at it.
(with denon you can just press the "signal" button when on the right source -> flip it through until you see "auto" -> you're good to go)
Hope that helps