2013-10-06, 09:13
It might be the case for windows, but it's not the case for Linux and Mac OS X.
(2013-10-04, 12:09)twelvebore Wrote: What the hell are you rabbiting on about? Are you seriously saying that Microsoft, Intel and Apple are responsible for the fact that my Denon AVR won't play digital sources on it's Zone 2?Some Yamaha AVRs have a "Party Mode" which allows a digital source to play on Zone 2. I'm considering upgrading my Onkyo and may go with a Yamaha for that reason.
(2013-10-06, 11:04)Leopold Wrote: Some Yamaha AVRs have a "Party Mode" which allows a digital source to play on Zone 2. I'm considering upgrading my Onkyo and may go with a Yamaha for that reason.
(2013-10-15, 23:56)negge Wrote: Instead of whining on the developers to incorporate more features that very few people use (like external player support and audio CD ripping), why don't you all spend a few tens of dollars/euros on something like this:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=1...largeimage
Some of you (like OCDHD) have probably wasted time already writing in this thread worth more than this device.
To counter-argument any "why would I want to spend money on anything":
Case 1: You're that guy who's got a better-than-average AVR with a second zone. You have already spent money on a surround system and that separate set of speakers for the second zone. Bailing out because of a $40 dollar device at this point is just stupid.
Case 2: You're that guy with the S/PDIF only receiver who wants to sometimes have sound through the TV and sometimes through the AVR. Completely ignoring the fact that you can run the audio through your TV to your AVR (which would solve all your problems), buying a $40 dollar thing that you can hide behind your TV shelf is still cheaper than buying a new receiver.
Case 3: You're that guy who uses XBMC on his desktop, who sometimes wants to use the headphones instead of the speakers. I don't even know what the problem is here, just plug in the headphones in the headphone jack and that's where the audio will come from.
Case 4: You're that guy who has an older yet HDMI-enabled AVR which sadly lacks the capability to pass audio/video through to your TV when it itself is turned off. Tough luck I guess, if only there was some device that could split an HDMI signal into two...
Case 5: You're that guy who realized he wants two simultaneous audio outputs, searched around the web for a while, maybe stumbled upon this thread, realized it's not as easy as it sounds to do it in software and then decided to research alternative options, like getting a device similar to this $40 dollar thing. Good job sir!
(2013-10-28, 21:35)sjw1 Wrote: I'm not sure (m)any of the people looking for this functionality are also looking for perfect sync between the two streams.
All I am looking for is output to both HDMI and SPDIF simultaneously so I can either have the amp on and switch the TV volume down or the TV volume up and the amp switched off - without having to change anything in XBMC. Having them both on at the same time gives the 'echo' effect - but I never have them both on at the same time anyway.
(2013-10-15, 23:56)negge Wrote: Instead of whining on the developers to incorporate more features that very few people use (like external player support and audio CD ripping), why don't you all spend a few tens of dollars/euros on something like this:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=1...largeimage
Some of you (like OCDHD) have probably wasted time already writing in this thread worth more than this device.
To counter-argument any "why would I want to spend money on anything":
Case 1: You're that guy who's got a better-than-average AVR with a second zone. You have already spent money on a surround system and that separate set of speakers for the second zone. Bailing out because of a $40 dollar device at this point is just stupid.
Case 2: You're that guy with the S/PDIF only receiver who wants to sometimes have sound through the TV and sometimes through the AVR. Completely ignoring the fact that you can run the audio through your TV to your AVR (which would solve all your problems), buying a $40 dollar thing that you can hide behind your TV shelf is still cheaper than buying a new receiver.
Case 3: You're that guy who uses XBMC on his desktop, who sometimes wants to use the headphones instead of the speakers. I don't even know what the problem is here, just plug in the headphones in the headphone jack and that's where the audio will come from.
Case 4: You're that guy who has an older yet HDMI-enabled AVR which sadly lacks the capability to pass audio/video through to your TV when it itself is turned off. Tough luck I guess, if only there was some device that could split an HDMI signal into two...
Case 5: You're that guy who realized he wants two simultaneous audio outputs, searched around the web for a while, maybe stumbled upon this thread, realized it's not as easy as it sounds to do it in software and then decided to research alternative options, like getting a device similar to this $40 dollar thing. Good job sir!
(2013-12-31, 21:38)Leopold Wrote: I'm thinking of solving the dual audio problem with one of these:
http://dx.com/p/hdv-m612-hdmi-to-hdmi-au...ite-153709.
It would hopefully take the HDMI output from my Acer Revo and split it into analog stereo (for Onkyo AV zone 2) and the original HDMI signal (to Onkyo AV).
It also appears that I could power it from a spare USB port on the Revo.
Any ideas if this would work? Has anyone else used something like this?