2016-02-03, 11:59
I recently bought a Harman Kardon 171s receiver and it can only output analog audio to Zone 2.
I just want to output the same audio to both zones for parties and this looked like the perfect solution.
It seems to be working fine for mp3 and flac audio but goes terribly out of sync when playing concerts in DTS. Since this patch starts a second instance of the audio engine I guess there is no way to sync the two streams?
Other things I have tried are HDMI to RCA converters but they only work for stereo. Running all the speakers in 7.1 and using 7 channel stereo, which works fine, but turning zone 2 off and manage the levels becomes a headache. The last thing I tried was to use the headphones out of my Samsung series 5 TV for analog, but as soon as the receiver is turned on all audio on the TV is disabled.
I realize that there is a way to do this with pulseaudio, but not if I want to use DTS/DD passtrough
I wanted to ask you guys If you see any better way of setting this up and if it was just a coincidence that my mp3/flac music was in sync and I will not be able to reproduce it consistently?
Thanks
I just want to output the same audio to both zones for parties and this looked like the perfect solution.
It seems to be working fine for mp3 and flac audio but goes terribly out of sync when playing concerts in DTS. Since this patch starts a second instance of the audio engine I guess there is no way to sync the two streams?
Other things I have tried are HDMI to RCA converters but they only work for stereo. Running all the speakers in 7.1 and using 7 channel stereo, which works fine, but turning zone 2 off and manage the levels becomes a headache. The last thing I tried was to use the headphones out of my Samsung series 5 TV for analog, but as soon as the receiver is turned on all audio on the TV is disabled.
I realize that there is a way to do this with pulseaudio, but not if I want to use DTS/DD passtrough
I wanted to ask you guys If you see any better way of setting this up and if it was just a coincidence that my mp3/flac music was in sync and I will not be able to reproduce it consistently?
Thanks