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2009-12-01, 20:17
(This post was last modified: 2009-12-01, 20:19 by monmon_4.)
I've been reading old threads here that discuss the Aspire Revo + XBMC Live and it's ability to play 5.1 audio through HDMI. Is this possible? It would really be a shame if it couldn't as I expected this to be a full media center solution
I can't seem to find an answer. And while we're on the subject, can the Revo also output 7.2 audio through HDMI?
Are these things enabled by default? A lot of people seemed to have problems with this in old threads but I'm hoping that maybe it was only a problem with old XBMC releases.
Thanks for the help.
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Yes, this is possible. I'm using the Acer Aspire Revo myself and im enjoying DD5.1 and DTS thru HDMI.
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This is great news. Can anyone else confirm this setup?
What settings are you using? Was it hard to configure?
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Not hard to configure at all. I installed XBMC Live by using a USB flash drive. You can find that guide on this forum somewhere im sure.
It pretty much worked out of the box, to be honest with you. Only thing i had to do was put "hdmi" as audio output and throughput in the audio options.
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Having just ordered and built 10 Revo 1600's I can tell you it absolutely can do 5.1 (and I suspect 7.1 but didn't try this) via HDMI.
The caveat I'll give you is another issue I bumped into that has nothing to do with the Revo - if you go XBMC -->TV-->Receiver like I am (my receiver doesn't have HDMI so I'm using the optical toslink on my TV), then you'll have issues with getting DD / DTS.
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Is there any info on when ALSA plans to release support?
It sounds like the revo is living up to expectations.