2012-02-01, 13:09
wsnipex Wrote:Check the audio settings in xbmc. Make sure you have 5.1 set for the speaker config.
Do you use passthrough? HDMI or SPDIF?
If you don't have a external amp that can decode DTS and AC3 you need to disable passthrough. You might also need to set a custom output device for it to work.
Post the output of aplay -l and aplay -L in case you don't get it to work.
Thanks for your reply, i don't have access to the machine atm so will have to post this later.
I'm using SPDIF and my TV shows play through AC3 in 5.1 fine. It's just DTS audio that seems to break it and plays everything through 2.0. Only way i found to fix it was to re-install/configure the ALSA driver and removing pulse audio again.
I haven't tried setting up a custom output device though so this will be my next step when i get in tonight, is there a good how to to follow for this anywhere? I want to be sure i do this right and you guys here seem to be the experts