2012-03-02, 23:27
Great work on the bitstreaming of HD audio formats in xbmc. Just downloaded the patched binary and tested on my Fusion mobo (MSI E350IA-E45) on Win 7 using HDMI. All test files worked perfectly and lit up the relevant lights on my Onkyo SR875 - absolutely necessary when you invest all that money to "future proof" your home cinema
One anomaly though - when I use the WASAPI setting and play multichannel FLAC (PCM), each of the left and right rear channels (I have a 5.1 speaker config) maps to both left and right front speakers When using DirectSound, the channels are mapped ok. It's not xbmc causing an issue as I checked with Foobar on 16 bit or 24 bit and I get the same result on multichannel PCM. I only mention this as an aside in case anyone else is having similar issues. I'm using the 12-1 version of the AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers. Using the Realtek 2.67 HDMI drivers makes no difference.
One anomaly though - when I use the WASAPI setting and play multichannel FLAC (PCM), each of the left and right rear channels (I have a 5.1 speaker config) maps to both left and right front speakers When using DirectSound, the channels are mapped ok. It's not xbmc causing an issue as I checked with Foobar on 16 bit or 24 bit and I get the same result on multichannel PCM. I only mention this as an aside in case anyone else is having similar issues. I'm using the 12-1 version of the AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers. Using the Realtek 2.67 HDMI drivers makes no difference.