2012-03-03, 18:05
@HeresJohnny - would be easier lol but I'm not going to alter DanielaE's first post here - wrong to do and it's the best first post I've ever seen
@morevec - the link provided was to a request from a user for the source so he can upgrade his own build in the future.
Just to clarify: There are two out-of-the-box solutions for hd audio right now. The one this thread is focused on is DanielaE's patch, which I've been calling the HDAudio branch. I have pushed the combined (updated to RC2) files to my HDAudio GitHub branch for those wanting source files. In my opinion this is the best solution for DTS-MA/TrueHD support for most users, and is very stable.
The second is the AudioEngine (AE) branch, a project by gnif to re-write the whole audio system. This is much more drastic, but includes multi-platform support, 24bit audio, better MP3 quality along with DTS-MA/TrueHD. It is not as "complete" as Daniela's patch in terms of stability. The source with my mods is in my github under DDDamianAE branch. In my opinion this is for the best general audio quality and HD support but with potential teething issues.
There is a drop-down box for moving around to different branches.
I have posted installable versions of HDAudio and AE versions, both updated today in the downloads area of my git pages. If you want the latest of either of these builds both were uploaded today March 3rd.
Note that there will be no support for the AE branch here at all. If you want to try it go for it, but do not ask for support here - wrong place. Your guisettings.xml and advancedsettings.xml will both change going between versions as will your databases. No databases are harmed.
If you wish to try it here are some advancedsettings to play with for AE:
Again, no support for AE in this thread. Please do not ask questions or give comments here - there is a thread already and a new one will be started for testers when the time is right.
Hope that clarifies.
@morevec - the link provided was to a request from a user for the source so he can upgrade his own build in the future.
Just to clarify: There are two out-of-the-box solutions for hd audio right now. The one this thread is focused on is DanielaE's patch, which I've been calling the HDAudio branch. I have pushed the combined (updated to RC2) files to my HDAudio GitHub branch for those wanting source files. In my opinion this is the best solution for DTS-MA/TrueHD support for most users, and is very stable.
The second is the AudioEngine (AE) branch, a project by gnif to re-write the whole audio system. This is much more drastic, but includes multi-platform support, 24bit audio, better MP3 quality along with DTS-MA/TrueHD. It is not as "complete" as Daniela's patch in terms of stability. The source with my mods is in my github under DDDamianAE branch. In my opinion this is for the best general audio quality and HD support but with potential teething issues.
There is a drop-down box for moving around to different branches.
I have posted installable versions of HDAudio and AE versions, both updated today in the downloads area of my git pages. If you want the latest of either of these builds both were uploaded today March 3rd.
Note that there will be no support for the AE branch here at all. If you want to try it go for it, but do not ask for support here - wrong place. Your guisettings.xml and advancedsettings.xml will both change going between versions as will your databases. No databases are harmed.
If you wish to try it here are some advancedsettings to play with for AE:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<audio>
<resample>0</resample>
<forceDirectSound>0</forceDirectSound>
<transcodeto>0</transcodeto>
<audiophile>0</audiophile>
<allchannelstereo>0</allchannelstereo>
<audiosinksizesharedmsec>120</audiosinksizesharedmsec>
<audiosinksizeexclusivemsec>100</audiosinksizeexclusivemsec>
</audio>
<useddsfanart>true</useddsfanart>
<allowd3d9ex>false</allowd3d9ex>
</advancedsettings>
Again, no support for AE in this thread. Please do not ask questions or give comments here - there is a thread already and a new one will be started for testers when the time is right.
Hope that clarifies.