[Windows] AudioEngine testers - Windows platform only
(2012-05-12, 16:16)DDDamian Wrote: You cannot play uncompressed audio at 5.1 over spdif - it must be AC3 to do so. If you want 5.1 pcm over spdif pls add under <audio> in as.xml <transcodeto>ac3</transcodeto> - this will transcode your pcm stuff to AC3.
According to the contents of SoftAE.cpp, routine CSoftAE::LoadSettings(), the advanced setting is no longer used. If AC3passthrough is enabled, and the source is not an enabled passthrough type or > 2 channels, then transcoding to AC3 is automatically enabled for SPDIF and HDMI (when LPCM is disabled).

The apparent downside to this logic is that volume control and any filters (e.g. night mode) would not be applied to AC3 sources as it would be flagged as passthrough instead of decoded -> filters -> transcode.
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