2012-06-03, 18:27
I have an file.ac3 file in 4.0 format (two front and two rear channels). Playing this file I can see the 'Dolby Digital' icon is reported in playing screen so its content is recognized. However, it seems to be mixed down to 2 channels instead using passthrough.
The passthrough itself is working fine for dts files (and they are reported as DTS icon in playing screen).
I still have <dvdplayerignoredtsinwav> in advancedsettings.xml (don't know if this is still needed, it comes from xbmc 10).
I noticed that changing the file extension from file.ac3 to file.dts makes it is not mixed down and it plays using passthrough.
So it looks like the passthrough is selected basing on file extension not by its content (well, at least not only).
Question is (if) how to assign ac3 file extension to be sent as passthrough and not mixed down?
The passthrough itself is working fine for dts files (and they are reported as DTS icon in playing screen).
I still have <dvdplayerignoredtsinwav> in advancedsettings.xml (don't know if this is still needed, it comes from xbmc 10).
I noticed that changing the file extension from file.ac3 to file.dts makes it is not mixed down and it plays using passthrough.
So it looks like the passthrough is selected basing on file extension not by its content (well, at least not only).
Question is (if) how to assign ac3 file extension to be sent as passthrough and not mixed down?