2013-03-21, 17:12
just remove any edid files from your xorg.conf if any at all.
i think you might have the same issues with your new receiver.
the theory is as follows:
frodo (AE, older versions wheren't that smart
automatically detects receivers.
so far so good.
but some receivers pass through the edid of the display to your graphics card at a certain point in time (@ switch on of the display).
xbmc detects this and uses the audio edid of your display.
your display can't output DTS-HD MA, so it's edid info does not contain a valid DTS-HD MA section.
forcing your amp edid in xorg.conf does not work to fix this so far because as soon the display edid is pased through to your htpc by the receiver it will be used by xbmc (i'm still debugging this).
what brand of display have you got? it might be display related. my display sends new edid info every time the refresh rate changes also, so i loose MA audio as soon as xbmc syncs refresh rate, that's why set if to off for now.
a hardware fix would be to use a hdmi cable wihout E-DCC wires TO YOUR DISPLAY and force edid in xorg.conf (not tested; or you can cut pins 15 and 16 from the hdmi cable).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#DDC
i think you might have the same issues with your new receiver.
the theory is as follows:
frodo (AE, older versions wheren't that smart
automatically detects receivers.so far so good.
but some receivers pass through the edid of the display to your graphics card at a certain point in time (@ switch on of the display).
xbmc detects this and uses the audio edid of your display.
your display can't output DTS-HD MA, so it's edid info does not contain a valid DTS-HD MA section.
forcing your amp edid in xorg.conf does not work to fix this so far because as soon the display edid is pased through to your htpc by the receiver it will be used by xbmc (i'm still debugging this).
what brand of display have you got? it might be display related. my display sends new edid info every time the refresh rate changes also, so i loose MA audio as soon as xbmc syncs refresh rate, that's why set if to off for now.
a hardware fix would be to use a hdmi cable wihout E-DCC wires TO YOUR DISPLAY and force edid in xorg.conf (not tested; or you can cut pins 15 and 16 from the hdmi cable).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#DDC
