2014-05-14, 13:27
I have a question regarding this box and/or XBMC:
I currently own a WDTV Live SMP media player box, which has been fine, apart from one significant limitation: It is unable to decode 5.1 AAC audio streams and output the audio as an uncompressed 5.1 PCM stream that my AV receiver can play. Instead, it downmixes the 5.1 AAC audio down to a stereo signal and outputs this as PCM, It can 'bitstream' the 5.1 AAC stream to the receiver, but hardly any AV receivers support the decoding of AAC audio, so this is no good for me.
So I'm wanting to replace the WDTV box with a unit that can decode 5.1 AAC audio and output it as 5.1 PCM - can the ATV1200 do this?
I currently own a WDTV Live SMP media player box, which has been fine, apart from one significant limitation: It is unable to decode 5.1 AAC audio streams and output the audio as an uncompressed 5.1 PCM stream that my AV receiver can play. Instead, it downmixes the 5.1 AAC audio down to a stereo signal and outputs this as PCM, It can 'bitstream' the 5.1 AAC stream to the receiver, but hardly any AV receivers support the decoding of AAC audio, so this is no good for me.
So I'm wanting to replace the WDTV box with a unit that can decode 5.1 AAC audio and output it as 5.1 PCM - can the ATV1200 do this?
