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2014-08-12, 01:27
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-12, 01:28 by macmus.)
I'm having issue with 5.1 surround on Win8 on I5 Intel Nuc.
I did test with XBMC and steam games. When I set in windows speaker configuration to 5.1 I receive on my AVR all 5.1 channels.
inpute: PCM 5.1
output: multichannel 5.1
The problem is that i do not hear surround speakers.. only the one I hear are in front.
When I use my laptop and do the same settings I can hear all 5 speakers in games steam games and XBMC..
Any idea what is going on ?
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2014-08-12, 04:30
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-12, 04:45 by macmus.)
in xbmc when i set to 5 speakers i have sound from back.. I do not get it in game though..
Somebody with intel i5 and AVR could test it for me ?
Please run any game in windows 8.1 with 5.1 configuration and please check if you have sound from rear speakers... It seems this is somehow not generated.
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The game still has to output 5 channels of sound. If it only outputs stereo that's all you will get.
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2014-08-12, 17:55
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-12, 18:04 by voip-ninja.)
I don't know that you would ever need to manually set the igp ram size in the EUFI.
How do you know your movie stuttering is caused by the LAN? Does the same problem happen if you play the movie from locally attached storage (USB drive, etc)?
Stuttering, if caused by the LAN would indicate that either your network source is not fast enough to keep up with the demands of streaming the movie, or that you have a faulty network connection. Network connection could be as simple as a bad cable on either your NAS/share PC or the NUC.
If it's not that (stutters when played from attached storage too) then it's likely a problem with your audio settings, etc. For example, if I boot my NUC before I boot my AVR, then the NUC does not know that it can do True-HD... if I play back a title with DTS-MA (which is most of them) it will stutter.
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Has anyone else updated to FW027?
Since doing so I am no longer able to power on via IR command. Anyone get this working? I might have to roll back to FW026.
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Well, this sucks. Even after going back to FW026 it is still not powering on. Intel must have changed something with the CIR in FW027 that survives even rollback of the BIOS version.
So those of you running OE might not want to update to this new BIOS.
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Maybe another install of Windows is necessary now?
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2014-08-12, 20:51
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-12, 20:52 by voip-ninja.)
I never have installed Windows on this box. Power on/off has been working fine with my Harmony remote which I believe uses the "power toggle" command. Testing shows that both power on and power toggle discrete IR commands both fail now.
Operating the NUC via IR once it is booted into OE is fine.
I really wish Intel would get their act together.
Humorously one of the bugs fixed in the release notes for this version is "fixed IR power on for OpenElec users". In my case power on had been working, this new firmware breaks it.