2015-03-22, 14:54
(2015-03-22, 14:50)Milhouse Wrote:(2015-03-22, 14:20)samburrows Wrote: Personally, if it hadn't have been for the ability to be finally able to access DTS / 5.1 sound content then I would be really disappointed with the device as it would have offered nothing over my previous Pi setup (in fact, being critical, it would have offered less).
@samburrows: I have to ask the obvious question, why couldn't you get DTS/5.1 surround content working with the Pi (over HDMI)?
Well that'a s tale of woe which probably isn't that helpful for this thread! My AV receiver hated my Raspberry Pi - it skewed the image off the screen, CEC didn't work and various other problems. It's a very good Onkyo receiver so was loathe to change a £500 piece of hardware to accommodate the needs of a £30 circuit board! Because of these issues, I resorted to a workaround - Pi plugged in to TV directly via HDMI and then TV to AV receiver via digital optical cable. It delivered a nice sound and ProLogic did a decent job of creating a surround ambience but impossible to get discrete 5.1 through that setup. I was always happy to live with the limitation until I found a new piece of hardware and Vero was earmarked to be the solution to that particular problem.