[Warner306]

Hi guys!

I've been using Kodi (DSPlayer) for a very long time and really appreciate the hard work being done by the developers. Having Kodi with MadVR + LAV is just plain awesome.

QUESTION #1

However, I have run into a bug that only started occurring after I swapped my Marantz SR 5009 receiver for a B&W Panorama 2 soundbar. It seems that when I bitstream Dolby Digital (Plus) the audio delay is not applied. If I choose to transcode Dolby into LPCM the audio delay works as expected. This also happens with DTS, although only if I switch audio tracks. If the DTS track was selected when starting the video it works.

The built-in VideoPlayer does not show these issues. 

I noticed the changelog for the latest build mentions fixing an issue related to just this what I described, but it's that version that I'm currently using. I also tried the 32-bit version and older versions up to 17.2, but they all have this issue.

QUESTION #2

My B&W Soundbar unfortunately does not support transcoding DTS-HD or Dolby TrueHD, but apparently also does not support multi-channel LPCM (only stereo). I have contacted B&W about this issue, but have gotten no reply yet. Can someone tell me what is theoretically better: bitstream Dolby Digital Plus (640kbps) or downmix Dolby TrueHD into LPCM 2.0 with Dolby Pro Logic II encoding?

Thanks!

 Hard to tell what is going on. You could try another audio renderer like ReClock. Remember, it is only 32-bit. This would most likely be something to do with Sanear. The default audio renderer might also work. Although, it is not WASAPI exclusive. But that isn't important when using a soundbar.

For the second question, bitstreaming would be preferred. But use whatever works. You would have one less conversion, which is the better scenario.   

 Thanks, I will try out ReClock. What I forgot to mention is that I noticed when the audio delay is not applied, the taskbar icon of LAV audio is also not visible. It seems like the LAV Audio renderer is somehow not started or bypassed? Is LAV Audio still required if the audio is bitstreamed and not transcoded?  

 LAV Audio is part of the decoding, not rendering, process, so it is always used.