2015-06-06, 20:07
Config is a Win7 PC connected through a Sony HDMI amp to the TV. Sound is 5.1 and the amp is dolby digital/DTS capable.
Noticed recently that some media played back via Kodi wasn't sounding right - and it transpired that while I leave the PC on 24x7, the amp is turned off when not in use. When it comes back on, Win7 thinks the speaker configuration is Stereo again, so I have to set it to 5.1 (again) otherwise Kodi doesn't pass the DTS/DD5.1 through properly.
How best to fix that? I've enabled DTS/DD capable in Kodi (and told it the device is always explicitly the sony amp), but it appears that it's hamstrung by the windows configuration. If Win7 thinks it's only stereo speakers, then Kodi appears to blindly follow that - and win7 resets every time the amp device disappears/reappears.
Can this be forced via kodi somehow? Or can I get win7 to always reconnect the device with a 5.1 configuration ?
(edit; i know this is an age-old problem, just hoping someone has a fix by now! )
Ta
Noticed recently that some media played back via Kodi wasn't sounding right - and it transpired that while I leave the PC on 24x7, the amp is turned off when not in use. When it comes back on, Win7 thinks the speaker configuration is Stereo again, so I have to set it to 5.1 (again) otherwise Kodi doesn't pass the DTS/DD5.1 through properly.
How best to fix that? I've enabled DTS/DD capable in Kodi (and told it the device is always explicitly the sony amp), but it appears that it's hamstrung by the windows configuration. If Win7 thinks it's only stereo speakers, then Kodi appears to blindly follow that - and win7 resets every time the amp device disappears/reappears.
Can this be forced via kodi somehow? Or can I get win7 to always reconnect the device with a 5.1 configuration ?
(edit; i know this is an age-old problem, just hoping someone has a fix by now! )
Ta