[arickbro]

Dear all,

I'm having problem with my kodi 17 setup (libreelec), when selecting usb audio 5.1 ,
when playing 5.1 test sound , kodi only playing on front right, rear right and LFE .

it is working fine on kodi 15 (openelec) , all channel playing correctly , but not on kodi 17

Code:

airplay:~ # aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
    bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
    Default Audio Device
default:CARD=PSC805
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=PSC805
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PSC805,DEV=0
    Philips PSC805, USB Audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

please advise, I've been searching everywhere but cannot found any solutions

thanks and regards
Ari

[popcornmix]

Are you using the optical/spdif output?

[arickbro]

no, I'm using :
ALSAhilis PSC805(@CARD=PSC805,DEV=0)

I already set the number of channel to 5.1, same with the kodi 15, but still kodi only playing on front right, rear right and LFE .

[arickbro]

# speaker-test -D surround51SC805 -c 5 -t wav

speaker-test 1.1.4

Playback device is surround51SC805
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 5 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 96 to 87381
Period size range from 48 to 43690
Using max buffer size 87380
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 21845
was set buffer_size = 87380
0 - Front Left
4 - Front Center
1 - Front Right
3 - Side Right
2 - Side Left



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I only hear front right and side right