2012-03-07, 16:32
In order to show you my hardware audio setup I made a quick mockup of the audiochain I use (pictures say more than 1000 words, sometimes).
This setup gives me the chance to use two different amps with one pair of front speakers by selecting the preamp source with a switch connected between preamps and the stereo poweramp.
XBMC settings:
Audio output: hdmi
Speakers configuration: 2.0
Downmix: disabled
Receiver supports AC3, DTS (LPCM, DTS-HD, TrueHD not supported by my ION motherboard)
Audio Output Device: iec958
Digital audio device for passthrough: hdmi
Basically this is what I used to use during the last couple of years. Audio signals of movies used to be passed through hdmi straight to the avr while music playback was handled by the SPDIF outlet.
Btw. could you please shed some light into what "Speakers configuration" and "Audio output" exactly does? I never understood these two settings correctly. Maybe it's just some kind of misconception in the user interface.
P.S. I can confirm Airplay/Airtunes is not working right now while it does on the master branch.
This setup gives me the chance to use two different amps with one pair of front speakers by selecting the preamp source with a switch connected between preamps and the stereo poweramp.
XBMC settings:
Audio output: hdmi
Speakers configuration: 2.0
Downmix: disabled
Receiver supports AC3, DTS (LPCM, DTS-HD, TrueHD not supported by my ION motherboard)
Audio Output Device: iec958
Digital audio device for passthrough: hdmi
Basically this is what I used to use during the last couple of years. Audio signals of movies used to be passed through hdmi straight to the avr while music playback was handled by the SPDIF outlet.
Btw. could you please shed some light into what "Speakers configuration" and "Audio output" exactly does? I never understood these two settings correctly. Maybe it's just some kind of misconception in the user interface.
P.S. I can confirm Airplay/Airtunes is not working right now while it does on the master branch.