2012-07-03, 18:23
(2012-07-02, 18:09)djdcm0722 Wrote:(2012-07-02, 16:23)robo989 Wrote: Posted this in XBMCfreak's Frodo release thread and was suggested I post it here...
I've found a bug with outputting 5.1 FLAC decoded to 5.1 PCM over HDMI...
Output is 2 channel stereo, unless "output stereo sources to all speakers" is selected in the audio section of system settings. With this selected, it plays perfectly and outputs a 5.1 FLAC soundtrack to all speakers as it should.
Surely this selection box should simply be for duplicating a stereo signal to all speakers as it says, and 5.1 FLAC should be output as 5.1 regardless of this option.
Is this "normal"?
(nvidia GT430)
Hopefully this helps. I was having similar problems with AAC and 5.1 flac when my speaker config in windows was set to 2 channel. The only way it would work if i set the speaker config to 5.1. Only problem with that is 2 channel sources wouldn't work with Pro Logic and would output as multi channel. Setting the output in XBMC to WASAPI seemed to help as it would see what source the audio was and set my speaker config automatically. I no longer had to switch audio depending on the source.
Thanks for the reply mate, but I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 install as per this distribution so no option to select speaker config in OS...
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=134252
That's the thread where I originally posted the "problem". I'm not sure if it is a genuine problem on the audioengine side of things or a problem with that distribution, but a person there with a good number of posts advised me to post here...so...