Login at Kodi Home

Tony Davenport · 2012-06-04, 17:24

Keen to use my Mac mini to bitstream TrueHD and DTS-MA to my amp! When is this feature coming to the Mac version of XBMC? Even though it has been rolled into the the latest nighties for other OSes, OS X is marked as "pending".

Any ideas on what the problem is?

**gimli** · (This post was last modified: 2012-06-04, 18:48 by gimli.)

TrueHD and DTS-MA passthrough is not working on OSX. So a landing in XBMC is more than unlikley.

Tony Davenport · 2012-06-04, 19:17

That's sad to hear. I can understand it is a problem for some models of Mac - i.e. those without hardware support - but a great many do have hardware support for bit streaming HD codecs, so is it a limitation in the OS itself, or just in the drivers in OS X?

**Memphiz** · 2012-06-04, 22:26

OS limitation i guess ... see http://lists.apple.com/archives/coreaudi...00014.html

Tony Davenport · 2012-06-05, 10:38

I'm a bit puzzled by that link (and maybe I am missing something!) but if I go into Audio MIDI setup I can take SoundFlower (16 channel) as a source, set the input and output to 192kHz, and then assign eight of them into an octagonal speaker array. That seems to go against what the post says.

**Memphiz** · 2012-06-05, 11:57

You are talking about LPCM which is not bitstreaming. We support LPCM up to 7.1 on XBMC too.

Could you just believe us now or if not provide patches which proove us wrong? ^^

Tony Davenport · 2012-06-07, 11:38

Yes, the LPCM comment you make is true, but is the sarcasm really necessary?

You ask that I believe you, but what I am meant to believe? The xbmc news about the HD audio lists OS X support as "pending", implying it is possible, but two posts on here say it is essentially impossible, citing one post from someone talking about 10.6.3 (we are now on 10.7.3) and using terms like "i guess".

So on the basis I want to bitstream should I hang on or sell the Mac Mini and get a Linux box with suitable hardware (yes, I could install XBMCbuntu on the Mac Mini but it fails during install - tried three times)?

**Memphiz** · (This post was last modified: 2012-06-07, 12:47 by Memphiz.)

That news post was just missing some coordination behind the scenes (consultation between the platform devs). I know its missleading and i also have my problems with that now. (will try to ping someone who is allowed to edit that blog and clearing up the things).

If you want my personal opinion. If you want to bitstream HD Audio on OSX then XBMC is not the way you should go.

activate · 2012-06-07, 13:18

This maybe worth a read.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1383566/so-is-...-bitstream

**Memphiz** · 2012-06-07, 22:15

yep ... not a hardware limit, but a driver limit in osx...

ntropy · 2013-10-27, 15:15

Does Mavericks address this?

beemarp · 2013-10-27, 17:45

You guys should dual boot Ubuntu (if you're feeling adventurous). HD bitstreaming works out of the box.

ntropy · 2014-08-08, 17:45

Will Yosemite address this?

Glorious1 · 2014-08-08, 20:47

(2013-10-27, 15:15)ntropy Wrote: Does Mavericks address this?

(2014-08-08, 17:45)ntropy Wrote: Will Yosemite address this?

Ha ha! Man, that is patience and persistence!

**Memphiz** · 2014-08-09, 00:55

and the answer is no to both ...