2014-01-19, 12:23
Have had a problem crop up recently, hopefully you might be able to help:
Normally I downmix any DTS, DTS-MA or other such format to my DD 5.1-capable speaker system by using passthrough and unselecting all formats besides DD 5.1 from the audio menu.
This setting has remained the same, but (I think since the latest monthly release of Gotham) it doesn't work anymore!
Dolby Digital passthrough still works fine if the source audio is AC3, but if it's not, I'm out of luck.
I can see that this is happening because I have an LED on the speakers which indicates when DD 5.1 is in use...before, it would light up when the downmix was active from a DTS source, but now all I get is the Dolby Prologic LED, which is (and sounds) inferior.
I have already upgraded to the latest nightly build (which according to the main site should be less buggy than the latest monthly build) and I have the latest drivers for the Intel HD graphics which control the HDMI output I'm using. The connection I've always used is HDMI from the PC into the HDMI input on my TV, then Optical-Out to the speakers (TEAC Powermax 2000). This worked beautifully up to now
I've tried both WASAPI and Directsound options in the Audio settings, with the same effect. My last remaining option is to downgrade to a previous monthly build that might work, but before I do that, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Normally I downmix any DTS, DTS-MA or other such format to my DD 5.1-capable speaker system by using passthrough and unselecting all formats besides DD 5.1 from the audio menu.
This setting has remained the same, but (I think since the latest monthly release of Gotham) it doesn't work anymore!
Dolby Digital passthrough still works fine if the source audio is AC3, but if it's not, I'm out of luck.
I can see that this is happening because I have an LED on the speakers which indicates when DD 5.1 is in use...before, it would light up when the downmix was active from a DTS source, but now all I get is the Dolby Prologic LED, which is (and sounds) inferior.
I have already upgraded to the latest nightly build (which according to the main site should be less buggy than the latest monthly build) and I have the latest drivers for the Intel HD graphics which control the HDMI output I'm using. The connection I've always used is HDMI from the PC into the HDMI input on my TV, then Optical-Out to the speakers (TEAC Powermax 2000). This worked beautifully up to now
I've tried both WASAPI and Directsound options in the Audio settings, with the same effect. My last remaining option is to downgrade to a previous monthly build that might work, but before I do that, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!