2014-02-17, 11:23
Hi everyone!
I have an issue with 2.0 vs. 5.1 Audio on my Mac. I'm currently running Gotham Nightly, but I had the same issues with Frodo 12.3. I just hoped they might have been solved with Gotham somehow.
I use a receiver with HDMI passtrough that will play almost anything. My TV however will play plain 2.0 only, it won't downmix to Stereo.
My solution so far (that I don't find satisfying and want to get rid of):
This is the best I could come up with. However, this is quite unsatisfying as you can imagine, not only because both profiles will eventually diverge when changing settings. Settings always have do be done in both profiles and so on...
I can't imagine I'm the only one with this problems, so I've tagged this post as feature request.
Here's what possible solutions could look like (maybe even a mix of them):
Well, if there already is a solution, I'd be happy to hear from it
Regards
I have an issue with 2.0 vs. 5.1 Audio on my Mac. I'm currently running Gotham Nightly, but I had the same issues with Frodo 12.3. I just hoped they might have been solved with Gotham somehow.
I use a receiver with HDMI passtrough that will play almost anything. My TV however will play plain 2.0 only, it won't downmix to Stereo.
My solution so far (that I don't find satisfying and want to get rid of):
- Create two user profiles, one for 5.1, one for 2.0
- Configure each profile accordingly
- To change audio sources, log out of one source and into the other
This is the best I could come up with. However, this is quite unsatisfying as you can imagine, not only because both profiles will eventually diverge when changing settings. Settings always have do be done in both profiles and so on...
I can't imagine I'm the only one with this problems, so I've tagged this post as feature request.
Here's what possible solutions could look like (maybe even a mix of them):
- Recode 1.0/2.0/2.1-Sources always to 2.0 and output Sources with more than 2/2.1 channels as passtrough
- Provide a quick-toggle for audio settings (e.g. like [T] for turning off and on subtitles)
Well, if there already is a solution, I'd be happy to hear from it
Regards