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Hi. I'm trying to play some films with dts-hd sound in my pc, and i can't hear anything. My pc is connected to a home theater with spdif wire, and i'm using xbmc 12.1(Frodo). is it posible to play these audio tracks with frodo? i have also tried to play it with external programs like vlc media player, neither can i. Thank you for your help. Regards.
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SPDIF does not carry HD audio.
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Oooh! thank you for the answer. But can i convert this dts-hd into dts with any program before playing or that is imposible too?
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In xbmc unclick the option for dts-hd and xbmc will extract the core dts track.
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but in xbmc i can't select dts-hd option. When i play a video with this audio format, i can see it but i hear nothing. Regards.
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thank you for the information. I'll read and i'll try to learn more. Thank you again.
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Sidenote: S/PDIF does (AFAIK) not support more than AC3/DTS 6 channels (5.1). While the technology could support higher bandwidths, the implementations to protocol do not. There are some off-spec equipment out there - but these are mostly custom design, and very poorly supported.
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