2014-07-11, 10:29
First post on here so go easy on me!
I purchased a Minix Neo8X-H android media box last week, I bought the more expensive H variant as it has Amlogic board that supports passthrough. Very impressed with the box apart from one thing, Dolby Digital 5.1 under XBMC.
I'll try and summarise where things currently stand. Minix NeoX8-H connected to TV via HDMI, X8-H connected to Kenwood AV Receiver via optical cable for surround sound.
Using a test file(which is in DTS format), I can successfully play from the the minix android home screen using both mxplayer and 4kplayer, both result in the amp outputting with 5.1 DTS. I can also play the same file within XBMC and again this results in in the amp outputting 5.1 DTS, therefore no issues with DTS, all working as expected. Great stuff
Now onto Dolby Digital........ :-(
I have tested several files and dvd rips all containing DD audio tracks. Playing any of these DD test files from the minix home screen results in the amp correctly detecting and playing back the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, this is the case for both MxPlayer and 4kplayer, this obviously proves the file is DD5.1 and that my amp is perfectly happy to detect this over the optical cable. Playing the same file from within xbmc results in the video being played but no audio, I have tried all manner of suggested settings within the 'Expert' section of the XBMC audio settings screen, trying every combination imaginable.
I hope the above steps confirm that from a test perspective I've covered everything logically to identify XBMC as the culprit. I have tried all kinds of source that contain dolby audio tracks and xbmc just refuses to output any sound whatsoever.
I have put this post together to demonstrate that I've tried to logically test things and try and isolate the 3 components (Amp, NeoX8-H, XMBC) to hopefully identify the culprit, with above test I've narrowed this down to XBMC not handling the DD5.1 and at this present moment I'm at a loss as to what else I can try so through I'd post on this XBMC forum in the hope that and XBMC expert can point me in the right direction. :-)
Any help gratefully received, many thanks in advance.
I purchased a Minix Neo8X-H android media box last week, I bought the more expensive H variant as it has Amlogic board that supports passthrough. Very impressed with the box apart from one thing, Dolby Digital 5.1 under XBMC.
I'll try and summarise where things currently stand. Minix NeoX8-H connected to TV via HDMI, X8-H connected to Kenwood AV Receiver via optical cable for surround sound.
Using a test file(which is in DTS format), I can successfully play from the the minix android home screen using both mxplayer and 4kplayer, both result in the amp outputting with 5.1 DTS. I can also play the same file within XBMC and again this results in in the amp outputting 5.1 DTS, therefore no issues with DTS, all working as expected. Great stuff
Now onto Dolby Digital........ :-(
I have tested several files and dvd rips all containing DD audio tracks. Playing any of these DD test files from the minix home screen results in the amp correctly detecting and playing back the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, this is the case for both MxPlayer and 4kplayer, this obviously proves the file is DD5.1 and that my amp is perfectly happy to detect this over the optical cable. Playing the same file from within xbmc results in the video being played but no audio, I have tried all manner of suggested settings within the 'Expert' section of the XBMC audio settings screen, trying every combination imaginable.
I hope the above steps confirm that from a test perspective I've covered everything logically to identify XBMC as the culprit. I have tried all kinds of source that contain dolby audio tracks and xbmc just refuses to output any sound whatsoever.
I have put this post together to demonstrate that I've tried to logically test things and try and isolate the 3 components (Amp, NeoX8-H, XMBC) to hopefully identify the culprit, with above test I've narrowed this down to XBMC not handling the DD5.1 and at this present moment I'm at a loss as to what else I can try so through I'd post on this XBMC forum in the hope that and XBMC expert can point me in the right direction. :-)
Any help gratefully received, many thanks in advance.