2014-07-11, 17:17
I have an Intel NUC HTPC running Win7 SP1 Pro, x64.
It feeds our LG television via the HTPC's HDMI port.
Audio from the TV goes to an LG Sound Bar.
Links are provided up there, if anyone cares to learn more about anything.
If I go into Windows Media Center, there are no audio options, and "loud audio" comes from turning the volume up to about 15% or so.
By contrast, in XBMC, using the same media library, "loud audio" comes from turning the volume up to about 50% or more.
I've spent a number of hours trying to find the right combinations of audio inputs in the XBMC Settings.
I've been to the wiki on audio settings, but it does not tell me how I should find out what settings I need to pick:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Audio_settings
It only "defines" what each setting is.
All I know to do is use trial and error, but since there are a large number of combinations, I have not managed to "crack that code" yet.
Take the "Audio output device" (first one on the list above). It starts me off with 4 options.
The Sound Bar fed digital audio via fiber from the TV, and the TV's audio is disabled in it's onscreen menu.
I would naturally think that I would want "Enable passthrough" option, but I have had mixed results with this. Sometimes there is no audio at all, and often even when there is audio the XBMC GUI tells me I can not increase or decrease the volume when passthrough is enabled.
Does anyone understand how to select the audio that works the best?
It feeds our LG television via the HTPC's HDMI port.
Audio from the TV goes to an LG Sound Bar.
Links are provided up there, if anyone cares to learn more about anything.
If I go into Windows Media Center, there are no audio options, and "loud audio" comes from turning the volume up to about 15% or so.
By contrast, in XBMC, using the same media library, "loud audio" comes from turning the volume up to about 50% or more.
I've spent a number of hours trying to find the right combinations of audio inputs in the XBMC Settings.
I've been to the wiki on audio settings, but it does not tell me how I should find out what settings I need to pick:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Audio_settings
It only "defines" what each setting is.
All I know to do is use trial and error, but since there are a large number of combinations, I have not managed to "crack that code" yet.
Take the "Audio output device" (first one on the list above). It starts me off with 4 options.
The Sound Bar fed digital audio via fiber from the TV, and the TV's audio is disabled in it's onscreen menu.
I would naturally think that I would want "Enable passthrough" option, but I have had mixed results with this. Sometimes there is no audio at all, and often even when there is audio the XBMC GUI tells me I can not increase or decrease the volume when passthrough is enabled.
Does anyone understand how to select the audio that works the best?