2009-02-20, 10:52
I'm having trouble with XBMC (and Boxee) playing media that has 5.1 dolby digital soundtracks. When I try and play such a video file (or a dvd) I get no sound at all whilst my receiver ackowledges its getting a 5.1 stream. So its like its getting a blank 5.1 audio stream.
In XBMC if I disable DTS in the audio setup I get audio but its stereo (rather than the 5.1). Why this is I don't quite understand as my receiver is a DTS one and the media files/dvds tried do not include DTS audio tracks.
Now its not a hardware or OS config issue as VLC and Plex both are able to play and give me 5.1 audio.
I'm all rather confused.
In XBMC if I disable DTS in the audio setup I get audio but its stereo (rather than the 5.1). Why this is I don't quite understand as my receiver is a DTS one and the media files/dvds tried do not include DTS audio tracks.
Now its not a hardware or OS config issue as VLC and Plex both are able to play and give me 5.1 audio.
I'm all rather confused.