tulgeywood
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2011-01-20 07:03
Post: #1
After upgrading to 10.0 Dharma I am no longer getting correct speaker mapping for any of my files encoded in AAC 5.1 (previously I believe it just down mixed to stereo.) I get some soundtrack and surround noises but no center channel at all. I have been looking all over the forums and have seen a couple references to this but I have not been able to find a solution outside of telling XBMC that I have a stereo setup instead of surround, which is terribly inconvenient. Does anyone know of any way to get these files to play correctly? I am running a current gen mac mini over HDMI to an Onkyo TX-SR608. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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tulgeywood
Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 |
2011-01-22 05:19
Post: #2
Sorry to bump my own post but could really use some help on this one.
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interceptor121
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2011-01-22 14:41
Post: #3
AAC is real time converted to AC3 by dharma so you should use the same settings for passthrough
This definitely work with toslink am not sure about HMDI |
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tulgeywood
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2011-01-23 07:45
Post: #4
Thanks for the input. Does anyone know what the deal with HDMI is then?
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interceptor121
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2011-01-23 11:52
Post: #5
Set passthrough device to toslink even if you use HDMI and it should work
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Fredrik M
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2011-01-24 19:48
Post: #6
interceptor121 Wrote:Set passthrough device to toslink even if you use HDMI and it should work I have the same problem, where is the settings for Passtrough device? I'm using a late 2009 MacMini with a Denon AVR-4310, for audio i have a 3.5 mm to toslink cable and my audio settings in xbmc are as follows. Audio output Optical/Coax Speaker Configuration 7.1 Boost volume level on downmix Yes - Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver Yes - DTS capable receiver Yes Audio output device Built-in Output Any help will be appreciated. |
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tulgeywood
Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 |
2011-02-02 03:02
Post: #7
Changing to optical didn't do anything. Any other solutions out there? This problem is very annoying.
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WiteWulf
Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0 |
2011-02-19 21:50
Post: #8
Hi, I'm currently suffering similar problems with build 10.0-6 on iOS (Apple TV 2).
I've only come across one file in my library that's posing a problem at the moment. It's an mkv with a 5.1 AAC track on it. XBMC reports the correct format for the file in all it's dialogs but my amp only reports receiving a 2.0 stereo track. The left speaker seems to correctly output front-left but the right speaker seems to be outputting the centre channel. All other speakers are silent. I know the iOS release is still very much a work in progress but I'm having no issues whatsoever with other mkv files with AC3 or DTS tracks. |
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WiteWulf
Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0 |
2011-02-19 21:57
Post: #9
Heh, I spoke too soon! Looks like I found a fix loitering around the forums:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=675763&postcount=6 Set your audio output to Optical/Coax (even if you're using HDMI) and it transcodes multichannel AAC to AC3 for you. Just tested it on my system and it works a treat. Job's a good'un 
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EvilTofu
Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0 |
WiteWulf Wrote:Set your audio output to Optical/Coax This did the trick for me. Thanks for the help! |
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