[hacunha]

I have a AppleTV 1st Generation, with XMBC 10.0-rc2 r35567. I installed Crystal HD card yesterday and updated the XBMC using the Download menu, under Maintenance menu.
My AppleTV is connected to the LED TV by a HDMI cable.
Also my AppleTV is connected on a Onkyo receiver by an optical cable.
I would like to play mkv files, such as http://eztv.it/ep/17980/dexter-s04e12-72...-x264-red/.
The video playback is fine, also my receiver identifies the Doby Audio signal. But on the TV speakers I only get noises. I did select as the audio output coax/optical, Dolby(AC3) compatible receiver and dts.
I have tried also enabling and disabling AC3 passthru under Maintenance, Settings menu.

What else can I do to solve it?

At this moment I am putting the TV on mute and having the sound out over the receiver. Not sure if that will harm by TV speakers.

Any doubts on this?

Thanks!

[klaus1013-2]

Hi hacunha, I'm getting a similar problem, I've posted about it earlier this evening:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=91659

Where's the maintenance menu you refer to and do you know where in the default Dharma skin I can see the SVN version?

Thanks,

Nick

[interceptor121]

TVs cannot generally decode AC3/DTS sound so you need to put it on mute.
Why would you care about the sound from the tv when you have a DD/DTS receiver?
If you only have a Tv then XBMC should be set to analogue
This is normal

[hacunha]

TVs cannot generally decode AC3/DTS sound so you need to put it on mute.
Why would you care about the sound from the tv when you have a DD/DTS receiver?
If you only have a Tv then XBMC should be set to analogue
This is normal

Interceptor121, thanks for your reply.
The ideia with my post was:
1) Is there a way to configure XMBC to enable to watch those videos with out using my DD/DTS receiver, only using TV speakers? (I was able to do so using Boxee on AppleTV. But I am using XMBC, since I have a Crystal HD Card).

2) If I put my tv on mute and watch de videos using my DD/DTS receiver, will that harm the TV, speakers or audio circuits/boards?

Once again thanks.

[interceptor121]

1. You need to set the speakers to analogue before playing the video in settings
2. No that is fine

[dc@mac]

Hi,
I have the same Problem.
When I set the Audio to analog so I can use my TV-Speaker via HDMI connection, is it still possible to use DD/DTS via the optical cable to my Receiver? I do not want to switch my settings all day ....

I use the Receiver only to watch some Movies, but my TV-Speaker for TV-Shows.

DC

[bholio]

Hi,
I have the same Problem.
When I set the Audio to analog so I can use my TV-Speaker via HDMI connection, is it still possible to use DD/DTS via the optical cable to my Receiver? I do not want to switch my settings all day ....

I use the Receiver only to watch some Movies, but my TV-Speaker for TV-Shows.

DC

Same issue here, and I'd like to do the same thing. 2.0 analog over HDMI and 5.1 AC3/DTS over optical to receiver.