[mythtv-users] Not getting Dolby Prologic out of s/pdif

[Warren]

Matt wrote:
> On 3/15/06, Steve Skarda <steveskarda at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Make sure you have use video as timebase turned off in the playback
>> settings.   Having it checked will allow digital signals to work but AC3
>> passthrough won't.   Not sure if that is related to your problem or not.
>>     
>
> It is turned off.
>
> Let me just try to quickly sum up my issue:
>
> 1) I receive HDTV OTA ATSC signal via HD5000
> 2) The first audio track says it's AC3 5.1
> 3) Receiver set to "AFD" - Auto Format Decode
> 4) When it receives the signal, the LCD on the receiver doesn't do
> anything (doesn't say what kind of signal it is receiving" and I can
> hear noice out of my left and right channels, but never the full
> signal (missing voices, etc).
> 5) If I switch the receiver to "Normal Surround" I'll get the
> channels, but the receiver NEVER says it's decoding AC3.
> 6) If I play a Standard Def recording from my PVR250/500, the receiver
> will get the signal and say it's playing a PCM signal.
>
> I think I'm going to submit a ticket, but before I do that, what else
> should I do/try/troubleshoot?
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
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Have you tried saving the stream to the HD, extracting some of the audio
and using a program (headac3he?) to break apart the stream and see what
it is you are actually getting?  That would probably be better than all
of the guesswork going on here.  At least at that point you can know if
the problem is the capture or the playback.

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