[mythtv-users] Dolby Digital Signal indicator on Receiver

[Phil Bridges]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:05 AM, dexter sl <dexterslmul at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, I have a Denon AVR-2700.  Right now my mythfrontend is hooked
> up via the optical connection from my Turtle Beach Riviera.  I get sound for
> my recordings, mythvideo, and mythdvd all through the SPDIF including 5.1
> apparently, and I get sound from my receiver just fine.
>
> Whats interesing is now that I am getting 5.1 to my surround sound system I
> see the Dolby "Pro Logic" indicator light up, I see the "DIGITAL" indicator
> light up and the "LOCK" green indicator light up, but I don't actually see
> the "Dolby Digital" red indicator light up.
>
> Now when the THX intro plays on movies from my mythfrontend, I here the
> sound moving through the speakers like I normally would when playing from a
> regular DVD player outputting Dolby Digital 5.1, with the exception that the
> "Dolby Digital" red indicator lights up when the 5.1 comes from a regular
> DVD player, but not when it comes from the mythfrontend.
>
> So, Dolby Digital appears to by working fine from my mythfrontend, I am just
> curious if anyone can explain why my "Dolby Digital" indicator might not
> light up even though I am hearing the 5.1 audio through my surround sound
> system.
>

Sounds like your frontend isn't sending out Dolby Digital, but instead
is sending out Dolby Pro-Logic over the S/PDIF connection.  What are
your frontend audio settings?