[mythtv-users] 0.23 and sound

Seth Daniel mythtv.org at sethdaniel.org
Sat Apr 3 09:00:30 UTC 2010


On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 06:17:36PM +1100, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 3 April 2010 17:49, Seth Daniel <mythtv.org at sethdaniel.org> wrote:
> > So the question: why do I need to upconvert to 5.1 to play music?  Is
> > this expected?  I'm a sound neophyte so don't overwhelm me with details.
> 
> Well, it shouldn't be required...
> 
> If in Stereo, MythTV would output PCM
> 
> If upconvert is selected it will output Dolby Digital 5.1

Is this true for TV sound as well?  In my TV sound settings I don't 
have upconvert checked and recordings with Stereo tracks play fine (as
do recordings with 5.1 tracks).


> It could be that your amplifier doesn't support PCM ; that would be
> surprising however.
> 
> But that you had the same issue with both 0.21 and 0.22 ; it sounds
> like the most likely thing.
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