<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Harry Coin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hcoin@quietfountain.com">hcoin@quietfountain.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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My second mistake was setting the 'maximum channels' to 5.1. The correct choice for multichannel digital output is 'stereo'. Why that is correct when I actually want and have 5.1 output is confusing.<br>
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</blockquote></div>I'll do my best to answer this part from previous posts I've read. I think this only applies to analog out channels. When using digital audio, you only ever have 2 real channels, it's just that the format (AC3 or DTS) multiplexes the audio into 5.1 (6) or 6.1 (7) channels. I agree it's confusing on the surface and I'm not sure that expecting the average user to understand this is a good idea. I haven't messed with it lately but I know that there is often additional info on the bottom of the setup screens. I wonder if something to this affect could be added to clairify. I suppose another option would be to add the logic to Myth to have it make the right choice anyway since it must be set to 2 channels for digital audio.<br>
<br>Richard<br>