<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Allen Edwards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.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;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Michael T. Dean <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 06/01/2009 11:10 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Harry Coin wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> My second mistake was setting the 'maximum channels' to 5.1. The<br>
>>>> correct<br>
>>>> choice for multichannel digital output is 'stereo'. Why that is correct<br>
>>>> when I actually want and have 5.1 output is confusing.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'll do my best to answer this part from previous posts I've read. I<br>
>>> think<br>
>>> this only applies to analog out channels. When using digital audio, you<br>
>>> only<br>
>>> ever have 2 real channels, it's just that the format (AC3 or DTS)<br>
>>> multiplexes the audio into 5.1 (6) or 6.1 (7) channels. I agree it's<br>
>>> confusing on the surface and I'm not sure that expecting the average user<br>
>>> to<br>
>>> understand this is a good idea. I haven't messed with it lately but I<br>
>>> know<br>
>>> that there is often additional info on the bottom of the setup screens. I<br>
>>> wonder if something to this affect could be added to clairify. I suppose<br>
>>> another option would be to add the logic to Myth to have it make the<br>
>>> right<br>
>>> choice anyway since it must be set to 2 channels for digital audio.<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> The 5.1 option is broken and should never be selected. Read my wiki.<br>
><br>
> Better stated, the 5.1 option is meant for /analog/ output *only* as S/PDIF<br>
> is inherently 2-channel (or non-audio) and has no support for 5.1 channels<br>
> (AC-3 and DTS are non-audio data, so channels don't apply).<br>
><br>
> Richard's answer is correct.<br>
><br>
> Mike<br>
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</div></div>I know I read in the documentation that this was a feature that was<br>
added but the code didn't work and everyone should just set it for<br>
Stereo. I can't, however, find a reference that states that to share.<br>
Do you have a reference that says it works? I will change my wiki<br>
once I see the details.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
</font></blockquote><div><br>It did work for a very short time. <br></div></div><br>