[mythtv-users] How to get sound out via HDMI

[Ashu Desai]

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> I don't see any mention of this in the thread -
>
> If you select HDMI audio in MythTV audio setup you should see a bunch of
> check boxes for Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. If you leave these unchecked it
> forces MythTV to use PCM to send multi-channel audio data to the HDMI
> device. Some HDMI devices may not support multi-channel PCM audio, and in
> that case the audio can come out of the wrong speakers. If your sound
> system supports Dolby Digital (and most sound systems will support it),
> select the "Dolby Digital" check box and also select "speaker
> configuration" as 5.1. This will pass-thru dolby digital sound to your
> sound system where it will be correctly decoded to the 5.1 channels. In
> this scenario, the MythTV speaker test may not correctly address the 5
> channels. Do not worry about the MythTV speaker test - try it out with a
> real video or recording.
>

I already have all the options checked. My receiver is brand new so it
supports all the major surround sound.

>
> Also there is a check-box on the "advanced" page for "Stereo PCM only" to
> prevent sending multi channel PCM to the HDMI device.


I did that - but this made the sound lose when playing Music.



>
>
> Peter




>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>



-- 
http://about.me/adesai
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20170308/5db3efb9/attachment.html>