Hello All,
I wanted to check with the experts here to make sure I have my HTPC configured properly for what I am trying to do.
I have created MKV files from a few of my Blu-Ray disks via eac3to/mkvverge. I have encoded the lossless tracks in flac. I want to make sure that I am getting the best possible audio.
I finally upgraded to a new processor which will handle HDMI switching and the new lossless codecs. My video card is a ATI 4890 series card. It was a bit of a knock-down drag out affair to get any audio over HDMI. I now have audio, but the configuration tab for the ATI HDMI audio device shows only two channels. I installed the two Sharky007 codec packages and I am now getting 5 channel audio when playing an MKV. However, this shows up on my processor/receiver as being "Dolby Digital 3/2 +LFE." In the Sharky007 configuration page, I have discovered that unless I check the option for SPDIF passthrough, I only get 2 channel PCM. I suspect that I want to be outputting multi channel PCM as opposed to the SPDIF passthrough, as I think this might be down sampled.
I am using mediabrowser and intend to play MKV's through windows media center/player.
Do I have this configured correctly, or do I need to make some adjustments?
Thanks
I wanted to check with the experts here to make sure I have my HTPC configured properly for what I am trying to do.
I have created MKV files from a few of my Blu-Ray disks via eac3to/mkvverge. I have encoded the lossless tracks in flac. I want to make sure that I am getting the best possible audio.
I finally upgraded to a new processor which will handle HDMI switching and the new lossless codecs. My video card is a ATI 4890 series card. It was a bit of a knock-down drag out affair to get any audio over HDMI. I now have audio, but the configuration tab for the ATI HDMI audio device shows only two channels. I installed the two Sharky007 codec packages and I am now getting 5 channel audio when playing an MKV. However, this shows up on my processor/receiver as being "Dolby Digital 3/2 +LFE." In the Sharky007 configuration page, I have discovered that unless I check the option for SPDIF passthrough, I only get 2 channel PCM. I suspect that I want to be outputting multi channel PCM as opposed to the SPDIF passthrough, as I think this might be down sampled.
I am using mediabrowser and intend to play MKV's through windows media center/player.
Do I have this configured correctly, or do I need to make some adjustments?
Thanks