[Pultzar]

I'm not getting any sound for the HD feed (Emperor's New Groove) on ABC. This has happened to me before. I am getting sound with CBS however.


Is this my fault or is something wrong at the station?


Thanks!

Scott

 

[JonDax]

I only watched for about a 1/2 hour but it was fine for me. Did you have problems w/Alias? I watched that, and it was fine except for a couple of breakups.

--JD

 

[Pultzar]

No sound for Alias either. My signal strength is low (in the 40s) right now.

 

[levytv]

abc transmits in 5.1. any hdtv shows they broadcast are 5.1. depending on your box - you may need to change its audio settings. on the dtc 100 there is an auto select switch that passes either 2 channel digital(cbs) or 5.1 on abc. the fact that you get the video - the audio is going along for the ride.


levytv

 

[Pultzar]

I'm using the HiPix board in my PC. Perhaps it doesn't convert the 5.1 audio down to 2-channel (I'm watching on my computer). If so, this is disappointing!

 

[levytv]

your hipix card says that it does 5.1. here's the link-
http://www.digitalconnection.com/Pro...ideo/hipix.htm


levytv

 

[Pultzar]

Unfortunately, I think that it only passes through the 5.1 signal instead of actually decoding it

 

[gpb]

Quote:

Originally posted by Pultzar I'm not getting any sound for the HD feed (Emperor's New Groove) on ABC. This has happened to me before. I am getting sound with CBS however. Is this my fault or is something wrong at the station?

Sometimes with KOMO I lose sound when they switch to or from 5.1 to stereo. Switching to another channel and then back again brings the sound back (seems to take about a minute from when the audio switches before changing the channels works as a fix though).


FWIW, my STB is a Toshiba DST-3000 (it may be that the audio problem is only with some STBs).

 

[mborve]

I'm experiencing the same problem with no audio on KOMO with the HiPix. It only happens when they are broadcasting 5.1; stereo broadcasts seem to work fine. I pass the audio through to my receiver for decoding rather than have the HiPix do it, so it's not a problem with the HiPix failing to decode the audio or convert it to stereo.