[jagojago]

I have a problem with an mkv not playing the surround sound through my receiver, only stereo audio. It has a 6 channel audio track, and I converted the mkv back to DVD to verify. When I play the DVD through Win7 Media Center I get full surround sound, but when I play the mkv I only get stereo audio.


My HTPC is connected via hdmi only. Obviously it can output surround through this connection, but not with mkv's at the moment. I am currently using Shark Codec Pack (x64) and everything works great, just no surround through mkv's. I tried changing the audio settings to 5.1 speakers and it still won't work. Can anybody help? I am really confused.

 

[bonscott87]

I'd suggest hitting up the Shark007 forum. There are some settings you have to set to get the DD 5.1 to work (and it varies from installation to installation). If I remember correctly for me I had to diable the Windows Media Foundation, enable h264 to use the Divx codec, set the AC3 to passthru and a couple others I can't remember. Once you do get it set and working though use Shark's save profile ability so that when you upgrade you can load up your old settings so things work again. I made that mistake as I didn't know it was available and I spend an hour getting DD to work again.


And of course 64 bit is different.


Good luck.

 

[jagojago]

Wow, that shark guy is really helpful. We figured out the problem, and it was fixed by enabling spdif passthrough (never though I would use this as I didn't use an spdif cable for audio) and disabling the Microsoft audio decoder.