HDA X-Plosion DTS NEO PC upmixing doesn't work with new Audio Engine (1 Viewer)

[2themaxx]

TV-Server Version: 0.2
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Sound Card: HDA X-Plosion
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First of all, thanks to the developers for Media Portal. Hands down my favorite piece of software EVER!
Can anyone verify that the BASS audio engine only results in Stereo sound when using it with an Auzentech (HDA) X-Plosion? I tested 4 or 5 MP3s with VLC, and Windows Media Player and got 6.1 upmixing using the "karaoke" feature and "stereo wav input" as the source. When I used the new Audio engine (BASS) after upgrading from MP 0.2.1.0 Stable, I found that I only got stereo output with the same MP3s. I also found this to be the case for the TV when timeshifting is off (easy enough to turn, but the delay changing channels is sometimes annoying). If I switch back to the internal player, I get all 6.1 channels. Both ways it is still encoding using the DTS Interactive, but again, I don't get the 6.1 upmix if I use either the BASS engine, or the TV without the timeshifting. I jumped back to my previous install (0.2.1.0 stable) and found that it works with/without timeshifting on the TV, and the audio engine works just fine (I don't believe the BASS audio engine was used in 0.2.1 stable).
Anyone else with an Auzentech card that can verify this?
Not really a big deal to me, but it would be fun to use visualizations.
Thanks!

 

[hwahrmann]

Have you checked the "Upmixing flag" in the Player Settings for the BASS audio engine?
without that you'll get only stereo. right.

 

[2themaxx]

not seeing it.

Is that feature in Mediaportal 0.2.2 stable, or is it in a newer SVN. I didn't see the option under "playback settings" under music in the mediaportal setup. The only options I have are output level, fade in/out, gapless playback, and then two scrollbar controls for crossfading and buffering. Am I looking in the wrong place?

 

[idioteque]

Upmixing flag is in the latest SVN

try one of the latest SVN's of MP

 

[CHli]

I do have an Theatron DTS from Club3d which use the same audio DSP (CMedia Oxygen HD CMI8788) as the Auzentech X-Plosion DTS, and I have no problem. Please don't use upmixing, this is done by the card itself. Check that you are using Default Directsound Output in Bass engine.

I'm using 0.2.2.0 + latest svn