Media Portal Audio Renderer (MPAR) & No volume control (1 Viewer)

[jsc2013]

I cannot seem to get MPAR working, specifically, when it is activated under the 'Codec and Renderer' section, I am then unable to control the volume from within MP.

Mute works, and pressing the volume button on my remote gets the slider moving up & down, but the actual volume stays constant. This is on all TV channels.

I have tried numerous settings within the volume configuration section, to no avail. Within LAV, I have all the various things turned off, that need to be off ( as per the wiki.. http://tinyurl.com/chst449)

My PC is connected to the TV via HDMI. Running 1.3.0 final

I am at work at the moment so cannot post log files. Does anyone have any pointers or ideas in the interim?

 

[Holzi]

I cannot seem to get MPAR working, specifically, when it is activated under the 'Codec and Renderer' section, I am then unable to control the volume from within MP.

That is how it is supposed to be. You should change the volume on your TV or amplifier not via MP.
Quoting @tourettes (author of MPAR) here:

In your MPAR settings the exclusive WASAPI mode is not enabled - that allows the volume control to work, but as a side effect OS mixer is able to resample the audio how ever it feels like (sample rate conversion, speaker mix down).

 

[jsc2013]

Thanks - I could not ask for a better and faster response than that!

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[tourettes]

And in future MPAR will allow the volume control to be done (which lowers the audio quality a bit when done before the signal hits the amplifier).

 

[jsc2013]

Thanks tourettes - Do you know (roughly?) when this is expected?

MPAR is brilliant by the way - makes a noticeable difference to the 'watchability' of HD TV

 

[tourettes]

Thanks tourettes - Do you know (roughly?) when this is expected?

Hopefully for the next MP release, but cannot say anything for sure.

MPAR is brilliant by the way - makes a noticeable difference to the 'watchability' of HD TV

Thanks!

 

[Owlsroost]

Just to make it clear, if you un-tick the 'Use exclusive mode' box in MPAR settings (see http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...erer/3_MP_Audio_Renderer_(MPAR)/Configuration ) the normal MP/Windows volume controls will work. The only downside to this is that in theory you can loose some audio quality, but it's unlikely you will notice a difference.

 

[jsc2013]

Just to make it clear, if you un-tick the 'Use exclusive mode' box in MPAR settings (see http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/MediaPortal_Configuration/9_Codecs_and_Renderer/3_MP_Audio_Renderer_(MPAR)/Configuration ) the normal MP/Windows volume controls will work. The only downside to this is that in theory you can loose some audio quality, but it's unlikely you will notice a difference.

I can confirm this works brilliantly!

Many Thanks

 

[tourettes]

Just to make it clear, if you un-tick the 'Use exclusive mode' box in MPAR settings (see http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/MediaPortal_Configuration/9_Codecs_and_Renderer/3_MP_Audio_Renderer_(MPAR)/Configuration ) the normal MP/Windows volume controls will work. The only downside to this is that in theory you can loose some audio quality, but it's unlikely you will notice a difference.

I can confirm this works brilliantly!

In addition to the small quality drop (which in most cases is probably inaudible) the MPAR will not be able to specify the used channel count. Instead it is forced to down/up mix all the content to the speaker configuration the OS has been set up.

 

[kiwijunglist]

Will MPAR support decoding + re-encoding HD_Audio (or some other way of adjusting the timing) in the future?