Only getting 2.0 sound. No 5.1 (1 Viewer)

[punking]

After a bit of research I've just installed Mediaportal after using XBMC for a while. The only problem I have (so far) is that I can only get stereo 2.0 sound to my soundbar. The HTPC is connected via HDMI to the soundbar then to the TV. The soundbar is capable of Dolby Digital, DTS and PCM 2,5.1, and 7.1

I've tried different sound sources (default sound, HDMI out, direct sound) and they either don't work or only produce 2.0. The source material is an MKV with DTS 5.1.

The same file played through XBMC shows on the amp as DTS 5.1

Could somebody spare a second for a poor lost XBMC user. Thanks.


MediaPortal Version: 1.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP 1.6
Windows Version: Windows 7
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H
Video Card: Nvidia 9400
Video Card Driver: 160.28
Sound Card: built into motherboard
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPC-MPEG 2 (Gabest)
MPEG / AC3 Audio Codec: LAV Audio Decoder
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAVC
TV: Samsung 46B760
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[quake2rambo]

AW: Only getting 2.0 sound. No 5.1

Hi.
Try AC3Filter with pass-through-setting as sound device and all is fine. Some others uses ffdshow with similar settings. When you use the default setting for digital sound in Windows, it will be put out as 2.0-Sound.

 

[punking]

Tried ffdshow yesterday with no luck. Then when I tried it today it worked. Seems to be fine now. Thank you for your reply.