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<blockquote data-quote="edterbak" data-source="post: 630095" data-attributes="member: 69192">Re: AW: Re: SAF v5.00 experimental (based on FFDShow DXVA decoder)From SAF 4.0 threadChoosing audio output method: Analogue or SPDIFIf you have an external device connected to your htpc, which is capable of decoding AC3 and DTS streams (like a dts-receiver), you should configure ffdshow to use SPDIF passthrough. To get SPDIF passthrough functioning in mediaportal, you need to add &quot;ffdshow Audio decoder&quot; to the post processing list. Double click on it in the list, and then tick it. You need to do this in the Video, DVD and Television section. Because this is an audio post process, it will not break the hardware acelleration of video. See the (good) example below.To know if your receiver is capable of decoding AC3/DTS signal, you must look in the manual <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But I suspect it does as it uses HDMI for audio and video. These are fairly recent receivers.If you are not experienceing any problem without the settings you showed you could leave it like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="edterbak, post: 630095, member: 69192"] [b]Re: AW: Re: SAF v5.00 experimental (based on FFDShow DXVA decoder)[/b] From SAF 4.0 thread [B]Choosing audio output method: Analogue or SPDIF[/B] If you have an external device connected to your htpc, which is capable of decoding AC3 and DTS streams (like a dts-receiver), you should configure ffdshow to use SPDIF passthrough. To get SPDIF passthrough functioning in mediaportal, you need to add "ffdshow Audio decoder" to the post processing list. Double click on it in the list, and then tick it. You need to do this in the Video, DVD and Television section. Because this is an audio post process, it will not break the hardware acelleration of video. See the (good) example below. To know if your receiver is capable of decoding AC3/DTS signal, you must look in the manual :) But I suspect it does as it uses HDMI for audio and video. These are fairly recent receivers. If you are not experienceing any problem without the settings you showed you could leave it like that. [/QUOTE]

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