Codecs SAF v6 (based on LAVF) (8 Viewers)

[Paranoid Delusion]

Mediaportal 32bit, SAF needs to be 32bit, otherwise nothing would work

 

[Im2bz2p345]

Hello all,

I can't figure out how to configure SAF6 to output sound via SPDIF. I am NOT using MediaPortal; I am just using MPC-HC since it comes with the SAF6 installation.

Here are my LAV Audio settings: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Im2bz2p345/help3.png

Could someone guide me on how to configure SAF6 via SPDIF? It would be a BIG help!

~ Im2bz2p345

Firstly, you cannot passthrough HD audio over SPDIF, so disable all HD audio formats, enable only DTS and AC-3.

Okay, but that doesn't solve my problem.

Does this graph look correct? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Im2bz2p345/help.png

There is no little black arrow for the audio.


Does anyone else here have SAF6 installed and has a SPDIF connection? If so, what are your settings? Does your FFDShow audio codec load when trying to play files with DTS/AC3?

Thanks for any help in advance,

~ Im2bz2p345

 

[hoborg]

Does this graph look correct? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Im2bz2p345/help.png

No, it is not. Audio renderer refuse connection. Can be drivers issue as well.
Make sure your audio is trully DTS not DTS HD.

 

[Im2bz2p345]

Does this graph look correct? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Im2bz2p345/help.png

No, it is not. Audio renderer refuse connection. Can be drivers issue as well.
Make sure your audio is trully DTS not DTS HD.

Hi hoborg, I figured out what I was doing wrong (my stupidity).

For anyone else having this issue with the SPDIF audio not working, please go to your Windows 7 Playback Devices (you can access this via Control Panel) and check your playback devices.

Make sure you set your SPDIF connection as the DEFAULT playback device, otherwise you won't get any audio to passthrough.

Here is a screenshot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/Im2bz2p345/SPDIF.png


Thanks for all your work and continous help/support on this codec package hoborg, you're the best mate!!

~ Im2bz2p345

 

[hoborg]

For anyone else having this issue with the SPDIF audio not working, please go to your Windows 7 Playback Devices (you can access this via Control Panel) and check your playback devices.

Well, SAF popup that window durning install and ask user to setup correct device, right?

 

[Im2bz2p345]

For anyone else having this issue with the SPDIF audio not working, please go to your Windows 7 Playback Devices (you can access this via Control Panel) and check your playback devices.

Well, SAF popup that window durning install and ask user to setup correct device, right?

Yes, mine prompted me during the install as well, but it did not switch the default playback device to SPDIF. It left it on "Speakers" instead of "SPDIF passthrough." Was it supposed to switch this during the install?

~ Im2bz2p345

 

[hoborg]

Yes, mine prompted me during the install as well, but it did not switch the default playback device to SPDIF. It left it on "Speakers" instead of "SPDIF passthrough." Was it supposed to switch this during the install?

~ Im2bz2p345

Yes

 

[hoborg]

BTW, anyone known guys from Codecs.com :: Download latest audio codecs, video codecs, codec packs and tools, FREE! ?
I sended request to add SAF to thier database few times, but mostly i didnt get any answer.

So i just want to known what wrong with SAF so they refusing to add it...

...and SAF 6.0.3 will be released soon (including LAVF 0.43)

 

[gilberti69]

I'd love to get a AV amp one day, but unfortunately at the moment I'm just using my TV speakers for L&R and a Tripath stereo amp for the Centre. I'm also setting up an HTPC for my brother, who's even poorer than me so he'll have to use the analog outputs as well (again with his TV and a stereo amp), so it's quite important I get this working.

Nothing wrong with that ...

All my MePo client HTPCs and the ones I have built for my brother are older re-purposed computers.

But true 5.1 amps have been shipping for about 10 years now. The used market is flooded with good pre-HDMI amps.

I'm sure there's second-hand bargains to be had, but a quick look on e-bay suggests prices around £100+shipping and then you need a decent set of 5.1 speakers to make it worth it. Generally 5.1 amps aren't as good for music as a decent stereo amp, so neither my brother or myself are likely to want to disconnect our existing stereo amps and use the speakers we already have either and even £100 is way more than my brother can afford (and whilst I could spend that, I've really got far more important things to be saving up for). Plus we both live in flats with poor sound insulation, so wouldn't really be able to play stuff at levels where we'd properly appreciate a decent 5.1 system. It's just nice to be able to watch a film with a separate centre channel once in a while and switch the stereo between TV and amp (mainly for playing music without needing the TV on) without messing with cables or switchboxes, so that's all I'm trying to achieve really.

Have you looked at using an 'offboard amp'? thats what i was using with my Naim Audio amp untill i got an av receiver. It just runs the centre and rear channels and passes the front straight to your amp.

 

[doveman]

Have you looked at using an 'offboard amp'? thats what i was using with my Naim Audio amp untill i got an av receiver. It just runs the centre and rear channels and passes the front straight to your amp.

I've not heard of them, so it might be an option and I'll look into it thanks.

I still need to sort out this problem with the L&R channels cancelling out when Centre is ticked in the Control Panel though.