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<blockquote data-quote="solstars" data-source="post: 399339" data-attributes="member: 90042">Actually, I'm running one AVR while watching the media server (the Sony), and two (Sony and Yamaha) only when playing movies with AC3.&nbsp; My main amplifier is powered off by my Harmony when I switch to TV mode, and since my passthrough works on this amp while it's off, it works peachy.&nbsp; My primary amp is running on a switched output of the secondary, so when I hit the &quot;Power&quot; button on the Harmony, it only has to turn off that secondary to power down all of my equipment.&nbsp; This way everything is off if my TV is off (except my server - which hopefully is in standby).I don't understand your second comment.&nbsp; A checkbox in the driver is not going to make the sound card capable of decoding AC3 passthrough off of the SPDIF port.&nbsp; If your audio card is outputting both AC3 on SPDIF and the headphone jack at the same time, many here would beg you to tell how. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; After all, that's the whole point of this thread!&nbsp; If there is a card that will do it, I'm all ears.&nbsp; Mine will only do that if the encoder is running PCM audio.In the end, this is just my temporary way of solving it.&nbsp; It certainly won't be a good solution for everyone and is by no means long-term.&nbsp; I posted it here just as an idea for others who may be in a similar situation.&nbsp; I certainly would not recommend this to anyone who is concerned by the power usage.&nbsp; My ultimate solution will be to replace my amp with one that has integrated downmixing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="solstars, post: 399339, member: 90042"] Actually, I'm running one AVR while watching the media server (the Sony), and two (Sony and Yamaha) only when playing movies with AC3. My main amplifier is powered off by my Harmony when I switch to TV mode, and since my passthrough works on this amp while it's off, it works peachy. My primary amp is running on a switched output of the secondary, so when I hit the "Power" button on the Harmony, it only has to turn off that secondary to power down all of my equipment. This way everything is off if my TV is off (except my server - which hopefully is in standby). I don't understand your second comment. A checkbox in the driver is not going to make the sound card capable of decoding AC3 passthrough off of the SPDIF port. If your audio card is outputting both AC3 on SPDIF and the headphone jack at the same time, many here would beg you to tell how. :D After all, that's the whole point of this thread! If there is a card that will do it, I'm all ears. Mine will only do that if the encoder is running PCM audio. In the end, this is just [I]my[/I] temporary way of solving it. It certainly won't be a good solution for everyone and is by no means long-term. I posted it here just as an idea for others who may be in a similar situation. I certainly would not recommend this to anyone who is concerned by the power usage. My ultimate solution [B]will[/B] be to replace my amp with one that has integrated downmixing. [/QUOTE]

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