[mythtv-users] Am I getting full channel sound?

Gabe Rubin gaberubin at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 02:38:56 UTC 2009


On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard<jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/9/1 Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com>:
>
>> I tried that and could hear the sound going to each of the speakers
>> (and I am sure my downstairs neighbors loved the bass that shook my
>> floor, their roof).  So I think everything is proper, but I do still
>> indication of ch2(2) in the console output:
>
> I explained why before...
> AC3/DTS is transported over the digital link as a stereo PCM content.
>
> So that's what being sent : a stereo output, and your receiver does
> the decoding job.
>
> Your receiver won't do the upmixing unless you manually change the
> audio mode when you're listening to stereo content. Manually selecting
> profile like Prologic I or II, DTS-Neo etc..

So just so I understand then, I am not missing any of the audio
information or channels.  This is the best I should expect it to be
without doing upmixing or other stuff (that would alter the signal)?


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