[mythtv-users] eac3/truehd/dts-HD audio streaming now working

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Dec 21 06:28:32 UTC 2010


On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks for the kind words.. There are more people at play though.
>
> On 21 December 2010 06:05, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Questsion on your latest work, is it true that the ability to pass on
>> these higher definition audio standards requires specific HDMI
>> hardware and that the GT2xx series of NVidia chipsets won't support
>> them?
>
> It depends
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:HDAudioPassthrough
>
> the GT2xx doesn't officially supports HBR ; but it seems to work,
> albeit buggy ; that's why it's YMMV.
>
> For some it seems to work for both TrueHD and DTS-HD ; on my machine,
> would only with for TrueHD ; the amplifier would show DTS-HD but no
> audio would come out.
> For someone else, the amplifier lights keep blinking, but audio works.
>
> You do not need HBR support however for E-AC3 and DTS-HD <
> 6.144Mbit/s... so those will work fine with the GT220
>
> In fact, DTS-HD MA if less than 6.144Mbit/s doesn't require HBR
> either, so it should work on all GT220.
>
> Jean-Yves

Cool, I may have to buy a BluRay reader to play around with then.

Thanks to all who worked on the audio improvements!

-- 
Steve
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