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Multichannel flac playback fails, outputs only stereo. Need help.

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RoderickGI:
I meant to say psychoscott should do all the testing you suggested Will. I forgot.

The main reason for adding to the thread was this:

--- Quote from: RoderickGI on October 14, 2020, 08:54:37 pm ---Set "Options > Audio > Advanced > Auto configure output settings on playback error:" to "Ask".
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wer:
Yes, and that is a good idea.  I forgot about that, because I turned fix it off about 10 years ago and haven't thought about it since.  That setting probably explains why his MC is magically changing the output format settings, and it also explains why I find that behavior so surprising: because I always have fix it disabled.

I want to see the results of the test.

I don't think this is one of those situations where someone has stuffed a DTS datastream into a flac, because I think in that case MC detects it as a 2ch input.

RoderickGI:
Yes. Me too. Agree.  ;)

pscott:
Thanks for the suggestions, even though some comments by RoderickGI  are a little insulting ("Of course it can, when set up correctly and playing to a device capable of playing surround.") Duh, yes my Yamaha AV Receiver is capable of playing surround sound and has 7.1 speakers connected, which work just fine playing surround when I'm connected via hdmi to DVD/Blu-ray and to my Cable TV receiver, as I said in my original post. Obviously, MC is NOT convinced that my system is multichannel capable (though I'm not sure why it cares) and maybe that's caused by irrelevant EDID information from the TV. Regarding getting MC "set up correctly", I'm counting on you experts to explain exactly HOW to do that. I've obviously failed. Some searching for "Mac hdmi" reveals that others have had various problems, on occasion, with Mac hdmi connections. Based on troubleshooting suggestions for that, I tried clearing the Mac's NVRAM & PRAM while restarting, but that didn't change anything.

Regarding VLC playback, I've subsequently noticed that for VLC to send multichannel information to the Yamaha, the actual device setting in VLC is "Samsung (encoded)", a setting not otherwise available, to the finder or MC. Might be a clue, nevertheless, if I knew what that meant to VLC.

BTW, wer, I can't test any of this without the Samsung connected because that's my only display. I can, however, try rebooting without the display connected, and THEN connect it and test the playback when I can see the Mac. I 've already turned OFF the output of hdmi audio from the TV speaker in the Yahama hdmi settings.  I don't think I'll bother to "fix my tv" or get a new one, just to get MC to work, but would consider ways to spoof EDID information and would like to know more about that.

I do appreciate the everyone's troubleshooting ideas, but can't test them tonight. Tomorrow I will try every suggestion that I can and post the results. It's 1 am here, so I'm done for the day -- and can't very well play my audio through speakers now because my partner is sleeping. Thanks again for trying to help.

wer:
Rod wasn't being insulting.  Your conclusion was premature.


--- Quote from: psychoscott on October 15, 2020, 12:51:48 am ---BTW, wer, I can't test any of this without the Samsung connected because that's my only display.

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You can if you have a tablet, phone or any other internet capable device that can access the web interface of MC over the network. And if you have another computer or tablet, you can remote control you mac with it.  I mentioned that earlier.

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