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JRiver ATMOS Playback
Marpow:
I understand and thank you. I know KODI can play but I am a JRiver dedicated fan, so looks like I need to wait a bit.
BTW, I was able to HDMI out from my PC to the MX122 and I could see my JRiver player on the monitor, but could not get sound.
I feel like i am very close but I guess it is a no go for now.
Marpow:
Thanks for help everyone, still trying to make progress. I received a ripped video MKV file with ATMOS.
Downloaded>Put in NAS>imported to my JRiver27. It landed in my video section, my very first one.
Still making progress, but with questions.
How do I set up the new zone/player?
I understand the bitstream needs to be HDMI, but other settings, channels, etc, I am not to sure.
I assume I cannot use a current zone as for music I have the bitstream set to DSD.
Thanks.
wer:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Zones
Marpow:
Thanks all for your tips and comments. I was successful in achieving playing an Atmos music release and thought I would share my experience.
1. Ripped (Steven Wilson- The Future Bites- Blu Ray) video and audio Atmos using MKV and Music Media Helper.
2. Moved ripped file to my Synology NAS.
3. Using JRiverMC27 imported from the NAS to the JRiver player. Oops say's imported, but where is it? Up to this point I have had only a music library. Checked VIDEO, there it is in FILES. That was cool that upon import JRiver recognized where to put it.
4. So far 1-3 has been pretty easy, with help of course.
The play back part I had problems, mostly because of my lack of knowledge as to how things move around and get connected. I won't bother with all my trial and error.
5. Created a new zone (add zone) titled Atmos Zone, I have two other zones Stereo and Surround.
From the same PC that holds my JRiver player I went HDMI out to the back of my AVR, I picked an open HDMI port AUX, and the renamed it in the AVR menu, PC HDMI.
In the JRiver Zone Configure tab, this is where I had some problems as I was trying to configure, without the HDMI cable connected.
Figured that out and found my Audio Device-McIntosh -AVR (Intel(R) Display Audio) (WASAPI).
Device Settings: Device: Checked: Open device for exclusive access. The other two just left the recommended choices.
Output Format: Output Encoding: None.
Channels: I have no idea why but I chose 16, it works, I have a 5.2.4 playback system.
Mixing: JRSS (recommended)
Subwoofer: JRSS 60 HZ
Subwoofer Clarity: Yes, checked.
Bitstreaming: Yes HDMI
6. Playback: Opened up new created Atmos Zone, opened up the HDMI zone on my AVR, opened video file, pressed PLAY and worked great.
My AVR recognized the Dolby Atmos signal and played back in Dolby Atmos.
The 9 speakers all worked the way they should and the 3 subs all worked the way they should. This is compared to the hard disc placed in the Blu Ray player.
The video content showed on the JRiver player and also on my TV screen. In this first experiment the video content is only picture stills of each chapter, so nothing really to look at and for music listening only I can turn off picture on TV and be just left with the music.
Thanks to my Friend and this forum, I was able to break through, hope this can help someone else as it is quite a rewarding experience.
I am left with one question. I picked 16 channels as my playback, would a different setting, one of the others be more appropriate?
I have one negative, I can't figure out. My dedicated PC sits in my audio rack and one of the subs is about 2' away, this one sub is picking up a flutter in the sub and is the action of the PC working, pull out the HDMI cord and the flutter stops. Does not turn up with volume of AVR but if music pauses or stops it is annoying.
Any further help to tighten this up would be appreciated.
tij:
--- Quote from: Marpow on March 06, 2021, 10:13:03 am ---I am left with one question. I picked 16 channels as my playback, would a different setting, one of the others be more appropriate?
I have one negative, I can't figure out. My dedicated PC sits in my audio rack and one of the subs is about 2' away, this one sub is picking up a flutter in the sub and is the action of the PC working, pull out the HDMI cord and the flutter stops. Does not turn up with volume of AVR but if music pauses or stops it is annoying.
--- End quote ---
When you bit streaming, it doesnt matter number of channel you select, MC ignored it (along with any DSP settings). MC just send whatever audio it gets to receiver undecoded ... its up to receiver to decide what to do with that undecoded audio.
Regarding your sub ... when your PC is connected by HDMI, is noise always there or only present when PC is playing something?
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