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konkeydong75:
I have recently upgraded all of my hardware and sound system.

I was previously using a soundcard connected to a 5.1 system by analogue and S/PDIF and was upmixing analogue stereo using DSP Studio.

I am now using an HDMI connection from MC to a 7.1.4 system and was wondering what options people would recommend.

I am currently using the WASAPI driver, and have bitstreaming enabled for all formats, which appears to work well so far.

In DSP Studio > Output Format, I have changed the sampling rate for any that the receiver will not support. Output encoding is set to none. Channels is set to 7.1 and mixing to JRSS.
Subwoofer is also using JRSS and Subclarity.

Awesome Donkey:
The only recommendation I'd have is make sure you're using an actual good HDMI cable, as you may be surprised how often issues others experience (e.g. dropouts) with HDMI are caused by using subpar cables. Even a lot of the "premium" cables available out there are basically e-waste and don't even pass the HDMI spec tests. Fortunately you can look for things like certified HDMI cables, I've been switching all mine to UGREEN certified HDMI 2.1 cables the last few months. On the packaging is a QR code you can use to look at the report of that cable to read the report and ensure it passes the HDMI spec and gets the seal of approval.

The only other thing I can think of is also noting that DSD/SACD bitstreaming doesn't work at all over HDMI, so for those you'd have to convert to PCM. Everything else should be fine, as far as I know.

Dawgincontrol:
+1 to Awesome Donkey's reply.  I think you have set yours up to what I would recommend.

tzr916:

--- Quote from: konkeydong75 on January 26, 2024, 04:28:48 am ---...have bitstreaming enabled for all formats...

In DSP Studio...

--- End quote ---
Hmm, I thought DSP Studio does not apply anything to bitstreaming? You can certainly set up zones for things you want DSP to be applied to though.

For example, I've got a zone for video that uses bitstreaming (untouched Atmos, DTS, etc), and a zone for music that uses PCM (with DSP).

konkeydong75:
Thanks for replying Awesome Donkey and Dawgincontrol.

I have been stung by crappy HDMI cables years ago and learned my lesson and now only buy cables that are verified and certified by hdmi.org.

I've used a lot by KabelDirekt and recently tried some from a local British company called TrueHQ and have been very pleased with the quality and construction of those as well.

The cables in question are now permanently installed behind walls, so they were well tested before installing!

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