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konkeydong75:
Hi tzr916,

Yes I believe you are correct. I think that Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD and DSD will all be bitstreamed, and then things like pure stereo TV broadcasts or music tracks will be up-sampled to 5.1, 7.1 etc. I could well be wrong in my understanding there though.

I hadn't thought about separate zones for video and music - could you tell me how to go about that and is it possible for MC to automatically select the correct zone based on the source content?

Awesome Donkey:
It's not possible to bitstream DSD over HDMI on any PC/Mac or any sort of computer.

konkeydong75:
Copy that. Thanks Awesome Donkey.

EnglishTiger:
If the device at the other end of the HDMI cable has it's own onboard Dac you may well find that the only instructions you need to set in DSP is to restrict the Sample Rates to those the device, i.e. your 7.1.4 system can handle and the Channels to "Source number of channels".

On both my Win and Mac Platforms are set that way because my Samsung 7.1.4 setup has an onboard DAC that can convert Mono, Stereo, 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.1 channel input into 7.1.4 output.

tzr916:

--- Quote from: konkeydong75 on January 26, 2024, 09:36:15 am ---I hadn't thought about separate zones for video and music - could you tell me how to go about that and is it possible for MC to automatically select the correct zone based on the source content?

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Yes, Zone Switch does switching based on content. I used default zone "Player" for bitstreaming, then added a zone called "Music" for PCM & DSP (uncheck/disable bitstream in tools>options> audio>choose zone at top). After the two zones are added, setup Zone Switch similar to screenshots:

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