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audunth

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Mixing Stereo sources to 2.1 still outputs 8 channels
« on: November 04, 2012, 08:50:56 am »

Hi,

In my home theater zone, I've set output format to upmix everything to 7.1. I have ticked the box next to "For stereo sources, only mix to 2.1" because I like to listen to music in 2 channels. But my 2 channel music is still upmixed to 7.1, so it seems this function doesn't work. Is this a bug or am I missing something?
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Hendrik

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Re: Mixing Stereo sources to 2.1 still outputs 8 channels
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2012, 09:08:04 am »

The way i understand it, it'll output 8 channels, but only the front channels (and the LFE) will actually have audio, all othe others will be silent.
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audunth

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Re: Mixing Stereo sources to 2.1 still outputs 8 channels
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 06:28:02 am »

Yeah, after doing some more listening, that seems to be the case. In the DSP popup box it says it converts 2 ch to 8 ch, and it says on the bottom outputting 8 ch. But it also says direct connection, so I guess that means it's bit perfect, right? I have subwoofer set to silent to be handled by bass management.

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ASUS  P8Z68 V-PRO/GEN3, 8GB RAM, Core i5-2500K
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Sony VPL-HW30ES 3D projector
Yamaha RX-V3900 receiver and custom built 2Ch power amp for front/stereo speakers
Klipsch Reference/SVS 7.1 speaker system
Always running the latest available version of MC
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