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[BartMan01]

I know surround on the Mac is a lot flakier than in Windows, but I can't get it to work at all with MC.  All of my 5.1 tracks are playing as stereo, and in the DSP output format screen the 'Source:' at the bottom shows the source as being stereo even though I am play back tracks with 6 channels (even per the MC Channels tag).  If I fire up XBMC I get 5.1 surround output, so I know my setup is capable of doing it.

Any suggestions?

[lobo85]

Try going to DSP Studio and change the channel selection to "source number of channels" this option worked for me.

[BartMan01]

Try going to DSP Studio and change the channel selection to "source number of channels" this option worked for me.

Already set that way.

[lobo85]

Does your setup support 5.1 PCM? Or just Dolby Digital & DTS? Are you using 5.1 PC speakers, or are you using hdmi to output audio to a home theatre receiver?

[BartMan01]

Using SPDIF to a Denon 3310ci, that can take any surround format I have ever thrown at it from my Windows PC.

[shAf]

Using SPDIF to a Denon 3310ci, that can take any surround format I have ever thrown at it from my Windows PC.

I believe SPDIF is somewhat limited with respect to HD audio (ie, true HD, not necessarily the likes of DD5.1 ... sorry, do not have a reference other than the AVS forums).  Are you bitstreaming to your Denon, or delivering PCM?  Have you tried HDMI?