I thought I would try and tap into the knowledge here. I am running a HTPC as my movie and audio server using MC 19 to serve the content. My HTPC is connected to my Onkyo TX-NR929 with HDMI.
I have movies (both Blu Ray and DVD) stored on the HTPC and playback works great. I watch in my Theater (136" diagonal screen) and the sound is awesome. My challenges begin when it comes to multi-zone audio.
So my receiver has powered HDMI Zone 2 playback... so that works. I can watch a separate video/audio source in 2 zones. That works great so if the kids watch a Blu Ray in the Theater, I can watch/listen to video/music in Zone 2. But for Zone 3 I seem to be hung out to dry.
My receiver has a powered zone 3 for audio, but I can not get my HDMI source (HTPC) to play in Zone 3. I think it is an analog to digital issue but I am not sure what options I have?
My entire music library is on the HTPC. My connection to the receiver is HDMI (digital) but Zone 3 seems to only work with an analog source. Have you all worked around issues like this? If so, how did you do it?
Even if it takes a separate component or converter...I just want to figure out what my options are....Any advice appreciated. Oh, and the interesting thing that I can do, this receiver has Bluetooth capability - so when I connected my tablet using bluetooth and running Gizmo... I can get Zone 3 to work but not the other zones....it was just weird.