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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 03:35:33 pm

Title: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 03:35:33 pm

hi, i'm using jriver 30,

i've just built a new htpc (modest), the thing is i have an AMD RX 580 connected via HDMI to a Denon AVR-X3500H

i imported a library backup from the old pc and it worked except for sound. it was repeating a sound at a very small interval.

i kind of figured out that bitstreaming was the culprit, removed it, set the output device to the default direct sound device and it worked.

the only thing is that volume is quite low, previously a comfortable level was approx -40db, now i have to go down to -13db to get similar sound

i've left dsp output format as per the defaults:
encoding (none), channels (source), sample rate (didn't change it)

also output format says is enabled and processing 48kHz 64bit 6ch

any thoughts on what i could improve ?

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on June 21, 2023, 03:38:04 pm

Click on the speaker icon in the upper left corner and try other volume options.

Check the Windows Mixer volumes.

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 03:56:55 pm

thanks for the reply, everything seems to be at a 100%, also tried some variations of the volume options (didn't restart jriver though), but no changes

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on June 21, 2023, 04:01:10 pm

Quote

also output format says is enabled and processing 48kHz 64bit 6ch

Do you want 6 channel?

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 04:08:54 pm

in principle, yes, i have a 5.1 speakers setup powered by my denon.

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on June 21, 2023, 04:12:07 pm

If your recording is stereo, you can send it stereo and let the Denon play it as 5.1.

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 04:28:26 pm

the recording is in 5.1 (a tv show), i'll try to play around with the settings, also in the receiver and report back

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 04:56:16 pm

i noticed that i'm getting no sound from the rear speakers.

i changed the output channels but no dice

should i change something else ?

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on June 21, 2023, 05:31:15 pm

Try no output format (unchecked).  Make sure the Denon is set to do 5.1.

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 21, 2023, 05:47:54 pm

exactly

i changed the receivers sound mode to "multi ch stereo", now i have all speakers on

it seems to be working

not sure about the sound level, however i think i can live with it

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on June 21, 2023, 06:00:15 pm

What is the HDMI port on the Denon?  Did you try another?

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 22, 2023, 07:19:30 am

i'll try that, i'll also be looking into a couple other things

Title: Re: Volume low without bitstreaming
Post by: lboregard on June 22, 2023, 02:54:12 pm

final update:

i had just installed windows 11, so i figured i'd be better off installing the amd drivers, once i did, it installed a new amd high definition device, which is making bitstream work

for the time being, i prefer to just make it work, instead of fussing around with settings on the receiver (and/or jriver)

thanks a lot for your support JimH !