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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: MrSavageSK on May 30, 2016, 12:13:11 pm

Title: Bitstreaming
Post by: MrSavageSK on May 30, 2016, 12:13:11 pm

So just a question, the new version on the horizon, will it support bitstreaming? I have NEVER been able to get my Onkyo NR737 to bitstream with JRiver on WinX thru HDMI*latest cables* Ive been PCM'ing it up since I got JRiver as it seems the least argumentative. Any input?

Title: Re: Bitstreaming
Post by: JimH on May 30, 2016, 12:17:45 pm

When you set MC to bitstreaming, you've done everything you need to.  The rest is up to your device.

Try searching for the term on our wiki.  Here, for example:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Setup

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Connection_Type

Title: Re: Bitstreaming
Post by: MrSavageSK on May 30, 2016, 12:24:59 pm

well the player actually errors out once i do set it to bitstreaming...

correction : it errors out when I do HD sound formats. and Yes, my receiver can do TrueHD, DTSMA, THX, Atmos.

Title: Re: Bitstreaming
Post by: MrSavageSK on May 30, 2016, 12:27:46 pm

ok...nm...i just tried it again..and now bitstreaming, for the first time ever, after many hours of trying different options, configs, is now WORKING, I wish I knew what I did differently...wow..ok..ill just shut up now :)

Title: Re: Bitstreaming
Post by: MrSavageSK on May 30, 2016, 10:53:48 pm

ok, tried many of my TrueHD/DTSMA movies, couldnt get them to bitstream to my receiver. it errors out everytime.
plain DD/DTS works though., tried thru WASAPI/Directsound/ASIO as well.

Title: Re: Bitstreaming
Post by: MrSavageSK on June 08, 2016, 09:09:21 am

Ok did some experimenting today with my system, heres what I found when testing with a DTS-MA file on my system.

i7-4820k 3.7G
R9-390  Catalyst 16.6.1
Win10 Full updates all drivers current as of 6/8/16
32G Ram @ 2400mhz
Onkyo NR737(all firmware up to date) via High Speed HDMI w/Ethernet @ 5.1.2 capable(for testing, I Just ran 5.1)
Asus/LG/LG Eyefinity 3x 2560x1080(only the Asus via HDMI was used during testing)
JRiver is 21.0.83
WASAPI
Directsound seems to produce the exact same results.

Red Oct + No Bitstreaming - video/sound work, audio via PCM
Red Oct HD + No Bitstreaming - error
Red Oct + Bitstreaming - crashs JRiver/plays video, no sound.
Red Oct HD + bitstreaming - player plays but with 'waiting' msg, error prompt comes up, then promptly crashes should you click 'continue'.

Ideally, of course, running Red Oct HD + bitstreaming is the goal, so what am I doing incorrectly?