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Title: Cannot output 5.1 with device
Post by: apturbo on August 26, 2011, 12:14:17 pm
Recently purchased a usb device that allows me to output optical digital out to my receiver.  2 channel works fine but when trying to play a movie it gives me the error saying there is a problem.  I asked the manufacturer of the device about this and here is what they said...

please let me know what of the many settings in jriver I should select in order to make this work, thanks.


Product Code:

usb-snd8



Operating System:

win 7 x64



Where did you buy it:

microcenter


Message:

I can get 2 channel stereo with no problem via optical out.
 
I cannot get 5.1 sound via optical output into my a/v receiver. Should I be able to or not? If so, then please tell me what settings I should make in both your software drivers and in my movie player which is j river media center. J river media center says there is a problem with your device when trying to play a 5.1 movie.
 

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Date:

2011-08-26 09:02:23



Name:

HelpDesk


Message:

IT could be that your media player is trying to send the SND8 audio in a format such as Linear PCM or another proprietary mix which may require a software chip to be decoded. If this is the case then our device will not output this, unless it is converted to a mix that is compatible with windows, so that it can output it to our device.

Thank you,
 Brian
 323-266-0911

 
Title: Re: Cannot output 5.1 with device
Post by: Matt on August 26, 2011, 01:34:23 pm
You have to enable bitstreaming to output 5.1 on S/PDIF. 

In Options > Video, pick "S/PDIF" as your bitstreaming selection.