DennisMoore Jr.
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
edinsonbaggins & Plan9 have teamed up here and I wanted to check out their work:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...18-Mixing-Help&p=266751&highlight=#post266751
To my bitter disappointment I found that my system could not play it properly.
well I finally figured it out so.. If anyone is interested I thought I would make this post.
For the record, I could not get 5.1 FLAC files to work on:
Direct to my 2012 receiver via USB(Although Onkyo claims it can.)
On my BluRay
On my HTPC
The solution was open source software KODI and to utilize the correct Windows Sound API(there are two to chose from
(DirectSound and Wasapi)
My problem was that my system played the 5.1 channel test FLAC through the wrong channels and the rear surrounds
would not play at all! So I knew I had to first get this test FLAC to play correct. Test FLAC from here:
http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-downloads-testfiles.aspx
Click at the bottom on: FLAC Studio Master Surround 5.1 channel test(6.9 MB). You will end up with:
"surround88.flac" (Its a man speaking "Right" - "Left" - "center", etc...)
I simply could not get this file to play properly on any of my system components(no gang, I don't have the $$$
to run out and buy an Oppo BDP-103).or any software on my HTPC; Foobar2000, VLC, Total Media...
Unitl I tried on a lark: KODI, an open source media center.
http://kodi.tv/download/
But.. I still had the same problem until I selected the correct sound driver in the output section.
After almost giving up... my last choice was a combination of Wasapi for both output choices in KODI and VOLIA!
The 5.1 channel test FLAC played perfectly including the sub test. (What is ironic is that I read a KODI
user need to select "DirectSound" in both places to work for him. Do whatever makes the test FLAC play
properly on your system.
I am SO HAPPY, all I can say is:
Wasapi!!!(Spoken like "wasabi!!" for all you Sushi lovers out there!)
That is it:
Software = KODI on my HTPC
Windows sound driver = Wasapi(selected twice in the output settings of KODI.)
And now I am enjoying 5.1 FLAC files on my system!
Feel free to ask if you have any questions if you'd like to try this on your system.
Cheers!
DMJ
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...18-Mixing-Help&p=266751&highlight=#post266751
To my bitter disappointment I found that my system could not play it properly.
well I finally figured it out so.. If anyone is interested I thought I would make this post.
For the record, I could not get 5.1 FLAC files to work on:
Direct to my 2012 receiver via USB(Although Onkyo claims it can.)
On my BluRay
On my HTPC
The solution was open source software KODI and to utilize the correct Windows Sound API(there are two to chose from
(DirectSound and Wasapi)
My problem was that my system played the 5.1 channel test FLAC through the wrong channels and the rear surrounds
would not play at all! So I knew I had to first get this test FLAC to play correct. Test FLAC from here:
http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-downloads-testfiles.aspx
Click at the bottom on: FLAC Studio Master Surround 5.1 channel test(6.9 MB). You will end up with:
"surround88.flac" (Its a man speaking "Right" - "Left" - "center", etc...)
I simply could not get this file to play properly on any of my system components(no gang, I don't have the $$$
to run out and buy an Oppo BDP-103).or any software on my HTPC; Foobar2000, VLC, Total Media...
Unitl I tried on a lark: KODI, an open source media center.
http://kodi.tv/download/
But.. I still had the same problem until I selected the correct sound driver in the output section.
After almost giving up... my last choice was a combination of Wasapi for both output choices in KODI and VOLIA!
The 5.1 channel test FLAC played perfectly including the sub test. (What is ironic is that I read a KODI
user need to select "DirectSound" in both places to work for him. Do whatever makes the test FLAC play
properly on your system.
I am SO HAPPY, all I can say is:
Wasapi!!!(Spoken like "wasabi!!" for all you Sushi lovers out there!)
That is it:
Software = KODI on my HTPC
Windows sound driver = Wasapi(selected twice in the output settings of KODI.)
And now I am enjoying 5.1 FLAC files on my system!
Feel free to ask if you have any questions if you'd like to try this on your system.
Cheers!
DMJ
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