Struggling to get 5.1 working

Well it is installed and WOW!

What a difference the encoding makes!! :D :D Didn't think it would be as noticeable, I think for things like Spotify it is simulated, but still sounds a LOT better I think

Downloaded some proper Dolby sound tests also and the difference is amazing with and without the encoding. Really quite impressed!! :D

I had a question but I've just solved it myself by going back to MPC-HC over VLC... VLC just would not play correctly with large files of around 100MB or more (dolby test files) but it played smaller ones fine. With the big ones it would just give 1 second of sound every few seconds... but MPC-HC plays them perfectly!

Thanks all! :)

Quick tip (and to check I've set it up correctly lol!) when setting it up for encoding, it says the below (read the 'note' section)

So I thought for a second I wouldn't be able to have it encode everything... but setting my default sound to 'speakers' for the SBz in Windows (despite being plugged into the SPDIF) DOES actually work and it plays everything encoded correctly.

Sounds correct?

Thanks!!

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VLC is a bit poop player. It's good for playing files that are damaged.

I would not upscale 2 channel PCM to DD/DTS, keep that original. If you use foobar use a wsapi plug in, that'll keep it true pcm 44khz.
 
hornetstinger said:
VLC is a bit poop player. It's good for playing files that are damaged.

I would not upscale 2 channel PCM to DD/DTS, keep that original. If you use foobar use a wsapi plug in, that'll keep it true pcm 44khz.
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Can I ask your reasoning on that please?

And how do I best make use of the encoder automatically if I have to keep switching it on each time? Or is that what the foobar part relates to? No idea what foobar is so need to research into that lol

Also should I be opting for DD over DTS or vice versa for any reason?
 
I'd only use live encoding for games.
For CD's I'd make sure your avr receives 2 channel PCM, 44.1khz, bit perfect
For movies I'd leave it alone as well, let your AVR apply post processing. So if I have a movie that's in 2 channel PCM, DD or DTS, or even mono I leave it alone and let the Lexicon processor apply Logic 7 ontop of the signal.

You don't want to be converting/upscaling audio when it's not required.

One way of checking your audio is left alone is playback a DTS 2 channel CD. Or if your AVR has a HDCD chip, play HDCD 2 channel audio. If those two don't light up then you know re-sampling is being done.

For example if I play DTS CD on my CD player, the DTS light on the AVR lights up, and it shows 2 channel DTS, and whatever the khz is.
 
I'm not sure if the Sony is that fancy to be honest but thanks! I will look into it and see what it can and can't do...it's a good few years old now lol, over 7 years probably
 
also playback a 44.1khz PCM. If it shows 48khz on your Sony (as well as DD/DTS) then it's upsampling. You don't want to upsample CD audio.

It should display 44.1khz. Using a plugin for foobar bypasses the live encoding, and outputs a bit perfect bitstream to your sony.
 
hornetstinger said:
also playback a 44.1khz PCM. If it shows 48khz on your Sony (as well as DD/DTS) then it's upsampling. You don't want to upsample CD audio.

It should display 44.1khz. Using a plugin for foobar bypasses the live encoding, and outputs a bit perfect bitstream to your sony.
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That's great thanks! Will check out Foobar, but to be honest my usual source of music these days is Spotify - not sure if that will interfere with anything or not

Will have a look :)
 
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