Posts by bikike

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    jernej Here a little update:

    I played with the settings and now stick with a sampling rate of 96kHz. After replacing the TX6 to get coax cable's routing clear of network and power cables, no change. Amp still detects PCM48.

    The Audio stream is constant. No dropouts to which I was used when routing sound over HDMI to TV. Big improvement.

    Tracks with DTS-MA & Dolby 5.1 are played correctly. I am still stunned.

    Not related to this post, but maybe interesting: Streaming tv-programs in 5.1 from tvheadend live gives no sound, when playing recording of the very same stream is autodetected and played correctly. I guess I have to change some settings in tvheadend.

    GUI sounds are only played while playing back tracks. This might be caused by the inertia of my amplifier. It takes some time until audio format is detected and played by the amplifier. I can live with that.

    In conclusion: Great work, I am more than happy with the sound, my neighbours will have get used to it. ;)

    Thank you again for your hard work on this. If anything needs further testing, please let me know.

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    Just updated to b632d9a. No change in GUI sounds and AAC. If change sampling rate to 96kHz, amplifier autodetects PCM48.

    Might be coax cable got interfered by routing of power cables. I will try to sort that out tomorrow.

    I will try nightlies from tomorrow on.

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    System>Settings>Audio>GUI Sounds>Play GUI Sounds>Always

    GUI Sounds are played when clicking through menu during play back of videos. Without playback, no GUI sounds regardless of setting.

    AAC 5.1 tracks are detected and played back as 2.0. I do not know if this is a limitation from the amplifier.

    Amp is SONY STR-DE 485E. Not very recent, but still working well

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    Hello again.

    I checked:

    1.) yes

    2.) yes

    3.) Amplifier is DTS capable up to 5.1, according to manual PCM96k

    4.) According to onscreen information in LibreELEC DTS-MA & Dolby 5.1 tracks are played 5.1 including LFE correctly. (Auto detected by amp)

    The GUI sounds works in playback, when setted to "Always". When playback is stopped, no GUI sounds.

    AAC 5.1 tracks are detected and played 2.1.

    I am more than happy to test it up to 5.1 (limitation by amplifier).

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    jernej: Thank you for all the work. Just a quick update: Looks and sounds like we are happy :)

    I just updated and gave it a try with some Dolby trailers. Amplifier autodetected as 5.1, all sounds well.

    GUI sounds are not working. That is more than ok for me. Acoustic feedback with the speaker system can be somewhat annoying. I will revert with more details and a thorough test later today.

    Thank you again for your work on that.

    :thumbup: :thumbup:

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    jernej and chewitt :You are both right. My amplifier still was on 5.1 setting. Changing it's setting to autodetect gives me 2-ch plus subwoofer. While passthrough is not present in Settings > System > Audio, I can enable it in the audio settings in the movie player.

    Still experimenting with the settings. Already a big improvement to the built in speakers from my TV, though

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    jernej : Just rebooted with the test update. In Settings > System > Audio no difference from before: Visible are Alsa HDMI devices and Pulse Bluetooth device. In the console alsamixer F6 shows me allwinner-hdmi as only device. Which log would I search for the output we are looking for?

  • Tanix TX6 SPDIF passthrough

    jernej A test image would be nice indeed. I more than happy to test it, when ready. I want to be able to listen to sound via amplifier and speaker system rather than my TV, which has no option to send audio out. If post does not belong here, please move to appropriate thread.

    Thank you