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Depending on how your equipment is connected together you'll need to adjust the audio | <section begin="intro" />Depending on how your equipment is connected together you'll need to adjust the [[audio settings]]. The following is meant to act as a guide to get you started, '''thus you may want to do further adjustments for your own particular set of equipment'''.<section end="intro" /> | ||
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! | ! Kodi Settings | ||
! PC Speakers<br />(2.0) | ! PC Speakers<br />(2.0) | ||
! PC Speakers<br />(5.1) | ! PC Speakers<br />(5.1) | ||
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|N/A | |N/A | ||
| | |7.1 | ||
|7.1 | |7.1 | ||
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|align="left"|'''Enabled passthrough''' | |align="left"|'''Enabled passthrough <ref name="SyncPlayback">If ''[[Settings/Player/Videos#Sync_playback_to_display|Sync playback to display]]'' is enabled, Passthrough is automatically disabled</ref> ''' | ||
|Disabled | |Disabled | ||
|Disabled | |Disabled | ||
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|Enabled | |Enabled | ||
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|align="left"|'''Passthrough output device''' | |align="left"|'''Passthrough output device <ref name="SyncPlayback" />''' | ||
|N/A | |N/A | ||
|N/A | |N/A | ||
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{{Note| On Windows WASAPI offers best quality if connected to an AVR or DAC and '''MUST''' be used if trying to passthrough TrueHD or DTS-HD, however as there can sometimes be compatibility problems with WASAPI in certain circumstances the Directsound option may have to be chosen however TrueHD or DTS-HD is not possible with Directsound.}} | {{Note| On Windows WASAPI offers best quality if connected to an AVR or DAC and '''MUST''' be used if trying to passthrough TrueHD or DTS-HD, however as there can sometimes be compatibility problems with WASAPI in certain circumstances the Directsound option may have to be chosen however TrueHD or DTS-HD is not possible with Directsound.}} | ||
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[[Category:How-to]] | [[Category:How-to]] | ||
[[Category:Audio]] | [[Category:Audio]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:15, 31 July 2020
Audio | Audio quickstart guide |
Depending on how your equipment is connected together you'll need to adjust the audio settings. The following is meant to act as a guide to get you started, thus you may want to do further adjustments for your own particular set of equipment.
Kodi Settings | PC Speakers (2.0) |
PC Speakers (5.1) |
TV | TV (AC3)[1] |
AVR SPDIF (AC3/DTS)[2] |
AVR HDMI (no HD Audio)[3] |
AVR HDMI (HD Audio)[4] |
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Audio Output Device | Speakers | Speakers | HDMI/SPDIF | HDMI/SPDIF | SPDIF | HDMI | HDMI |
Number of channels | 2.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | N/A | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Output configuration | Best Match | Best Match | Best Match | Best Match | Best Match | Best Match | Best Match |
Stereo upmix | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
Normalize levels on downmix | Enabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
Resample quality | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Keep audio device alive | 1 min | 1 min | 1 min | 1 min | 1 min | 1 min | 1 min |
Enabled passthrough [5] | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Enabled | Enabled | Enabled | Enabled |
Passthrough output device [5] | N/A | N/A | N/A | HDMI/SPDIF | SPDIF | HDMI | HDMI |
Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver | N/A | N/A | N/A | Enabled | Enabled | Enabled | Enabled |
Enabled Dolby Digital transcoding | N/A | N/A | N/A | Enabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
DTS capable receiver | N/A | N/A | N/A | Disabled | Enabled | Enabled | Enabled |
TrueHD capable receiver | N/A | N/A | N/A | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Enabled |
DTS-HD capable receiver | N/A | N/A | N/A | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Enabled |
Note: On Windows WASAPI offers best quality if connected to an AVR or DAC and MUST be used if trying to passthrough TrueHD or DTS-HD, however as there can sometimes be compatibility problems with WASAPI in certain circumstances the Directsound option may have to be chosen however TrueHD or DTS-HD is not possible with Directsound.