Talk:AudioEngine

Audio FormatsWIP

Audio Codec	Linear PCM (LPCM)	Dolby Digital (DD/AC-3/ATSC/As52)	Dolby Digital Plus (DD+/E-AC-3)	Dolby TrueHD	DTS	DTS 24/96	DTS-HD	DTS-HD MA
Description	Up to 8 channels up to 192 kHz. mandatory	Up to 5.1 discrete channels and up to 48 kHz surround sound. mandatory	Up to 7.1 channels surround sound and up to 48 kHz / 24 bit optional	Up to 8 discrete channels at 96 kHz or up to 6 channels (5.1 surround) at 192 kHz / 24 bit optional	Up to 5.1 channels and up to 48 kHz / 24-bit mandatory	Up to 5.1 channels at 96 kHz / 24 bit optional	Up to 7.1 discrete channels and up to 96 kHz / 24-bit optional	Up to 7.1 discrete channels at 96 kHz and up to 5.1 channels at 192 kHz. optional
XBMC Setting	Multichannel LPCM capable receiver	Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver	Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver??? or TrueHD capable receiver???	TrueHD capable receiver	DTS capable receiver	DTS capable receiver	DTS-HD capable receiver	DTS-HD capable receiver

Have to check if DTS-HD is intended to describe DTS-HD MA in AE simply because of [Linux] DTS-HD Master Audio forum thread it reports disabling DTS-HD passthough enables DTS-HD MA, I cant test this becase I dont have HD audio receiver. --uNiversal 12:12, 1 February 2013 (EST) --jjd-uk: note to uNiversal - AE DTS-HD setting covers both DTS-HD & DTS-HD MA

Audio Settings Guide (WIP)

Depending on how your equipment is connected together you'll need to adjust the audio setting. The following is meant to act as a guide to get you started, thus you may want to adjust thing to suit your own particular set of equipment.

XBMC Settings	PC Speakers (2.0)	PC Speakers (5.1)	TV	AVR SPDIF	AVR HDMI (no HD Audio)*	AVR HDMI (HD Audio)	SPDIF (Transcode to AC3)
Audio Output	Analog	Analog	Analog	Optical/Coaxial	HDMI	HDMI	HDMI
Speaker configuration	2.0	5.1	2.0	5.1	5.1	7.1	5.1
Boost volume level on downmix	Enable	Enable	Enable	Enable	Enable	Enable	Enable
Output stereo to all speakers	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable
- Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Enable	Enable	Enable	Enable
- DTS capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Enable	Enable	Enable	Disable
- AAC capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Disable	Disable	Disable	Disable
- MultiChannel LPCM capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Disable	Enable	Enable	Disable
- TrueHD capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Disable	Disable	Enable	Disable
- DTS-HD capable receiver	N/A	N/A	N/A	Disable	Disable	Enable	Disable
Audio output device**	WASAPI/Directsound - Speakers	WASAPI/Directsound - Speakers	WASAPI/Directsound - SPDIF/HDMI	WASAPI/Directsound - SPDIF	WASAPI/Directsound - HDMI	WASAPI/Direcsound - HDMI	WASAPI/Directsound - SPDIF
Passthrough output device**	N/A	N/A	N/A	WASAPI/Directsound - SPDIF	WASAPI/Directsound - HDMI	WASAPI - HDMI	WASAPI/Directsound - SPDIF

* Where AVR has HDMI inputs but can't decode HD audio

** WASAPI offers best quality if connected to an AVR or DAC but may not always work, and Directsound offers better compatibility and should work in just about all equipment configurations. The only time WASAPI must be used is when trying to passthrough HD audio.