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| 24 Mbit/s?
| 24 Mbit/s?
|192 kHz / 24 bit
|192 kHz / 24 bit
| 2.0
| ? Mbit/s
| 192 kHz / 24 bit
| 5.1
| 5.1
| ? Mbit/s
| 6 Mbit/s
| 48 kHz / 16 bit
| 5.1
| 6 Mbit/s
| 96 kHz / 24 bit
| 96 kHz / 24 bit
| MultiChannel LPCM capable receiver
| MultiChannel LPCM capable receiver

Revision as of 12:26, 5 February 2013

Supported Audio Formats for Passthrough (WIP)

Audio Codec Audio Source XBMC Passthrough Setting
HD DVD Blu-ray Disc DVD-Video DVD-Audio
Channels (max) Max bit rate Sample rate (max) Channels (max) Max bit rate Sample rate (max) Channels (max) Max bit rate Sample rate (max) Channels (max) Max bit rate Sample rate (max)
Dolby Digital 5.1 448 kbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit 5.1 640 kbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit 5.1 448 kbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit 5.1 448 kbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver
Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 3 Mbit/s 48 kHz / 24 bit 7.1 1.7 Mbit/s 48 kHz / 24 bit
N/A
DTS 5.1 (Core) 1509 kbit/s 48 kHz / 24 bit 5.1 (Core) 1509 kbit/s 48 kHz / 24 bit 6.1 754.5 kbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit
N/A
DTS capable receiver
DTS 24/96
N/A
5.1 1509 kbit/s 96 kHz / 24-bit 5.1 1509 kbit/s 96 kHz / 24-bit
Linear PCM (LPCM) 7.1 24 Mbit/s? 192 kHz / 24 bit 7.1 24 Mbit/s? 192 kHz / 24 bit 5.1 6 Mbit/s 48 kHz / 16 bit 5.1 6 Mbit/s 96 kHz / 24 bit MultiChannel LPCM capable receiver
Dolby TrueHD 7.1 18 Mbit/s 192 kHz / 24 bit 7.1 18 Mbit/s 192 kHz / 24 bit
N/A
TrueHD capable receiver
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio (HRA) 7.1 6 Mbit/s 96 kHz / 24 bit 7.1 6 Mbit/s 96 kHz / 24 bit
N/A
DTS-HD capable receiver
DTS-HD Master Audio (MA) 5.1 18 Mbit/s 192 kHz / 24 bit 5.1 18 Mbit/s 192 kHz / 24 bit
N/A
7.1 18 Mbit/s 96 kHz / 24 bit 7.1 18 Mbit/s 96 kHz / 24 bit
N/A



Audio Codec Dolby Digital (DD/AC-3/ATSC/As52) Dolby Digital Plus (DD+/E-AC-3) DTS DTS 24/96 Linear PCM (LPCM) Dolby TrueHD DTS-HD DTS-HD MA
Description 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 5.1 channels and up to 48 kHz / 24-bit mandatory Up to 5.1 channels at 96 kHz / 24 bit optional Up to 8 channels up to 192 kHz. mandatory Up to 8 discrete channels at 96 kHz or up to 6 channels (5.1 surround) at 192 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 Passthrough Setting Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver???? DTS capable receiver Multichannel LPCM capable receiver TrueHD 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 11:46, 4 February 2013 (GMT): note to uNiversal - AE DTS-HD setting covers both DTS-HD & DTS-HD MA.

Yes I know it does but DTS-HD MA is the format 100% supported DDDamina hinted that DTS-HD mileage may vary which to me says something else. But ok the setting in XBMC is not called DTS-HD MA in any case.--uNiversal 05:29, 5 February 2013 (EST)

???? Need to confirm which setting covers Dolby Digital Plus, thinks it's the Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver setting but not 100% perhaps need Damian to confirm.

Idk I know format is not enabled in AE ATM DD+ that is, but yes Which setting enables that will probably (guessing) be AC-3 since DTS 24/96 is probably DTS setting, idk omg what a mess.--uNiversal 05:29, 5 February 2013 (EST)

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
Linux
Audio output device** Speakers Speakers SPDIF/HDMI SPDIF HDMI HDMI SPDIF
Passthrough output device** N/A N/A N/A SPDIF HDMI HDMI SPDIF
Windows
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.