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Old 17th February 2019, 06:05   #23341  |  Link
Mevunky
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Originally Posted by raymondjpg View Post
I think you have a point, but in my system it only works if I configure Intel Display Audio in Windows as stereo. I can then get sound out of the center speaker as well as L and R. However, if I configure it as 5.1 surround then the signal received by the Yamaha is 3/2/0.1 even when the source is stereo PCM, and I hear no sound from the center speaker. I have seen this issue arise with other media players outputting HDMI sound through AV receivers. The receiver is expecting to receive signal from all channels, and does not apply Prologic II.
This makes sense, however I see no reason to set Windows to anything other than stereo mode, for proper surround everything is bitstreamed anyway. I have always set all machines to 2.0 as 99% of generic sound content is 2.0 which keeps everything in check and fixes your PL issues - as for the rest its bitstreamed and bypasses the shared mixer anyways. I personally see no upside in setting Windows to anything other than 2.0.
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