Kodi will transcode other codecs to 5. Also - what other 7. I am playing. If i plug the pi into the receiver, I get 7. If I plug it into the TV, I get 4k but no 7. You can try 7. Maybe your TV does proper pass-through with that. Hi I have an RPi 4 Kodi Any ideas please? Use them! Disconnect optical from TV as it won't be needed.
Make sure your receiver is on before you power up the RPi and start Kodi. I would say try forcing everything down to p just for testing through the receiver. Someone else will have to tag in here. Good luck. What's new. New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies. How to connect with optical cable and get 7. JavaScript is disabled.
For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next Sort by votes. ABeautifulDeath Commendable. Feb 3, 15 0 1, 0. I am trying to get a siberia which needs to be plugged in with optical cable for full performance and 7.
Unfortunately my laptop does not have an optical out. Is there a way to solve this without losing any kind of audio quality? May 27, 5, 2 46, 1, May 9, 3 4, This in itself wont really hurt the audio quality since I suspect that default laptop sound cards are not all that high in quality rankings.
Thus the usb sound card will likely sound as good or better. Jun 14, 4, 3 14, 1, Yup, optical will do it.
U don't need to spend big dollars for this, good heavens, in fact any old cheapo thing that gives you Toslink will do. The Toslink interface just bring out the digital signal already present in the laptop, it's doing no processing whatsoever, spend your money on the "other side" of this cable.
What 7. I fear my experiences with USB based sound cards is next to none. I had one back in The links I posted were meant more as "These exist and might do the job" than recommendations. Long story short, on researching said things, seemingly only diamond claims to to support 7. Scratch that USB bit, was thinking of a 2.
I am trying to make sure if i can somehow plug in with optical, even though my laptop does not have a optical out atm. I have feeling we are not communicating. I say optical because that's commonly used for surround playback and handled by lots of devices, but optical couldn't care less what kind of surround audio you are shuttling through it.
What determine whether 5. If you are playing stereo source like all youtubes are , then I don't know how the siberia responds.
I have no actual experience with surround headsets. My laptop is a Alienware new 17 R4 which is pretty much as high end as it gets. The headset needs to be connected with optical connection in order to give full power such as the dolby digital 7. And i have heard the solution is getting an external usb sound card which i narrowed my options down to these 2 below. This is not important but if there is a better option that will boost my blue yeti pro that would be nice.
That thread was awse. I just replied with my recent wisdom in this regards. I bought a receiver just to get the wonder codecs and it was a waste of money, imho. I have a modded twelve year old Lexicon prepro that is much nicer to use than the chineseplasticwonderbox that I bought.
I might just try the analog outs vs optical on my Lexicon. MinusTheBear Audioholic Ninja. You pay a premium for the 7.
Personally, I feel no need to get a receiver with HDMI after watching a bunch of movies using the analog outs. I am thrilled with the sound quality! AVRat Audioholic Ninja. One thing to remember, when using the 7. Missionman Junior Audioholic. Disturbed Enthusiast. Disturbed said:. All right, all right. It's not "high def" in a video sense.
That's what I, and many others, might refer to as HD audio formats. Missionman said:. Starmax Full Audioholic. HDMI or 7. So I don't need to pay more for a BluRay player with 7. Are there any other quality factors in BluRay players I need to consider?
Last edited: Jan 15, PS: It just make things more simple, Bill.
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