Audio output

Mike8606

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Hi all,
I'm running a minix neo t5 and have connected my hdmi through my bose 5.1 sound system but no matter what apps I run it only shows me running the sound in pcm 2.0. Any ideas how to get the sound into 5.1?
 
Hi all,
I'm running a minix neo t5 and have connected my hdmi through my bose 5.1 sound system but no matter what apps I run it only shows me running the sound in pcm 2.0. Any ideas how to get the sound into 5.1?
could you post some screen shots of your current T5 audio settings, that will help people to help you !
 
Won't let me attach the screenshot so the audio output settings read as follows,
Dolby sounds
Line
Digital audio format
Auto
Dts sounds
0
 
Hi all,
I'm running a minix neo t5 and have connected my hdmi through my bose 5.1 sound system but no matter what apps I run it only shows me running the sound in pcm 2.0. Any ideas how to get the sound into 5.1?

Which apps are you actually using & do they fully support passthrough? (I.e. Kodi)

Have you configured the apps themselves correctly as well?
 
Which apps are you actually using & do they fully support passthrough? (I.e. Kodi)

Have you configured the apps themselves correctly as well?
Tried kodi, showed that it was outputting at 5.1 but my bose system showed it only at pcm 2.0, then tried disney+ also at Dolby 5.1, but still only pcm 2.0 from bose system.
I'm going to try and hook up an optical cable and see if that makes any difference, will report back
 
Tried kodi, showed that it was outputting at 5.1 but my bose system showed it only at pcm 2.0, then tried disney+ also at Dolby 5.1, but still only pcm 2.0 from bose system.
I'm going to try and hook up an optical cable and see if that makes any difference, will report back
I get the pcm 2.0 input from T5 to my receiver when it displays 5.1 output from T5. So i don't get surround sound.
 
Hi, I have the same issue with T5.
After you reboot the device you have the passthrough option in KODI.
but if you put it in sleep and wake up the passthrought option is no longer available.
 
I get the pcm 2.0 input from T5 to my receiver when it displays 5.1 output from T5. So i don't get surround sound.
Hi, I have the same issue with T5.
After you reboot the device you have the passthrough option in KODI.
but if you put it in sleep and wake up the passthrought option is no longer available.

I've periodically tested a Neo T5 with the different MINIX firmware releases with my AVR & 5.1.2 audio hardware since the device was released. For the most part, lossy SD 5.1 audio (AC3, e-AC3 & DTS) all worked fine via HDMI, as well as e-AC3 encoded media with Atmos metadata. TOSLINK/optical was a little more tricky at times but I did get it to work at one point, (unfortunately that was nigh on 2 years ago & I just can't remember all of the details with my awful memory ;) ).

HD audio never functioned but ultimately we eventually worked it out for ourselves that the lack of HD audio was a known limitation of the official firmware, not the hardware.

I've since installed CoreELEC Matrix directly to the eMMC of my test T5 so I can no longer easily jump back & forth between CE & the official FW to test for these sorts of problems you're currently experiencing with a T5 again.

However, as I've just explained, lossy SD 5.1 audio did in fact work OK (with my audio hardware at least), so make sure you haven't missed something with regards to configuration with either the T5 or your audio hardware as it does actually work. (Obviously, this is still by no means any guarantee for every possible end user. (As another example, I suffer significant issues trying to run a U22 via my AVR while other users have a very different experience with their hardware. Unfortunately, to date MINIX never have managed to resolve the issues with HD audio on the T5 or for those with affected hardware.))

Are you both heavy users of Kodi
? Depending on the answer to that question, it would certainly be well worth considering running CoreELEC off a micro SD, for example, & otherwise continue to run the official firmware off the eMMC. Switching between the two literally takes a few seconds & CE is still very responsive, & runs fast enough from an external source for the average user. (I'd also advise continuing to run CE off external media if you do elect to try it as reverting back to the official firmware with the eMMC alone isn't as simple as with other devices.)

I know, you've purchased these devices & ultimately they really should be functioning as expected!! However, what have you got to lose at this point by simply trying CoreELEC for evaluation? You may even find that you prefer running Kodi with CE than you do running it within the Android OS :).

Up to you :).
 
Hi all,
I'm running a minix neo t5 and have connected my hdmi through my bose 5.1 sound system but no matter what apps I run it only shows me running the sound in pcm 2.0. Any ideas how to get the sound into 5.1?
hello.. let me test it with our engineer and i will get back to you shortly...
 
NEO T5 support only DD and DD+ for Passthrough.
So, try to play DD and DD+ audio track in Kodi, also please enable passthrough in Kodi.
 
To enable passthrough in Kodi you should set the Kodi settings to "Expert" mode and then follow these guidelines >> https://kodi.wiki/view/Audio_quickstart_guide.

NOTE : If the setting Sync playback to display is enabled, Passthrough is automatically disabled

Enabling of passthrough in other apps will be dependant on those apps settings and capabilities.

@MINIX - Eric
We are still waiting for Minix to update the firmware for the T5 to correct for HD audio as it is quite capable of doing so as demonstated if you use Coreelec on it. Please advise what steps are being taken by Minix to address this major failing.
 
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@MINIX - Eric
We are still waiting for Minix to update the firmware for the T5 to correct for HD audio as it is quite capable of doing so as demonstated if you use Coreelec on it. Please advise what steps are being taken by Minix to address this major failing.

Absolutely +1. It's unacceptable for an advertised feature to not be working out of the box.
 
Hi All,
I also have the same problem.
The paastrough works only after complete reboot, but after sleep it stops.
Its not reasonable that the problem exists so long and not fix from Minix.
I saw that NVIDIA had the same problem but they got firmware update that fixed the issue.
And also regarding the HD Audio - really really shame to Minix, advertize and not get this feature.
I am very disappointed and probably the last time i buy or recommend Minix product.
 
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