scratches his head ...i have no HDMI option in audio settings and if spdif is selected without any spdif connection being made audio is still sent by HDMI
Yes, but the point is the OP was "raking his noggin" wondering why the HD audio formats wouldn't passthrough to his external audio hardware & now hopefully understands why not
. (I've also edited my original reply should it save confusion.)
Otherwise, you're still busy "engraving your brain case" because you've experienced an
entirely different audio issue to the OP or myself. We at least both have 5.1 surround successfully passing through over HDMI, albeit SD/lossy for HD audio. Not to mention, the audio problems you've experienced with your T5/AVR in this instance are, quite how to put this one? "
Seriously funky indeed"!!!???!!!?!!!!! (If I'd been experiencing the problems you described under another thread I wouldn't have been "scoring my cranium", by now it would be terribly bruised & a large dent or crack clearly visible on my desktop in trying to solve it hehe
!!!)
Factory reset is your best option! (I can't recall you mentioning you tried one!!???? I'd hate to assume you had & not remind you just in case it works)! If that fails, try
@Villa 's method for reaching the T5's recovery menu, clear what you can first & then force the reset from there. See if that perhaps makes a difference? I also made a direct jump from FW 9.3.11 to 9.3.15, whereas you had a brief stopover on 9.3.14. Could also be a factor. Again, a factory reset to start a fresh could help.
Didn't you sideload some additional apps etc. too? Perhaps if you installed something like ES it could be contributing in some weird way, (not unheard of)?? I'd say remove them but we're straight back around to the above lol, yes, bloody reset lol
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As we previously discussed/noted in a separate thread, if I select SPDIF on the T5 I then get
no audio at all over HDMI with my AVR. (Which is obviously what one would usually expect without a cable being present, although I have seen other devices where SPDIF could be selected & still work over HDMI.) I also need to specify an optical/analogue connection for any given source in my AVR's settings too if not using the default HDMI. Given that our Sony AVR's are so incredibly similar I know yours has the same settings in that regard. Somehow, one/both of the devices in question is/are somehow still allowing the SPDIF signal through HDMI.
Obviously, manually setting PCM or SPDIF are very specific options that users tend to need for fairly specific reasons/circumstances or external hardware. I'm currently
testing SPDIF (with cable lol) on the T5 as well. So far that's held up OK too. The default "
auto" option certainly appears to be HDMI from everything I've observed & tested with the T5 so far. Another reason why I've tentatively labelled the auto audio option as being HDMI by default. The other options are very specific & ultimately need to be set manually, (often at both ends of the cable with SPDIF too). "Ordinarily", HDMI (auto) just works out of the gate.
Quite why a fourth selectable HDMI option hasn't been added is anyone's guess unless it's purely to keep things as clean & simple as possible or because auto is in fact HDMI by default lol
?? The auto setting would still use HDMI by default even if a separate choice was added I suspect.
5.1 SPDIF audio has seemed a little "rawer/harsher" to me using exactly the same files to test for want of a better term when directly compared to 5.1 HDMI, otherwise it functions as expected. (Don't get me wrong, SPDIF sounds absolutely fine, excellent in fact, it's just sources are very slightly louder over SPDIF despite the identical volume level being set on the AVR for both HDMI & SPDIF respectively.). Might simply be a case of fine tuning/tinkering but obviously I wouldn't remain with SPDIF, I'm just testing it should it be of any help
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Obviously SPDIF is something you could consider unless a reset works. However, the one downside of doing that is if you have managed to get Atmos working correctly with e-AC3/DD+ sources you'd then lose that again using SPDIF (
with) an optical cable
!!!!
These are purely my observations alone, however. It would certainly be a good idea for us to ask John or. Martin for specifics with these settings under the other thread anyway. We'll then know for certain should this be one of those frequently occurring topics
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Short of me purchasing a DH790 to use as a doorstop, the only other thing I can think of is when I'm done testing again is to try installing the
exact same apps as you!! But when all is said & done even that would be pointless until you do a reset to be certain. (After that I could try installing one app at a time & test after each to see if we can recreate the problem again??. Although I have the distinct feeling that if you get rid of this problem you'll probably avoid installing the same apps again unless they're absolutely vital
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Keep us updated
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