MattMcSpirit
Established Member
Hi all,
I'm so close to getting my x86 7MC nailed down, but I'm encountering a few teething problems with LPCM, True-HD and DTS-HD content.
Basically, I've got my audio configured pretty much exactly as described in Daveybryce's excellent post, combined with Wolvers superb guide, however I'm seeing inconsistencies between different content types.
My HTPC is connected to my Yamaha RX-V2700, which can't take DTS-HD/True-HD natively, but laps up DD, DTS and PCM (usually!). It's connected by HDMI. I'm using the Core i3 530 and a Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H. I'm making my MKV's with MakeMKV 1.5.1. I'm using the very latest release of MediaBrowser and I don't yet have any Blu-ray software, like TMT3.
My current FFDShow settings are as follows:
Now, the reason DTS isn't ticked for Pass-through, is because discs like Transformers (ROTF), or Terminator Salvation, won't play when it's ticked. When I tick it, and try and play say, Terminator Salvation, I get the following:
However, with the box still ticked, something like Lord of the Rings, DVD, with DTS soundtrack, plays fine, and the Yamaha Receiver reads DTS on the display.
Unticking the DTS box lets both Lord of the Rings DVD, and any DTS-HD content play, with MPCM appearing on the receiver screen.
When I play something like Terminator Salvation, and look at the FFDShow icons in the bottom right, i see, for audio:
and 2 tracks to choose from:
So, whilst I'm not too bothered about the DTS side of things, have I done something blatantly wrong to cause the DTS tick box to stop DTS-HD movies working? I've always left the DTS-HD box unticked, as I know my Reciever can't do anything with it. Needless to say, if i do actually test with DTS-HD ticked, that fails too, with the same 'cannot play video' message as above.
So, that's DTS, then the fun starts with Dolby Digital and True-HD rips.
Dolby Digital / True-HD
DVD's with a DD 5.1 soundtrack play fine, and lip-sync is spot on, even when i click around the movie timeline with the mouse. It takes a second to sort itself when I click someone random on the timeline, but it returns to normal very quickly, and I'm happy with that. The receiver also displays Dolby Digital.
Then we get onto True-HD content. Take Batman and Robin (I know, but it's just an example!) When I use MakeMKV, I have the following choices for audio:
I choose just the HD audio, as shown in the pic, and go ahead and make the MKV file. Should I be selecting others?
One thing I've noticed with the True-HD movies is when you click on different points in the timeline whilst playing the movie, the lip-sync rapidly falls out of place. This doesn't happen with the Dolby Digital DVDs, nor the DTS/HD content I discussed earlier. In some cases, the audio and video can be seconds apart. It appears to me that the audio is ahead of the video. This has been improved by taking VC1 control off FFDShow and giving it back to Windows, but if anyone has any other suggestions, they would be welcome!
LPCM
I'm having some strange issues with LPCM Audio from Blu-ray's like Casino Royale, and Harry Potter. The movie plays fine, but there's no audio at all. They have PCM audio, yet nothing is coming out. However, if I fire up GraphStudio, and import the MKV, I get the following:
Then, if i manually add a Audio Renderer in the form of the Default DirectSound device:
and play the graph, I get video and sound!!
How do I get this into Media Center?
Chapters
This is an easy one! How do i get chapters working in 7MC? Whenever I click the ->> button, I skips me on 30 seconds with each press. This is on every single rip I've made, so I'm unsure if I'm doing something wrong. MakeMKV correctly identifies the number of chapters, and in the past (on my previous x64 build) I could right click the Haali splitter in the system tray and it would have all the chapters listed, so I'm presuming they're in there somehwhere.
Any advice would be gratefully received!
Matt
I'm so close to getting my x86 7MC nailed down, but I'm encountering a few teething problems with LPCM, True-HD and DTS-HD content.
Basically, I've got my audio configured pretty much exactly as described in Daveybryce's excellent post, combined with Wolvers superb guide, however I'm seeing inconsistencies between different content types.
My HTPC is connected to my Yamaha RX-V2700, which can't take DTS-HD/True-HD natively, but laps up DD, DTS and PCM (usually!). It's connected by HDMI. I'm using the Core i3 530 and a Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H. I'm making my MKV's with MakeMKV 1.5.1. I'm using the very latest release of MediaBrowser and I don't yet have any Blu-ray software, like TMT3.
My current FFDShow settings are as follows:
Now, the reason DTS isn't ticked for Pass-through, is because discs like Transformers (ROTF), or Terminator Salvation, won't play when it's ticked. When I tick it, and try and play say, Terminator Salvation, I get the following:
However, with the box still ticked, something like Lord of the Rings, DVD, with DTS soundtrack, plays fine, and the Yamaha Receiver reads DTS on the display.
Unticking the DTS box lets both Lord of the Rings DVD, and any DTS-HD content play, with MPCM appearing on the receiver screen.
When I play something like Terminator Salvation, and look at the FFDShow icons in the bottom right, i see, for audio:
and 2 tracks to choose from:
So, whilst I'm not too bothered about the DTS side of things, have I done something blatantly wrong to cause the DTS tick box to stop DTS-HD movies working? I've always left the DTS-HD box unticked, as I know my Reciever can't do anything with it. Needless to say, if i do actually test with DTS-HD ticked, that fails too, with the same 'cannot play video' message as above.
So, that's DTS, then the fun starts with Dolby Digital and True-HD rips.
Dolby Digital / True-HD
DVD's with a DD 5.1 soundtrack play fine, and lip-sync is spot on, even when i click around the movie timeline with the mouse. It takes a second to sort itself when I click someone random on the timeline, but it returns to normal very quickly, and I'm happy with that. The receiver also displays Dolby Digital.
Then we get onto True-HD content. Take Batman and Robin (I know, but it's just an example!) When I use MakeMKV, I have the following choices for audio:
I choose just the HD audio, as shown in the pic, and go ahead and make the MKV file. Should I be selecting others?
One thing I've noticed with the True-HD movies is when you click on different points in the timeline whilst playing the movie, the lip-sync rapidly falls out of place. This doesn't happen with the Dolby Digital DVDs, nor the DTS/HD content I discussed earlier. In some cases, the audio and video can be seconds apart. It appears to me that the audio is ahead of the video. This has been improved by taking VC1 control off FFDShow and giving it back to Windows, but if anyone has any other suggestions, they would be welcome!
LPCM
I'm having some strange issues with LPCM Audio from Blu-ray's like Casino Royale, and Harry Potter. The movie plays fine, but there's no audio at all. They have PCM audio, yet nothing is coming out. However, if I fire up GraphStudio, and import the MKV, I get the following:
Then, if i manually add a Audio Renderer in the form of the Default DirectSound device:
and play the graph, I get video and sound!!
How do I get this into Media Center?
Chapters
This is an easy one! How do i get chapters working in 7MC? Whenever I click the ->> button, I skips me on 30 seconds with each press. This is on every single rip I've made, so I'm unsure if I'm doing something wrong. MakeMKV correctly identifies the number of chapters, and in the past (on my previous x64 build) I could right click the Haali splitter in the system tray and it would have all the chapters listed, so I'm presuming they're in there somehwhere.
Any advice would be gratefully received!
Matt