flysurfer wrote: > @bobertuk: I did not test the SPDIF output of the USB-card hardkernel > offers but it should work exactly the same way as other USB-soundcards > (like logilink/creative with SPDIF output). > Background info for Passthrough in Kodi: To enable the Kodi/XBMC > passthrough (sending 5.1 Dolby sourround signal / DTS directly to your > AVR) you have to adopt some settings on the desktop and in Kodi/XBMC > settings. The problem with the hardkernel devices is, that they do not > offer passthrough with HDMI and therefore you need the external > soundcard to get 5.1 sound working (instead of normal stereo). > What you probably want to do, is just sending your music (from stereo > source) to the external soundcards SPDIF output. This is no problem: > just change the soundcard setting of the Squeezelite-Player (advanced > options on the audioplayer tab of the Max2Play-Webinterface) to your > desired output. LMS (Squeezebox Server) is sending its music stream to > the Squeezebox / Squeezelite Player and the player has to be configured > to use the correct soundcard / audiointerface.
@flysurfer: Thank you for your reply. I've gone ahead and purchased an Odroid-XU4, the USB-SPDIF converter and a max2play license. The XU4 will be delivered tomorrow and you may start getting requests for help from me as well! Is it better to use this forum or the max2play forum? I'll let you know how I get on. 1 x Touch 1 x Radio 1 x Boom 1 x Cubox-i4 Pro SoA as main server and player running LMS 7.9 Lavry DA-10 DAC HP PC as secondary server running LMS 7.9 Starfish Pre-amp : Based on NAIM Heavily modified NAIM NAP 250 Power-amp Behringer DEQ2496 Linn Isobarik DMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobertuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30376 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101856 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
