XBMC bit streaming issues

[rbk123]

I recently loaded XBMC on 2 different HTPC's of mine, Kodi 14.0 in particular. One HTPC uses a GeForce GT610 card and bit streams DTS-HD/True-HD just fine. The other uses an older ATI Radeon 5450 card and is all kinds of quirky. It passes Dolby Digital fine but for DTS-HD and True-HD, the receiver sees it as "multi-channel PCM". This happens for both an Onkyo HT receiver as well as an Emotiva Pre-processor.

The 5450 can pass DTS-HD/True-HD as it worked fine previously when I used FFDShow along with Media Player Classic.

In the XBMC audio settings I have it set to WASAPI - 5450's HDMI, although I have tried all of the other options as well. I have selected DTS-HD, etc... capable receiver (all formats) but no luck -> it does play, but the receiver and processor don't recognize the High Def audio streams.

1) Is Kodi 14.0 too new/buggy and I should try an older version?
2) Is the 5450 just too old and I should boot it for something more modern (or go back to FFDShow)?

This is my first foray into XBMC and I really like it.

 

[tential]

I recently loaded XBMC on 2 different HTPC's of mine, Kodi 14.0 in particular. One HTPC uses a GeForce GT610 card and bit streams DTS-HD/True-HD just fine. The other uses an older ATI Radeon 5450 card and is all kinds of quirky. It passes Dolby Digital fine but for DTS-HD and True-HD, the receiver sees it as "multi-channel PCM". This happens for both an Onkyo HT receiver as well as an Emotiva Pre-processor.

The 5450 can pass DTS-HD/True-HD as it worked fine previously when I used FFDShow along with Media Player Classic.

In the XBMC audio settings I have it set to WASAPI - 5450's HDMI, although I have tried all of the other options as well. I have selected DTS-HD, etc... capable receiver (all formats) but no luck -> it does play, but the receiver and processor don't recognize the High Def audio streams.

1) Is Kodi 14.0 too new/buggy and I should try an older version?
2) Is the 5450 just too old and I should boot it for something more modern (or go back to FFDShow)?

This is my first foray into XBMC and I really like it.

I would post this on their forum under their support section if I wanted timely correct manners of resolving this issue.

 

[poofyhairguy]

What drivers are you using? That card should work, but it will need properly configured AMD drivers. They can be quite finicky.

 

[rbk123]

They are AMD drivers but outside of that I don't know anything else as I loaded them quite a while back. I can look into seeing if there's a newer set out there. I'll also see about posting in the XBMC forums. Thanks.