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I have my Windows set to give exclusive priority etcetera, the WASAPI mode, enabled. I set my receiver to Pure direct mode. I set VLC 3.0.3 to DirectX Audio output, checkbox for S/PDIF, Use the WASAPI output (Windows Multimedia Session) Windows Multimedia Session is the correct answer! Automatic wa...

For the love of....I set it to Automatic, and restarted VLC, and now the HD codec pops up on my receiver display...problem solved. Ugh, I feel dumb.

Paul

I have my Windows set to give exclusive priority etcetera, the WASAPI mode, enabled. I set my receiver to Pure direct mode. I set VLC 3.0.3 to DirectX Audio output, checkbox for S/PDIF, and my HDMI destination (for some reason still shows as my TV even though shooting directly to the receiver) set t...

This is what I am set to, which gets me DTS, but not DTS HD or TrueHD.



https://imgur.com/a/X3rBZxT

PowerDVD can select the HD audio and it shows correctly on my receiver, but PowerDVD has a weird glitch every 10 seconds that makes watching movies irritating.

Paul

My Windows audio settings show all the cool super duper codecs that the receiver is capable of, but I have no clue how to setup VLC for anything other than regular DTS or Dolby Digital. The high end HD audio stuff just shows PCM 2CH on the AV receiver when I select that stream during playback. :( Paul

What are the audio preference settings for getting DTS or Dolby high resolution audio to pass through to my Sony receiver? I can get DTS or DD passthrough no problem when sending HDMI to my TV which then spits the signal over to the receiver via ARC, but when I tried connecting the Windows 7 PC dire...