> Also, when I set "Max audio channels" to "Stereo" - the frontend messages > show that the 5.1 recordings are only seen as having 2 channels. > > I'm wondering if maybe there's an issue with setting my receiver's mode > from within Myth - the problem I originally posted on was playing a 2.0 > source AFTER playing a 5.1 recording *using the Myth internal player*. > This doesn't happen when using mplayer - I can go back and forth without > any problem. The receiver is an older Kenwood 5.1 unit (VR-407). > > Bob > > Bob - not sure if it will help you or not but I have found that for this to work properly the device *HAS* to be different between "Default" and "Bypass". As in, if I have both set to SPDIF, then I get the behaviour you describe. Only if I set "Default" to "SPDIF and set "Bypass" to the IEC device, then I get the expected correct behavior. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users