[solved] ATI 6870 HDMI HD Audio

RazorWing

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2010 14:12 Messages: 4 Offline

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Dec 23, 2010 14:42

Hello,

I have just bought a new graphic card which I am having difficulties with getting HD audio to pass-through over AMD HDMI to my Onkyo 905 Amp. It plays the sound, on all channels but comes up with DTS Neo 6 instead of DTS HD Master Audio. I have tried the same disc in a different player and it displays correctly.

Spec:
Windows 7 Pro 64bit - All Windows Updates Applied
ATI Catalyse Drivers - Build 10.12
PowerDVD 10 3D Ultra MK2 - Build 2325
Further diagnostic attached (BD Advisor & DXDiag)

PowerDVD Settings (Audio):
- Speaker Environment: Use HDMI
- Output Mode: Non-decoded Dolby Digital/DTS audio to external device (the other option is PCM decoded by PowerDVD)

PowerDVD Settings (Information):
Player information:
Player region code: Not Specified
Current drive: G:

Display information:
Video mode: Progressive
Display mode: DirectShow
FourCC code: NV12
Surface type: Hardware Video Accelerator (DxVA)

Primary video attributes:
Video compression mode: VC1 (DxVA on)
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Source picture resolution: 1920x1080
Frame rate: 23.00
Bitrate: 16.67Mbps

Primary audio attributes:
Primary audio attributes: DTS-HD Master Audio
Sampling rate: 48kHz
Number of audio channels:5.1
Bitrate: 3921 Kbps

Hardware Information:
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ running at 2411 MHz
3DNow! technology: In Use
Enhanced 3DNow! technology: In Use
3DNow! professional technology: In Use
IA MMX technology: In Use
IA sStreaming SIMD extensions: In Use
IA SSE 2: In Use
Video accelerator: DirectX VA (in use)
Multispeaker audio device: AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Defin (not in use)
S/PDIF output device: Not Detected

If any one can help or if i can provide any additional details, please let me know.

Regards,

Andrew

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CyberLink-Michael

Senior Contributor Location: Europe Joined: Apr 18, 2007 04:05 Messages: 7418 Offline

Dec 26, 2010 10:15

Hi,

please enable the Uncompressed HD Audio option while playback the DTS-HD-MA or DD-THD with Blu-ray.
The uncompressed HD audio option is not available before playback such audio!

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RazorWing

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2010 14:12 Messages: 4 Offline

Dec 26, 2010 14:06

Hello Michael,

The Uncompressed HD Audio option is not available under the 'Output Mode' when playing back a DTS-HD-MA Blu-Ray. The only options available are 'Non-decoded Dolby Digital/DTS audio to external device' or 'PCM decoded by PowerDVD'.

Regards,

Andrew

CyberLink-Michael

Senior Contributor Location: Europe Joined: Apr 18, 2007 04:05 Messages: 7418 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 14:49

Hi,

thanks for your feedback.
We are investigating this issue.

could you try to :

1. uninstal ATI HDMI audio device driver that came with Catalyst?
2. install Relatek ATI HDMI driver from Realtek site?

Thanks and
BR
Michael

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imfletcher

Newbie Joined: Dec 07, 2010 12:24 Messages: 7 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 16:13

I have the same issue with the Radeon 6850. I had the 5750 and the HD Audio worked well over HDMI (TrueHD, DTS Master). After swapping to the 6850 and updating to the 10.12 ATI drivers, the high definition audio is not an option in the output dropdown.

I'm running PowerDVD 10 Mark II 2325 (latest patch). The older ATI drivers (10.11) won't work with the 6800 series card... could be related to the update to 10.12.

al3x

Newbie Joined: Dec 26, 2010 21:51 Messages: 6 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 16:49

I had a similar problem with my Onkyo receiver connected via HDMI to my HTPC (ATI HD5400 series).
I wasn't able to get bitstreaming (thus DTS HD Master and Dolby TrueHD) to work.

Solution to my problem was this:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1227161

I installed the EDID Override "Hitachi L42S503 - ONKYO TX-SR605" and bitstreaming worked like a charm from that point on. For you, the proper override could be "Panasonic TH-42PZ700U - ONKYO TX-NR905" I guess. Don't know if this is related in any way to your problem, but I thought it might help to bring this up here

Greets,
Alex

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imfletcher

Newbie Joined: Dec 07, 2010 12:24 Messages: 7 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 20:16

Thanks Alex

I haven't tried this yet, seems pretty involved. However, since it worked with my 5750 this morning but not my 6850 this afternoon, with all other equipment being equal, it seems like its related to PowerDVD and ATI 10.12 drivers with the new line of cards.

al3x

Newbie Joined: Dec 26, 2010 21:51 Messages: 6 Offline

Dec 27, 2010 20:27

Hey JEFF,

yep, seems pretty obvious in your case then!

I came up with this EDID override idea because RazorWing had written about his problems with an Onkyo receiver - so this is probably not helping you

But maybe that's really "just" a problem with Catalyst 10.12. Anyway, hope this won't stick for long, I'm thinking about buying a new 6000er series card as well.

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RazorWing

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2010 14:12 Messages: 4 Offline

Dec 29, 2010 16:11

Hello Michael,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I can confirm uninstalling the ATI HDMI Audio driver and installing the Realtek ATI HDMI Audio driver was successful in displaying the uncompressed HD audio option.

Please let me know if you require any further details or testing.

Regards,

Andrew

imfletcher

Newbie Joined: Dec 07, 2010 12:24 Messages: 7 Offline

Dec 29, 2010 16:18

I installed the Realtek without uninstalling ATI first and didn't have any luck. Will try this path.

RazorWing

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2010 14:12 Messages: 4 Offline

Jan 01, 2011 04:40

Any luck with the Realtek drivers imfletcher?

imfletcher

Newbie Joined: Dec 07, 2010 12:24 Messages: 7 Offline

Jan 01, 2011 16:55

yes, the drivers direct from realtek did the trick. thanks!