Any help would be much appreciatedI have a home theatre pc that is connected to and AVR (Yamaha V6A) via an HDMI cable. The audio and video come from the on-motherboard graphics system on the HTPC. The HTPC is running Ubuntu linux.
Ubuntu allows me to configure the sound output in through the HDMI cable in one of 3 ways: digital stereo, digital surround 5.1, or digital surround 7.1.
Ia m trying to watch netflix shows that are played on with the FireFox web browser.
The issue I am experiencing is that when the sound output is digital surround 5.1 or 7.1, there will be random gaps in the audio - random, short blanks spots in the audio. However, if I set the sound output to digital stereo the audio gap issue doesn't happen, but in digital stereo there is no sound coming out of my center channel speaker.
The issue is not the AVR (audio and video work fine when the source is a blu-ray player). I am wondering if the motherboard in the HTPC (ASUS H97M-E/CSM) might not be capable of keeping up with the digital surround data stream.
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Has anyone had similar issues with digital audio/video over HDMI that is coming from the on-board graphics unit of the motherboard? Maybe my motherboard is simply not up to the task? Perhaps I need a graphics card in the PC?
I suppose the problem could be with the way Ubuntu is using the motherboard, and I just need to correct a setting.
Home theatre PC having issues with sound
I have a home theatre pc that is connected to and AVR (Yamaha V6A) via an HDMI cable. The audio and video come from the on-motherboard graphics system on the HTPC. The HTPC is running Ubuntu linux.
Ubuntu allows me to configure the sound output in through the HDMI cable in one of 3 ways: digital stereo, digital surround 5.1, or digital surround 7.1.
Ia m trying to watch netflix shows that are played on with the FireFox web browser.
The issue I am experiencing is that when the sound output is digital surround 5.1 or 7.1, there will be random gaps in the audio - random, short blanks spots in the audio. However, if I set the sound output to digital stereo the audio gap issue doesn't happen, but in digital stereo there is no sound coming out of my center channel speaker.
The issue is not the AVR (audio and video work fine when the source is a blu-ray player). I am wondering if the motherboard in the HTPC (ASUS H97M-E/CSM) might not be capable of keeping up with the digital surround data stream.
Has anyone had similar issues with digital audio/video over HDMI that is coming from the on-board graphics unit of the motherboard? Maybe my motherboard is simply not up to the task? Perhaps I need a graphics card in the PC?
I suppose the problem could be with the way Ubuntu is using the motherboard, and I just need to correct a setting.
Ubuntu allows me to configure the sound output in through the HDMI cable in one of 3 ways: digital stereo, digital surround 5.1, or digital surround 7.1.
Ia m trying to watch netflix shows that are played on with the FireFox web browser.
The issue I am experiencing is that when the sound output is digital surround 5.1 or 7.1, there will be random gaps in the audio - random, short blanks spots in the audio. However, if I set the sound output to digital stereo the audio gap issue doesn't happen, but in digital stereo there is no sound coming out of my center channel speaker.
The issue is not the AVR (audio and video work fine when the source is a blu-ray player). I am wondering if the motherboard in the HTPC (ASUS H97M-E/CSM) might not be capable of keeping up with the digital surround data stream.
Has anyone had similar issues with digital audio/video over HDMI that is coming from the on-board graphics unit of the motherboard? Maybe my motherboard is simply not up to the task? Perhaps I need a graphics card in the PC?
I suppose the problem could be with the way Ubuntu is using the motherboard, and I just need to correct a setting.
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Any help would be much appreciated
Don't use or know Linux, but in principle, audio processing is way less resource-hungry than video processing, so if video is OK it's probably not your MOBO's basic capability that's at issue - though you could perhaps run a resource monitor to verify this (e.g. a Linux-esque type of Windows Task Manager). You're already hitting the most likely culprits in your post - I'd add checking for known issues or settings problems with drivers to your list - perhaps there's known issues that could even require a version rollback?
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