ecoboost_xsport
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- Mar 23, 2021
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So about a year ago, I began massing more and more 4K (HDR, Dolby Atmos stuff) content on my HTPC server.
This issue started creeping slowly and I am not sure if it is a limitation of the receiver or it is failing:
When playing 4K content in my living room that has a pretty high-end setup, I keep getting the audio momentarily going out. I can visually see on the receiver that it will "blip" from whatever format is being utilized (Dolby Digital +, Atmos, etc) to PCM briefly but come back in.
At first I thought this was my HTPC, but I then connected it directly to the TV, bypassing the receiver and the media plays fine. I've changed out HDMI cables etc, but to no avail. Now, in my media player program, I have the ability to have my server transcode the media into other sizes and the largest size I can have it trasncode to is 1080 (10MBs) and not the native 4K playing directly without transcoding.
I've isolated it to the receiver as it, as mentioned, will not repeat this behavior when taking the receiver out of the equation. It also will not repeat this behavior in other rooms with other clients playing the same media without a receiver. I've messed with many of the settings in the receiver, but nothing fixes it. It makes 4K movies unwatchable.
Is the signal processor of the receiver beginning to fail (I feel this is happening more frequently) or s the receiver just not capable of passing through the content without dropping the signal?
This issue started creeping slowly and I am not sure if it is a limitation of the receiver or it is failing:
When playing 4K content in my living room that has a pretty high-end setup, I keep getting the audio momentarily going out. I can visually see on the receiver that it will "blip" from whatever format is being utilized (Dolby Digital +, Atmos, etc) to PCM briefly but come back in.
At first I thought this was my HTPC, but I then connected it directly to the TV, bypassing the receiver and the media plays fine. I've changed out HDMI cables etc, but to no avail. Now, in my media player program, I have the ability to have my server transcode the media into other sizes and the largest size I can have it trasncode to is 1080 (10MBs) and not the native 4K playing directly without transcoding.
I've isolated it to the receiver as it, as mentioned, will not repeat this behavior when taking the receiver out of the equation. It also will not repeat this behavior in other rooms with other clients playing the same media without a receiver. I've messed with many of the settings in the receiver, but nothing fixes it. It makes 4K movies unwatchable.
Is the signal processor of the receiver beginning to fail (I feel this is happening more frequently) or s the receiver just not capable of passing through the content without dropping the signal?