Hi guys,
I really need your help on a matter that has created me headaches.
I have read several forums posts regarding the best settings one could have for a HTPC but I couldn't find a solution to my issue so I decided to ask for help here since I have streamlined my issue with ReClock.
Hardware specs: Intel Core I5 3470S, GTX 750 TI, 8GB DDR3 1600 HyperX Fury, 120GB Intel SSD, USB 2.0 Asus Xonar U7 soundcard, Logitech Z906 speakers
So to summarize I have an Win 10 HTPC which I'm using to play my media collection with the following set-up:
- MPC-HC with external filters added: lav-source, lav-splitter, lav-video, lav-audio, ffdraw
- lav-video:Intel QuickSync decoding (leave all NVidia resources for madVR and SVP and anyway CUVID is not working for me in Win10), HW Adaptive deinterlacing ON Force Film Mode
- lav-audio: left unchecked everything in bitstreaming since I'm going to decode everything and sent 6 channel analog audio to my speakers
- madVR: chroma:BCB75AR, image up:Lanczos3AR, luma doubling NNEDI 32 neurons, image down: CRARLL, enable exclusive fulscreen exclusive mode, Smooth Motion OFF
- SVP level 4G
... and now comes the problem, since my TV (to which the HTPC is connected) only accepts 60Hz signal I thought that by using SVP to interpolate frames up to 60fps I would be on the safe side with the frame drops as shown by madVR OSD. Unfortunately it was not the case and the stats showed 1 frame repeat every 35-45 seconds. By the way the dispaly shown in madVR stats was 60.0022 Hz while composition rate was 60.000 Hz (movie 23,976 by source filter) so my NVidia card did not output a perfect 60Hz resolution ...
So I thought that I should try ReClock, with first attempt using DirectSound set for PCM (did I mention that I'm decoding everything with lav-audio and then sent 6 channel PCM from Xonar U7 to the Logitech speaker with 3 Stereo cables?) leading to perfect playback and O dropped frames in madVR (the stats however says that I'm dropping 1 frame every 5-7 hours ). Settings in Asus Xonar U7: 24bit, 96KHz, same in Win audio settings, in ReClock: Sampling Rate 96KHz, format:24 bit padded into 32.
Being very happy with my set-up I continued to read about best settings for HTPC and I have found that most people recommend WASAPI instead of DirectSound in ReClock for best audio experience (bypassing Win mixer and talking directly to the audio hardware). So I said why not and set WASAPI exclusive for PCM ... but no matter what settings I choose for sampling rate and format (48/96/same as source KHz, 16/24/24 padded into 32/ same as source) I get the same error message:
"the format is not supported by the hardware / driver, xx KHz, 6 channel PCM audio".
Could it be a driver issue of Xonar U7, of Win 10, me being too stupid to make the correct settings?
Thanks a lot in advance for any feedback
I really need your help on a matter that has created me headaches.
I have read several forums posts regarding the best settings one could have for a HTPC but I couldn't find a solution to my issue so I decided to ask for help here since I have streamlined my issue with ReClock.
Hardware specs: Intel Core I5 3470S, GTX 750 TI, 8GB DDR3 1600 HyperX Fury, 120GB Intel SSD, USB 2.0 Asus Xonar U7 soundcard, Logitech Z906 speakers
So to summarize I have an Win 10 HTPC which I'm using to play my media collection with the following set-up:
- MPC-HC with external filters added: lav-source, lav-splitter, lav-video, lav-audio, ffdraw
- lav-video:Intel QuickSync decoding (leave all NVidia resources for madVR and SVP and anyway CUVID is not working for me in Win10), HW Adaptive deinterlacing ON Force Film Mode
- lav-audio: left unchecked everything in bitstreaming since I'm going to decode everything and sent 6 channel analog audio to my speakers
- madVR: chroma:BCB75AR, image up:Lanczos3AR, luma doubling NNEDI 32 neurons, image down: CRARLL, enable exclusive fulscreen exclusive mode, Smooth Motion OFF
- SVP level 4G
... and now comes the problem, since my TV (to which the HTPC is connected) only accepts 60Hz signal I thought that by using SVP to interpolate frames up to 60fps I would be on the safe side with the frame drops as shown by madVR OSD. Unfortunately it was not the case and the stats showed 1 frame repeat every 35-45 seconds. By the way the dispaly shown in madVR stats was 60.0022 Hz while composition rate was 60.000 Hz (movie 23,976 by source filter) so my NVidia card did not output a perfect 60Hz resolution ...
So I thought that I should try ReClock, with first attempt using DirectSound set for PCM (did I mention that I'm decoding everything with lav-audio and then sent 6 channel PCM from Xonar U7 to the Logitech speaker with 3 Stereo cables?) leading to perfect playback and O dropped frames in madVR (the stats however says that I'm dropping 1 frame every 5-7 hours ). Settings in Asus Xonar U7: 24bit, 96KHz, same in Win audio settings, in ReClock: Sampling Rate 96KHz, format:24 bit padded into 32.
Being very happy with my set-up I continued to read about best settings for HTPC and I have found that most people recommend WASAPI instead of DirectSound in ReClock for best audio experience (bypassing Win mixer and talking directly to the audio hardware). So I said why not and set WASAPI exclusive for PCM ... but no matter what settings I choose for sampling rate and format (48/96/same as source KHz, 16/24/24 padded into 32/ same as source) I get the same error message:
"the format is not supported by the hardware / driver, xx KHz, 6 channel PCM audio".
Could it be a driver issue of Xonar U7, of Win 10, me being too stupid to make the correct settings?
Thanks a lot in advance for any feedback