Re: [Bino-list] sound via hdmi

[Martin Lambers]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:20:32 +0100, Hubert Unger wrote:
> Am 09.02.2012 um 13:25 schrieb Martin Lambers:
> 
> > On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:08:19 +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> >> I can't get surround sound out of Bino.
> >> My Mac mini is connected via HDMI to a Samsung AV-receiver and it
> >> works fine in all applications, for example XBMC.
> >> 
> >> But playing a video with DD or DTS audio, only results in stereo
> >> output with Bino. In audio settings i can select "Standard" and
> >> "Core Audio Default". But that has no effect on audio output.
> > 
> > The available audio output devices are those that OpenAL supports on
> > the given platform.
> > 
> > So I guess on Mac OS X it makes a difference if Bino is build
> > against Apple's native OpenAL, or against OpenAL Soft. Both seem to
> > have their advantages and disadvantages, but I'm not a Mac user, do
> > I don't know the details.
>
> So any chance to fix this?

Well, try yourself. Frédéric has instructions how to build Bino using
Macports: <http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/bino/>. It does not look too
hard, and you can choose between OpenAL variants.

Martin