Issues with outputting 5.1 Surround through HDMI

[kittybooze]

My two options are as follows and they both are possessing big hurdles I can't manage to get through

1. While trying to setup my computer through a passthrough on my Onkyo HT-r557 Receiver, my computer fails to recognize the monitor I'm trying to connect to. It will display the monitor just fine on startup but when windows is loaded, my main monitor just starts blinking off and on and not showing up at all on the monitor I'm trying to use. The receiver has the proper port selected as a DVD on Hdmi port 1. I'm wondering if some sort of limitation on this older receiver may be causing this but I'm unsure.

2. While outputting through hdmi straight to the monitor, and using an optical cable to connect the tv to the receiver, I do not get the option to use anything but stereo. 5.1 is not present. I made sure all of my drivers were up to date and I see no reason I wouldn't be able to. I see that there are options within my sound settings called "Nvidia output". There is two of them, I don't know if those are related but they say "Not plugged in." For your reference, I'm using a Z-170A asus motherboard.

Ultimately I just want the best sound with any added convenience.

 

[kittybooze]

Actually page 62

Digital input button. Hold it for 3 seconds, check it's on auto

It is on auto yeah. And I have it on direct now and still nothing.

There's also this line if you haven't seen: "However, if you want to listen through the speakers connected to the AV receiver, in addition to an HDMI connection, you’ll also need to make a separate analog or digital audio connection."

 

[boju]

That line doesn't make sense to me.

Do you get sound from speakers from ps4 or pc?

 

[kittybooze]

That line doesn't make sense to me.

Do you get sound from speakers from ps4 or pc?

I do get some form of proper 5.1 surround from my ps4 when connecting is back to the avs with an optical cable. This plays on the speakers and sounds quite nice so I'm satisfied with it.

My PC strictly sends a stereo signal no matter what I've done but it still plays through the speakers as well. (Only with the optical cable as well.)

Again, there has to be some function with HDMI that I'm missing because it clearly has that unhighlighted "HDMI" text on the lcd display. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help solve this, I'm completely out of ideas, I've tried all the many audio settings on every source, on the avs and on my tv.

 

[boju]

From my experience with my Yamaha RX 1800 (2009 model) avr is i just connect PC to hdmi and press surround decode on avr. Decode button sets it to decode original source (pcm) from ps3 and also pc. Pc picks it up and i can set 5.1 or 7.1.

Your avr by the sounds of it is limiting your Pc's selection. It might be too old but not sure.

That digital button, have you tried setting it to pcm?

 

[kittybooze]

From my experience with my Yamaha RX 1800 (2009 model) avr is i just connect PC to hdmi and press surround decode on avr. Decode button sets it to decode original source (pcm) from ps3 and also pc. Pc picks it up and i can set 5.1 or 7.1.

Your avr by the sounds of it is limiting your Pc's selection. It might be too old but not sure.

That digital button, have you tried setting it to pcm?

Yeah I'm beginning to think the avr is just too old to push the audio through hdmi properly. Which I'm really disappointed by, but if I'm able to pick up a better avr in the future i'm happy, since the rest of these speakers are amazing.

I can only set PCM to either of the optical or coaxial slots, there's no way to just set anything else.

 

[kerberos_20]

optical cable will be forever limited to stereo PCM due to low bandwith....dont understand why are you so hooked on it that much...
so the only option is HDMI, it can send uncompressed 7.1 just fine, but your device has to support it
some of your TV/receiever settings are messed up as gpu doesnt see anything behind your TV, and your tv acts as a 2 channel stereo, so your nvidia wont let u use more channels
so either pc -> receiver with hdmi cable or fix your tv/receiver settings

 

[kittybooze]

I'm assuming my avr exclusively passes the hdmi through, simply acting as a sorting/hdmi switching mechanism and nothing else