Not sure if this has been answered yet.
Does the Wii U audio work if I plug in the video through HDMI, but the audio comes thru the component or AV cables?
Unfortunately not - it's one or the other for some reason :/
Not sure if this has been answered yet.
Does the Wii U audio work if I plug in the video through HDMI, but the audio comes thru the component or AV cables?
Not sure if this has been answered yet.
Does the Wii U audio work if I plug in the video through HDMI, but the audio comes thru the component or AV cables?
For Wii U use, only one AV port on the back is active. If you output HDMI to your TV, the AV Multi Out analogue output will be disabled.
Hello guys!I would really appreciate your help.
I am ready to enjoy surround sound from my WiiU, so today I had a stop at my local MM and checked two receivers.Unfortunately, upon checking their specs I saw that they do not support LPCM 5.1.
Is it too hard to find AV receivers that support this format?
Here are the two I found.
1) http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/archive/VSX-422-K/page.html
2)http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/rx/rx-v375_black_u/?mode=model
Unless I am reading something wrong, they do not support this, right?
Do any of you have some AV receiver or even a full system with speakers to suggest,that work out fine with WiiU?
I could spend spend up to 300/400 Euros.
Thank you in advance.
edit: It is mentioned on the previous page of the thread that this AV receiver supports LPCM,yet in the specs there is no mention.
http://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/rx-v375_black_a/?mode=model
Am I still reading something wrong???
This wont work with the Wii U for surround sound will it?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PU2X76/?tag=neogaf0e-20
watThis wont work with the Wii U for surround sound will it?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PU2X76/?tag=neogaf0e-20
According to Downhome himself, it actually doesn't work. Because the receiver has HDMI, but doesn't support LPCM.That will work. Practically almost every hdmi receiver will work. It's the old receivers that don't have hdmi in/out that won't work and where the problem lies for a lot of people.
According to Downhome himself, it actually doesn't work. Because the receiver has HDMI, but doesn't support LPCM.
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According to Downhome himself, it actually doesn't work. Because the receiver has HDMI, but doesn't support LPCM.
I don't see LPCM listed at all on my receiver, and it's only like a year old
Onkyo TX-NR616
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882120197
I'm a sad panda
Yeah, I know it didn't work back earlier this year. I was hoping that had changed in updates or something since then.
What would be an affordable receiver to pick up that actually supports LPCM?
I'm no expert on the subject matter, but I believe certain Wii U games simply don't have 5.1 audio, even when surround sound is setup properly, like NSMBU. Also, I believe Netflix on the Wii U doesn't have surround sound because it can't stream uncompressed audio.Ok, I'm confused.
I just started playing Wind Waker HD and to my complete and total shock I am indeed getting surround sound for this game. Have they actually updated something that enabled it for my type of receiver? It's raining here and I thought the sounds coming around me of the ocean was just the rain here but had to pause it and go to each speaker, and yeah, complete surround sound.
I'm very happy about this, but totally confused as to how this is happening.
Is it just this game that supports it? I had always been able to hear the tones when testing my setup with the Wii U, but have never heard it from any games or Netflix or anything like that.
I don't see LPCM listed at all on my receiver, and it's only like a year old
Onkyo TX-NR616
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882120197
I'm a sad panda
Hello guys!I would really appreciate your help.
I am ready to enjoy surround sound from my WiiU, so today I had a stop at my local MM and checked two receivers.Unfortunately, upon checking their specs I saw that they do not support LPCM 5.1.
Is it too hard to find AV receivers that support this format?
Here are the two I found.
1) http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/archive/VSX-422-K/page.html
2)http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/rx/rx-v375_black_u/?mode=model
Unless I am reading something wrong, they do not support this, right?
Do any of you have some AV receiver or even a full system with speakers to suggest,that work out fine with WiiU?
I could spend spend up to 300/400 Euros.
Thank you in advance.
edit: It is mentioned on the previous page of the thread that this AV receiver supports LPCM,yet in the specs there is no mention.
http://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/rx-v375_black_a/?mode=model
Am I still reading something wrong???
So what is the cheapest solution to get headphone audio out on a Wii U?
If it's an amp/receiver I need, I'd like one of the smallest available. It doesn't have to be an award winner in terms of sound quality.
Thanks.
Unfortunately I'm using a projector with no audio out.
OK.
I have a Wii U deluxe
Epson 1761W projector (HDMI in, no audio out, crappy integrated mono speaker)
a HDMI switch (to allow Wii U and my Roku box to both be attached to the single HDMI input on the projector)
JBL Creature II speakers (attached by 3.5mm from the Roku and my iMac)
I'm getting the crappy mono projector sound. But I want to get headphone output for my JBLs.
Edit: Actually, I take that back, something like this would be way cheaper:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=909140&is=REG&Q=&A=details
Wait, I thought you can't use optical/toslink cable because it's too slow for LPCM?
Perhaps this converts the LPCM 5.1 into a lesser-quality (dolby?) 5.1 via the toslink? If this is true this is what I need.
LPCM can only be stereo when sent over optical, as it doesn't have the bandwidth for multi-channel. If you want LPCM 5.1, it has to be over HDMI.
DD/DTS goes over optical as they are a compressed format. LPCM is uncompressed, so required far more bandwidth.
So there's no way to convert LPCM into DD/DTS, 5.1?
So there's no way to convert LPCM into DD/DTS, 5.1?
It would be cheaper to buy a receiver at that point.
If your receiver has analog 5.1 in (the good ones do), you could buy a HDMI -> Analog 5.1 decoder.
Compressing would be possible in theory, although lag would get introduced and it seems that there is no box available for this. The box linked before will at best route Dolby Digital 5.1 from HDMI to TOSlink and that won't help in the Wii U situation. I bet LPCM 5.1 will get converted into LPCM 2.0. And it may also not even mix the streams together.
Not in case of high-end receivers. If someone owns a cheap one, then yes of course. Amplifiers are not like notebooks/PCs.
Well 2 years ago I bought a Samsung Bluray Home Theater set, and that was when I didn't really know much about home theaters. Now I know it's terribly outdated due to its lack of HDMI input, and it seems like the only way to get Wii U surround is to buy an expensive receiver and an expensive speaker set
I'll just get a PS4 also and enjoy its audio in games, netflix, etc.
Yours should support it.
According to Onkyos site it support multichannel PCM.
No, you don't need to buy an expensive receiver and an expensive speaker set. Depending on the type of speakers your setup already has, you might be able to reuse them and a receiver can be had for about $200 that will handle it.
My Samsung home theater uses proprietary inputs for the speakers. If there's some way to make it into the usual speaker cables then I'd keep them. I tried Googling for it but couldn't find it.
What model do you have? Also, let this be a lesson to never buy a HTiB again.
It's this one
http://www.samsung.com/us/video/home-theater/HT-D4500/ZA
I bought it 2 Black Fridays ago at Best Buy for $250, and I didn't know much about home theaters back then. I think a year after it was discontinued. The same happened to a Toshiba A135 I bought from Best Buy during the BF sale. I'll never buy cheap electronics again without research. That said, it was the first home theater system I bought, and because of this it's my last too.
How comfortable are you with doing a light modification? It's possible you could still use your speakers if you're willing to do an easy mod.
It depends. To use an analogy, I've seen my dad's friend modify our TV's plug to extend it, and it didn't seem hard at all. If there's soldering, nope.
Is there a site I can go for instructions?
It would save me money if I just have to buy a receiver. This is my "receiver" that makes my Xbox/DirecTV have 5.1 via optical: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=5557&seq=1&format=4
EDIT: I tried Googling some more, and would it be okay if I just cut the wire end, so it will turn into 2 bare wires?
Yep, that's what I was going to suggest. Cut the end connector off and then strip the wire ends so that you can use them in any standard speaker output.
Will that work for the subwoofer wire?