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AMD ATI HDMI 5.1 AUDIO instead of STEREO
End result... It seems HDMI units be them a PC or BLURAY player etc... do a hand shake of sorts with the other end.
So, No options accept stereo in my "AMD HDMI output" config using an HDMI cable from PC to 55" LCD TV and then an optical out from TV to 8 year old Kenwood reciever (Hey tight in it's day! But, the hand shake saw a TV with 2 speakers. Not the Kenwood reciever).
I run accross this hand shake (wrong term prob but we get it) thing searching this subject and bought a 2011 reciever with 4 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI out to your TV. Good stuff. ATI's Catalist Control Center see's the new reciever not the TV and that rocks. First test failed Crysis played in Stereo. Test 2 was a bluray and played the master audio 5.1 flawlessly. This must have caused the hand shake because I reopened the game and the "AMD HDMI output" with 5.1 channel output on each. Spread this around as it was to difficult to find. Also note that software has to be modern enough to output 5.1. I use Total Medea Theater 5. I expect any of us with knowledge of this hand shake to post thanks.
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