Request: Possibility to switch Audio Renderer on the fly

[ShiningDragon]

Hello sub

And another wish from me. I have connected two different speakersystems to my mediacenter. 1x Teufel Concept E 5.1 and 1x Stereo Speakers of the connected LCD (via HDMI).
At day i am using most times the 5.1 boxes for movies. It's nice, it's clear, it's fine. But in the evening, or just to listen radio / music etc. it would be enough just to hear from the tv itself.
At the moment i have to change the renderer manual, this one is not very comfortable. I could live with it, that after "on the fly switching" i had to start the playback of any file again.

Just my thoughts, thank you for reading this. =)

[ShiningDragon]

*bump*

Oh yeah, this would be really cool if i could switch the audio renderer on the fly from my remote control while watching movie/dvd or listen to music. ;D

[sub]

It wouldnt be possible to switch on the fly mid way though playback, but I could image you could have something that could set it before you start playback though. I have no idea where you'd put this in the UI though. The only place it really makes sense is the settings screen, which is where it already is.

[BigMoose]

It would be handy to be able to press a button on the remote before starting live TV or a film or whatever. I would love to be able to use the HDMI sound for things like the news but spdif out for films etc. Finding the mouse to change the settings screen is far more hassle than turning the amp on for everything

[stustunz]

Here is a little app that will do what i think you want
I didnt write it i downloaded it but the link is dead

[imilne]

My ReClockOrNot plugin is designed to change the audio renderer before playback starts, but it's based on file type (and automatically switching between default and ReClock renderers) rather than anything user-specified.

However, it could be edited/modified/enhanced to offer a menu option for selection of the renderer to use. I don't currently have the time to do this, but the source is available if somebody wants to take up the challenge.

Iain

[ShiningDragon]

Huh, so much responses this time. oO

@sub
It would not be necessary at all cost to change the renderer within a movie. At least it were good enoug to change it just before a movie / song starts. And i wouldn't really need a visual displayment on the graphical user interface. It would be enough to switch via keystrokes.

@BigMoose
Totally agreed!

@stustunz
This sounds promising. I'll try this out immediately!
EDIT: :[ This tool seems to work just with english language windows. *sigh* I used googlecache for the website and the information were exactly this, what i wanted myself for npvr.

@imilne
ReClockOrNot seems to be a very good plugin, but i am not sure for now if i should install it. Currently i seem to have found a npvr / decoder combination with eliminates any stuttering on my situations. I will check this out later if i have more time for experimenting. I honour your hard works and i have a big, big, very big eye on Videos+ ;D

[imilne]

@sub
It would not be necessary at all cost to change the renderer within a movie. At least it were good enoug to change it just before a movie / song starts. And i wouldn't really need a visual displayment on the graphical user interface. It would be enough to switch via keystrokes.

If sub can give me some hints on how to detect keystrokes at any time, then I could knock something out very quickly to let you toggle audio renderers. So far any keystroke-related stuff I've done has been when the plugin was active - and has an interface - and I don't know how to do it when it's just something sitting in the background.

Iain

[sub]

If sub can give me some hints on how to detect keystrokes at any time, then I could knock something out very quickly to let you toggle audio renderers. So far any keystroke-related stuff I've done has been when the plugin was active - and has an interface - and I don't know how to do it when it's just something sitting in the background.

Sorry, there isnt really any mechanism for plugins to monitor keystokes while not active (unless video is playing at the time).

[imilne]

Sorry, there isnt really any mechanism for plugins to monitor keystokes while not active (unless video is playing at the time).

How would you do it when video is playing then? That might be enough for ShiningDragon's needs, eg... the renderer could be switched while video is playing, but obviously the actual switch wouldn't take effect until the video/Live TV is restarted (I'd guess a channel change wouldn't be enough).

Iain