Thanks for the great guide, Mak. I've been using it for a while and think it's great.
I recently got a new receiver and am trying to figure out how to bitstream. I believe my system should be compatible (rxa2050 yamaha, gtx 1080 ftw, high speed hdmi) but whenever I play something the receiver says PCM. I've tried changing the lav audio settings, potplayer audio settings, etc... and it either still plays PCM, gets no audio or the video opens but freezes on the first screen. I've also tried it with CUVID, which I prefer, and without (windows 10).
If anyone can give me some suggestions I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
I hope everything is looking better for you, Mak. We miss you here but, more importantly, hope your life is going well.
Edit: I uninstalled and reinstalled without the included Potplayer codecs and it seems to finally be working. I also left the windows audio settings on stereo, which is working for bitstreaming in 7.1 as well. DTS-HD is coming through as only DTS, but I've made significant progress.
Edit2: More progress. I was able to set the windows settings to 7.1 and it didn't affect bitstreaming, so that wasn't an issue. Also reinstalled Potplayer with codecs and it still works fine. Got DTS-HD to work by deselecting "Use built-in audio processing filter (recommended)" and "Use built-in audio stream switcher" under filter control. The only thing that is giving me a problem, and I'm guessing causing the previous problems, is Reclock. If I have it installed I can't get bitstreaming to work, regardless of the setting. It still doesn't work by just going back to WASAPI audio and only works again when Reclock is uninstalled. Seems weird, but it's working now and sound amazing so I'm happy. I hope this post helps someone.