Output Audio in Digital and Analog at the same time

**drekce** · November 12th, 2010, 08:29 PM

So far I'm loving the box. Unlike many others here it works great for me!

I have one issue right now though. My receiver has the ability to output to a second zone, which I run to a set of speakers on my deck. The zone 2 only accepts analog inputs. When I set the Box to output in both Analog and digital at the same time, the feeds coming out over digital (SPDIF AND HDMI) are converted to stereo, so I lose my Dolby Digital and DTS. Is there any way to output to the analog without losing the real digital signals? I would hate to have to go to settings and switch this every time I want to listen to music outside.

Thanks.

**Brandon168** · November 12th, 2010, 09:35 PM

Same question here, I have an Onkyo receiver that I use to power zone two. Zone two takes only analog input. My xTreamer managed both, I'm hoping the Boxee Box can with a tweak too.

**vixhex** · November 13th, 2010, 03:02 AM

I do the exact same thing and was wondering how it would handle that. It would be nice to leave both outputs active and still get Dolby/DTS from the digital. I used to do exactly that on my old PC and it was great. I could switch seamlessly/easily back and forth.

I'll play around with it tomorrow morning and post my findings.

**diggabyte** · November 20th, 2010, 02:51 PM

Bug: When changing audio output in settings, you must power cycle for changes to take affect.

M.I.A.: Why did the boxee box remote not get volume buttons? My iPhone boxee remote has a volume slider that works just fine, so native volume control is obviously supported. But it's such a pain to keep two remotes on deck, one for volume, the other for boxee box.

**gmd024** · November 20th, 2010, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by diggabyte

Bug: When changing audio output in settings, you must power cycle for changes to take affect.

M.I.A.: Why did the boxee box remote not get volume buttons? My iPhone boxee remote has a volume slider that works just fine, so native volume control is obviously supported. But it's such a pain to keep two remotes on deck, one for volume, the other for boxee box.

THe BBox "Does" have volume -- while playing content press the arrow up or down buttons

**gmd024** · November 20th, 2010, 04:08 PM

As mentioned in the BBox confirme features sticky - "Auto - Simultaneous output from HDMI, S/PDIF and analog. Audio is downmix to 2 channels PCM"

Suggest your wish to be a futue feature change

**iarocci** · January 2nd, 2011, 11:51 AM

I happened to stumble upon this thread and one quick thought comes to mind. You have a receiver that only accepts analog inputs for zone 2? I didn't think such an animal even existed. My receiver has multiple zones. Each zone can use whatever input I choose. Yes, it CAN use an analog input, but I'm not limited to that. Are you sure your receiver works this way? If it does, might be time to replace that thing.

**drekce** · January 2nd, 2011, 05:51 PM

My receiver does in fact work that way (most Onkyos do). I have no need to upgrade it though...

**snook789** · January 5th, 2011, 08:55 AM

I just bought a Denon (1911) and was setting it up last night, and found that it only supports analog output for the 2nd zone as well

So I came here looking to see if Digital and analog could be used at the same time... Guess not..
Right now I have Boxee set to "All Outputs"

**NathanDunham** · September 8th, 2011, 11:51 PM

Boxee really needs to fix this.

Most receivers on the market (except $1500+) use analog for zone 2,3.
I have the same problem. I am using a Denon AVR-2310CI, and I would like to enjoy DD and DTS in my main room and when I want to music played in the other room I would like to use the Boxee.
I really don't want to have to set everything to 2 channel.