No 7.1 surround sound

[WiWavelength (Andrew J Shepherd)]

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Build 242 and multichannel music

I’ve downloaded Roon Bridge on my Windows HTPC, and I can report that it works correctly using the 7.1 layout with a 5.1 file. That is, the back channels are properly routed to my side channels. HDMI is the default output on that PC, so I set it up to use the default device. It works the same if I select Intel Display Audio as the output. But stereo files will not play. If I change the channel layout to 2.0 or 5.1 on the Windows machine neither stereo nor multichannel files will play. In fact, …

The issue seems to boil down to surround versus rear channel mapping in 7.1 channel configuration.

AJ