Surround sound used instead of stereo

[thegreatfalcon5 0]

Good day,

I have searched many pages for a solution but can't seem to find anything useful.

I am trying to watch a series with 5.1 sound. My sound interface is stereo and I don't have any surround device plugged in. However, emby defaults to 5.1 audio for any quality other than 480p/320kps. This is rather annoying by itself since this gives potato quality video...

I can't seem to find any setting that I could change to force downmixing/using only stereo track. It could be mono for all I care.

Thanks!

 

Edit: Listening in Firefox on macOS (M1Max) with server running on Ubuntu Intel x86 CPU.

Edited June 20, 2024 by thegreatfalcon5

[Luke 42077]

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[thegreatfalcon5 0]

[Luke 42077]

Hi, can you please supply all of the information requested? Thanks.

[visproduction 315]

Related?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cannot-get-5-1-surround-sound-working-on-2021-macbook-pro.2379448/

[Luke 42077]

@thegreatfalcon5?