separate audio streams for 2 independent HTPCs?

[adamstoebner 0]

I currently have two separate HTPCs (Win7/WMC/Media Browser Classic). The HTPCs are in separate areas of my home. HTPC1 is connected directly to the TV via HDMI, so I want simple stereo audio here. HTPC2 is connected to Denon AVR > TV - and has 7.1 surround capability.

 

Both HTPCs access media stored on a NAS (MKV container generally).

 

I feel like I am missing something super obvious. Is there a way to have these two HTPCs use separate audio streams (HTPC1 use 2.0 audio, HTPC2 use 5.1 or 7.1 audio) - either with one instance of Media Browser Server (shared between 2 HTPCs) or separate Media Browser Servers running on each machine?

 

Or is there a way to switch audio streams on the fly via Harmony remote?

 

Thanks!

[ebr 16169]

You don't need to switch audio streams.  Just setup the windows audio settings properly and it will downmix the multi-channel stream to stereo on that setup.