Streaming audio almost completely eliminate bass.

[kimpan]

I know this has been posted before but i wanted to bring it up again and share my setup, hopefully it helps.

Im streaming completly wirelessly with a 7 out of 10 router. I can stream 1080p without issue, no lag no nothing. Everything works great except the audio. This is noticed very well when listening to music. The issue is that there is almost no low frequencies and as others have described it; it sounds like audio is coming from a metal tube. No bass.

I have the Steam Link connected with HDMI to my TV and some speakers with subwoofer connected to the TV with a regulare 3.5mm AUX cable.
When starting up the Steam Link (before actually streaming) you can hear the (extreme) bass in the background music. So its safe to say that the Link can send low frequencies and my setup supports it without problems.

Even though Ive tried all possible streaming settings trying to fix the issue I cant get it to work.

Are everyone experiencing this and just dont care? Or is it just few unlucky people?

If Valv fixes this I am 100% satisfied with the Steam Link since everything else works flawlessly. You rock Valve!

[Bufnitza]

I suspect this is due to how the audio is encoded in the stream. I assume that the encoder isn't doing a very good job about it. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it. Valve needs to enhance the encoder, if this is the case.

[Tucu]

What audio playback device is active when you are streaming? I know that if I left my USB headphone selected the dynamic range of the stream is a lot smaller. When the Realtek device are selected the dynamic range is excellent.

[kimpan]

It seems like it doesnt matter what playback device you have active. Issue still remain.

[jf_pb]

It may be that your computer is configured for 5.1/7.1 (thus with reduced Front L/R dynamic range because of the expectation of a the .1 LFE chanel) and that the audio coder used for streaming only capture the Front L/R channels.

I have a decent home audio system and I have plenty of base.

[kimpan]

Originally posted by jf_pb:

It may be that your computer is configured for 5.1/7.1 (thus with reduced Front L/R dynamic range because of the expectation of a the .1 LFE chanel) and that the audio coder used for streaming only capture the Front L/R channels.

I have a decent home audio system and I have plenty of base.

This is good information. Where would i look to change these configurations?

[jf_pb]

Type 'Sound' in start menu search box, then enter. Clic 'configure' button at set the output to stereo. Also select Front left and right as full range speakers.

It was also suggested [1] by a member of the development team to set the output to 48 khz. This can be done from in the dialog behind the 'properties' button.

[1] http://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/0/487876568220303843/

[kimpan]

SOLVED!

The issue was caused by Windows 10 not installing my Audio drives correctly.

I had a audio output called IDT High Definition Audio Codec. I had to reinstall the drives for it manually. It was unexpectedly easy to do it. I found this post on reddit who goes through it step by step.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f6ki0/idt_high_definition_audio_codec_driver_update/cvwsh46

Please spread the word!