Xbox One S audio rear surround sound bleed leak to front speakers

This is actually covering both Xbox One and the new Xbox One S. I have 2 completely separate systems connected different ways and noticed it with my older xbox only because I'm now aware of it. I've seen several posts going back years but no solution and
it obviously has carried over to the new model. Using any 5.1 audio test source, I'm using the one Netflix has called Test Patterns because it allows me to test from the xbox then easily switch over to the smart TV's Netflix app, etc... When you play the 5.1
test pattern, sound distinctly comes out the front right, center, and left channels perfectly fine. However when the test sends sound to the rear surround right and left channels you can also hear the sound coming out the right and left front channels. In
other words from the xbox, sound is "bleeding" out the front channels and not distinctly coming out the rear speakers.

I can switch from my xBox Netflix test patterns to my Samsung smart tv Netflix test pattern and the sound from the Samsung TV does not bleed through to the front speakers. I can use the receivers surround test and it does not bleed through. I've tried multiple
configurations (direct hdmi to receiver, hdmi arc through tv to receiver, etc) and settings from this system and also on my older xbox, different tv, different receivers, different surround system etc and both xbox's show the same problem of surround sound
bleeding through to the front.

On another note there is also an audio issue where the xbox one s does not allow you to choose hdmi when connected to a smart tv using ARC that goes back to the receiver, throws an auto detect failure error and forces you to choose bitstream even though
the tv will pass through any signal sent to it. Seen no update on this audio related issue either!

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Rear Speaker Issues with 5.1 Surround Sound Using Optical Cable

Looking for any help resolving an issue with my rear speakers and subwoofer not working with my new XBox One S.

I originally had an Xbox 360 running audio and visual output through an HDMI cable to my television, then had red and white A/V cables going from my television's audio output to my Blu-Ray/Surround Mixer combo's input.

With the new console, we were only getting sound out of the left and center speakers, so we bought an optical audio cable, which is now running between the Xbox One S and the Blu-Ray/Surround Mixer combo. This has given us full range stereo between the left
front, center, and right front speakers, but no rear audio or low range through the sub.

As far as settings go, I have the HDMI audio off, Optical audio set to bitstream out, and Bitstream format set to DTS Digital Surround.

It's worth noting that my Blu-Ray combo doesn't have an HDMI input, only SPDIF and A/V inputs.

 

Problems with 5.1 and Xbox One

Hello,

I just brought a Yamaha RX-V520 RDS 5.1 receiver and wanted to be able to use it with my Xbox One to provide surround sound for gameplay, movies and music.

The problem I'm having is that the audio seems to be in 2.1 rather than 5.1.

The sound feed from the Center Speaker goes to the Front Left and Front Right Speakers, the sound feed from the Left Rear goes to the Front Left and the sound feed from the Rear Right goes to the front right.

Sound DOES come from the tears but very very very quiet, the majority of the sound comes from the fronts and the sound in the rears is a copy of what is playing out of the fronts.

For connections I have:

Audio: Optical going from Xbox One to Receiver.

Video: HDMI going from Xbox One to TV.

The settings on the xbox are set to surround sound and the amp is set up for surround sound.

Also, I have tested my speakers on a completely different amp and everything was fine so not sure what to do.

Any ideas?

 

i am having the same issue as yours, except, the sound bleeds to the other surround speaker,, on the Neflex test pattern, the sound from the left surround channel will bleed into the right surround channel and vis versa.. i have the xbox one x connected
deerfly to my surround sound receiver.

i have tried all the audio out options on the xbox, uncompressed, bitstream, dobly digital, and DTS, the surround bleed is in all the issues

This does not happen when i play the Netflix test through my Samsung smart tv

did u find any fix ?

for your second issue, i believe Samsung TVs do not pass through 5.1 surround sound from an HDMI in to an HDMI ARC out. if you put in 5.1 in HDMI in, you will only get 2 channels out of HDMI ARC. other tvs do not have this issue, but Samsungs do