Video Asylum

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on April 25, 2015 at 09:52:15

In Reply to: RE: No audio from Panasonic blu-ray: any theories? posted by Doktor Brahms on April 17, 2015 at 08:31:43

When I first start my listening sessions, I'll occasionally lose either the video, or the audio, or both. Sometimes one or both will return after a second. Sometimes neither the video or audio return, and I have to change the pre-pro input via remote control and then go back to my original input to restore everything. This will sometimes last as long as 5 annoying minutes, and then everything settles down and there are no further interruptions. But I'm sometimes surprised that this set-up works at all, since my pathway is as follows:

• Music files on shared RAID drive, connected via Firewire to. . .
  
• iMac in another room, connected via wired ethernet to. . .
  
• Gigabit router, connected via wired ethernet to. . .
  
• MacMini in listening room, connected via HDMI to. . .
  
• Marantz pre-pro, connected to TV via HDMI. . . and connected via interconnect cables to. . .
  
• three different amplifiers, connected via outdoor lighting cable (!) to . . .
  
• the actual speakers in my surround system!

As I say, it's a wonder it works as reliably as it does! ;-)