Anybody use their PC as a multimedia unit with a AVR receiver for audio ( 5.1 ) ? That is how I have had my setup for a long time so I can stream movies, watch TV, etc. with great Audio. But my older Sony receiver is now shutting off randomly when ever I am just reading on the internet or surfing around, etc. or using a headphone out of the PC ( when ever there is no audio signal being sent to the AVR ) . I think it is shutting down because it is a power saving auto shutoff setting ( a "green setting" ) and the sony AVR unit somehow "thinks' it was just left on because its not getting any audio being sent to it. BUT, my Audio has never worked properly since switching to WIN10 = only shows stereo option in speakers , no other speaker options. Also a problem others have had and talked about on windows forums. I have tried windows drivers, etc. to no avail. I always thought is was win10 issue and figured the AVR would just take that stereo signal from the HDMI cable input and process it into 5.1 out to the speakers anyhow - and I do have good sound out of Sub, and rear speakers. So , no big deal right? BUT now I am not so sure. I think the rear speakers are just mimicking the fronts and I am not getting actual front to back separation ( not true Dolby 5.1) Basically I am running my HDMI (out) of the GPU to the receiver's HDMI (in) and then sending video to the TV via HDMI (out) on the receiver to the TV HDMI (IN) . I would like to be able to utilize windows audio speakers settings to control "levels" on each speaker as I am closer to the right rear channel - so want to turn that speaker down some and the front left channel up some. But since according to Windows I only have stereo ( 2 speakers) I cannot do that currently.
So questions/opinions/options:
1) How to either fix windows or Nvidia GPU to send true 5.1 audio signal out to the AVR
or
2) is this happening because the HDMI communication is bad between an older Sony AVR and the HDMI port from the Nvidia GPU ( 1070 with latest updated drivers) ).
or
3) Windows 10 audio is just that messed up and not fixable
or
4) Would purchasing a new AVR take care of the problem because would communicate better with its HDMI ports being 2.2 , not 1.4 ? SO windows10 or the GPU would recognize the 2.2 HDMI port on a new AVR as a 5.1 capable processor and sent the true 5.1 signal?
So questions/opinions/options:
1) How to either fix windows or Nvidia GPU to send true 5.1 audio signal out to the AVR
or
2) is this happening because the HDMI communication is bad between an older Sony AVR and the HDMI port from the Nvidia GPU ( 1070 with latest updated drivers) ).
or
3) Windows 10 audio is just that messed up and not fixable
or
4) Would purchasing a new AVR take care of the problem because would communicate better with its HDMI ports being 2.2 , not 1.4 ? SO windows10 or the GPU would recognize the 2.2 HDMI port on a new AVR as a 5.1 capable processor and sent the true 5.1 signal?