Never mind, version 2.5.1 won't run with SDL 2.0.5, and while SDL 2.0.20 seems to work and the distortion is greatly reduced with their current fix, the gain still feels too high. I guess I'll be playing with headphones for the foreseeable future... There are worse fates, I suppose.

Thanks again!

Nice! Replacing ScummMV 2.1's version of SDL (2.0.10) with 2.0's version (2.0.5) eliminates the distortion. And like the fellow you linked, my soundbar also registers as a 7.1 device. It's clearly too fancy. The SDL issue seems to have been fixed in version 2.0.18, though the latest ScummVM ships wi...

Hi good folks, Long time admirer, erstwhile contributor here. I recently purchased a few Sierra titles on GOG, which currently come bundled with ScummVM 2.0.0. Wanting to take advantage of all the delightful bug fixes the ScummVM team have made since then, I decided instead to try and run them throu...