justinrh 174 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) I'm trying to figure out this audio mess. I have some MP4s with AAC 5.1 audio where the Shield downgrades to stereo unless I turn on "Dolby Processing". I re-encoded one file with clone.AD to have AC-3 audio and Shield passes it thru as DD. Why would the AAC be incompatible? Is there more to the story than just codec? original MP4: Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : mp4a-40-2 Duration : 1 h 24 min Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 256 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 154 MiB (6%) Title : Surround new file: Audio ID : 2 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Commercial name : Dolby Digital Codec ID : A_AC3 Duration : 1 h 24 min Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 448 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -5 ms Stream size : 270 MiB (18%) Title : Surround Recommendations on how to fix the audio w/o re-encoding the video? Edited January 22, 2023 by justinrh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37094 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Hi, is this playing through Emby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrh 174 Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37094 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Hi. Can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and see how that compares? https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrh 174 Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Same result. Interestingly (and frustrating!), I have a video that is AC3 and it would not produce sound unless I had "Dolby Processing" on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 840 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Have you reviewed the Shield's audio settings and set them according to your AVR setup? Edited January 16, 2023 by seanbuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrh 174 Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Yeah buddy! And that is another mass of confusion. Yes, I have those same settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14921 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Hi. I'm not sure if it is the Shield or the outbound equipment but I don't think much will accept multi-channel AAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrh 174 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 hours ago, ebr said: I don't think much will accept multi-channel AAC That's the conclusion I am arriving at. Phooey! I guess that Shield switch does some kind of massaging to make it palatable to the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 840 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I have quite a bit of multi-channel AAC content and the only way I get my (very old) AVR to accept it is with: Shield TV - Dolby Audio Processing = Enabled Emby Android TV app: Audio Output = "Auto" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrh 174 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 Does it sound good, like you would expect the 5.1 to sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 840 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 minute ago, justinrh said: Does it sound good, like you would expect the 5.1 to sound? Yup, I can't discern any noticeable difference between that and a native AC3 5.1 track - but of course I'm by no means an audiophile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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