tollgate 6 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 I find that if I play a movie with DTS audio in the android app, it doesn't actually play at all. Only way I have found to play such a movie is to force a transcode on the video which then forces the audio to transcode into a playable format. As you say, the ATV app does this automatically and transcodes just the audio..
seanbuff 1092 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 3 hours ago, tollgate said: I find that if I play a movie with DTS audio in the android app, it doesn't actually play at all. I'm pretty sure the Android app now has an option to automatically convert unsupported audio just like the ATV app. Which version are you using?
tollgate 6 Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 Well I'm glad it's not just me who has this issue lstryhrn. I have many H264 movies with DTS audio and they all fail to play at all in the Android app. But Android TV play them all by transcoding the audio. @tollgate
CBers 7053 Posted April 14 Posted April 14 (edited) Make sure you have at least version 3.4.43 and have enabled the option to transcode unsupported audio. Edited April 14 by CBers
tollgate 6 Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 I'm actually running 3.4.52. There is an option to transcode unsupported surround sound to Dolby but it makes no difference.
Luke 39648 Posted April 14 Posted April 14 6 minutes ago, tollgate said: I'm actually running 3.4.52. There is an option to transcode unsupported surround sound to Dolby but it makes no difference. Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!
tollgate 6 Posted April 15 Author Posted April 15 Log attached. No ffmpeg log as file failed to play. This was using the android standard app. The Android TV app works as expected. embyserver.txt
CBers 7053 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 29 minutes ago, tollgate said: Log attached. No ffmpeg log as file failed to play. This was using the android standard app. The Android TV app works as expected. embyserver.txt 53.11 kB · 0 downloads You could enable the logging in the app and supply that as well.
ebr 15577 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 4 hours ago, tollgate said: The Android TV app works as expected. In that app in the playback settings, do you have an option for whether or not to pass thru DTS? If so, is it unchecked?
tollgate 6 Posted April 15 Author Posted April 15 In the ATV app I have the passthrough option and it's unchecked. Log attached from standard android app. emby_android_1744713436600.txt
ebr 15577 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Okay, so that confirms that this is one of those situations where the device reports it supports DTS but it really doesn't work very well.
tollgate 6 Posted April 15 Author Posted April 15 OK. So best to stick with ATV which works flawlessly? I've only been trying standard Android standard because I understand ATV will ultimately be discontinued.
tollgate 6 Posted April 15 Author Posted April 15 As a test, I just tried the standard Android app on my Shield. Installed from Play Store - version 3.4.36. It plays the DTS files OK.
ebr 15577 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 1 hour ago, tollgate said: As a test, I just tried the standard Android app on my Shield. Installed from Play Store - version 3.4.36. It plays the DTS files OK. Yes, the Shield should handle DTS just fine as long as the outboard equipment supports it.
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