Android TV app limited for non-members? Or a bug? (or other issue?)

[fba 1]

Hi all,

 

I recently discovered Emby, and am pretty excited about it.   I plan to become a member once I have finished making sure it will meet all of my needs.

 

To that end, today I installed the Android TV version on a MeLE Android box, and started to test it out.   Everything seemed to be working perfectly until I noticed my AVR was showing that the audio was in stereo.   I checked a few other streams that I know should have things like 5.1 and DTS-MA, but everything just kept playing in stereo.

 

Is this a limitation in the app of not being a member?   Or possibly a bug?   I know the box can do DTS-MA because I have used it with Kodi and it has worked fine there.

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

Thanks!

[Luke 37261]

We're using the stock player so we're limited to what it supports. But we're hoping to change that soon.

[Deathsquirrel 741]

Kodi may play formats your device manufacturer did not license.  Emby will play whatever formats the OS says it supports.

[fba 1]

We're using the stock player so we're limited to what it supports. But we're hoping to change that soon.

 

Thanks!  This is good to know.

 

 

Is the plan to use something like the VLC library as the player?  Or are you going to try to implement a player directly in Java?

 

Also, let me know if I can assist in any way.   I'm a code monkey myself, and would be happy to contribute a little bit of my time for writing code when I can.

 

Thanks!

[Luke 37261]

Thanks!  This is good to know.

 

 

Is the plan to use something like the VLC library as the player?  Or are you going to try to implement a player directly in Java?

 

Also, let me know if I can assist in any way.   I'm a code monkey myself, and would be happy to contribute a little bit of my time for writing code when I can.

 

Thanks!

 

Great. You can go here:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Mobile/tree/master/platforms/android/src/com/mb/android/media

 

And adjust this 4.x service:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Mobile/blob/master/platforms/android/src/com/mb/android/media/legacy/KitKatMediaService.java

 

To send all audio playback through here:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Mobile/blob/master/platforms/android/src/com/mb/android/media/Playback.java

 

In the same way that I have already just adjusted the 5.x service:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Mobile/blob/master/platforms/android/src/com/mb/android/media/MediaService.java

 

If you look at the change log for MediaService you basically have to do the same for KitKatMediaService, which is pull out Vlc and instead use Playback. The only difference is for the kit kat version, you have to limit yourself to classes that are available at that api level. That will free me up so i can just keep pushing forward on video.