CBers 6771 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I get DD passed through from my Shield to my TV from the Emby ATV, Tiamat and Kodi/SPMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I get DD passed through from my Shield to my TV from the Emby ATV, Tiamat and Kodi/SPMC. And DTS too if your hardware supports it (beta version of the app). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronski 7 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) Just tested on the Nvidia Sheild TV, Emby version 1.1.69g Dolby True HD/Atmos results in PCM Dolby Digital works A film with Dolby Digital & Atmos tracks results in the DD track being played A film with DTS & DTS-HD results in DTS (SPMC passes through DTS-HD), which means no DTS X, but still a big improvement over the Fire TV A film with just DTS plays as DTS So it seems its only thing lacking is the handling of True HD/Atmos & DTS HD/DTS X Does the above seem right? Edited April 6, 2016 by Ronski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Yes, I believe all of that is correct behavior right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Those of you still with a Fire TV, please try the latest beta version. If not in the beta: Android Open Beta Testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronski 7 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just given it a try, first of all DTS came through as Dolby Digital, then I found an option that converts DTS to Dolby so turned that off. That resulted as DTS being stereo PCM. True HD/Atmos also came through as stereo PCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just given it a try, first of all DTS came through as Dolby Digital, then I found an option that converts DTS to Dolby so turned that off. That resulted as DTS being stereo PCM. True HD/Atmos also came through as stereo PCM The device only supports Dolby (not DTS) so that is why there is the option to convert DTS to DD. At least you get full 5.1 that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronski 7 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Didn't realise that, or more likely I'd simply forgotten. What did you want specifically testing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The fact that DD now will play and you can transcode DTS to DD as well which you did confirm. In short - you can now get 5.1 bitstreaming out of the Fire TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronski 7 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Should it automatically select the best audio track given the hardware limitations, or is there an option to select the audio track? I tried one movie last night which has a True HD track and a AC3 5.1 track and I'm sure it played in PCM stereo. I only have a PJ and electric screen so only prefer to check things when I'm going to watch a film, one day I'll get a TV for in there as well and that will make it lot easier for testing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 There is an audio selection menu on the OSD during playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dRuEFFECT 7 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Sorry to be reviving an old thread, but I seem to be having an issue not getting DTS passthrough to work on my FireTV (gen1) using optical out. The option for DTS passthrough is most definitely there in the settings, so I'd expect it to work, and yet it doesn't so I'm confused. Thoughts? I've sent in a request for the beta, so I'm willing to try that out if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 It would be best if you started a new topic with complete details about the item being played and exactly what happens but the first gen box and optical connection could be limiting factors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dRuEFFECT 7 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 It would be best if you started a new topic with complete details about the item being played and exactly what happens but the first gen box and optical connection could be limiting factors... will do, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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