Spaceboy 2504 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Hi, I currently need to use an external player on the Shield and i'm struggling to bitstream DD+ AC3 audio to my compatible avr. i've tried mx player and archos but i can't find settings on either app that give me anything other than PCM. Does anyone have this working and can share their setup? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Did you install the extended codecs for Archos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2504 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37247 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Have you at least confirmed the content is direct streaming from Emby Server without any transcoding or remuxing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2504 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Have you at least confirmed the content is direct streaming from Emby Server without any transcoding or remuxing? so it turns out that most media is direct streaming and bit streaming the audio to my avr. the problem is limited to live and recorded tv. this should have AC3 DD Stereo audio but its only being received as PCM by my avr. I can't see any settings for it in mediaportal or the emby plugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanmaCanada 360 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 You should be using SPMC as your external player. It is a fork of Kodi that is designed especially for Android. Grab it, use it and you will be happy. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2504 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 thanks but that isnt the issue here. i did try spmc and i may end up replacing kodi on my shield with it but it didnt solve this problem and i dont really like the way it launches and closes through the kodi menu. this is a specific to how mediaportal and the android app are combining as DD 5.1 is reported in the web browser and ET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Sounds like Archos is just deciding to pass the stream decoded to your AVR in this instance. Since it is a stereo track, I doubt there would be much difference. There is nothing very special about DD stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2504 Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 yeah sorry i didnt have archos set up correctly... unfortunately now i have a different problem. its the same audio sync problem i had with dvblink on android. live tv, all channels with two audio tracks, the second track plays anywhere between 0.5 and 1.5 second ahead of the video when audio is bitstreamed to the avr. the delay can even vary on the same channel recorded tv is absolutely fine but live and in progress recordings display the problem i described. what could be causing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14959 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sounds like a problem at the source since completely different playback engines are exhibiting the same thing. Your AVR may have an adjustment for it but that would probably be a bigger pain than the one we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37247 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The latest beta version of the Emby app offers all the HD Audio pass-through you need. Check out the beta thread for more details: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/42239-android-tv-beta-13x/ We think you'll enjoy the next update to the stable channel. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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