Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Roku will direct play movie but no sound do to audio being AAC 5.1. VideoCodecH264ProfileHighLevel40Resolution1920x800Aspect Ratio2.40:1InterlacedNoFramerate23.97602Bitrate2723 kbps AudioLanguageengCodecAACLayout5.1Bitrate408 kbpsSample Rate48000 khzDefaultYes Server Version 3.0.5192.19560 Roku 1.17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Make sure you have 5.1 turned on in the Roku itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) It is AC3 5.1 work fine but all AAC 5.1 movies play with no audio. The issue I believe is the server is Dierct Playing file instead of converting the audio since the Roku doesn't support AAC 5.1 only 2.0. Edited April 3, 2014 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yeah more then likely it is trying to just pass through the AAC 5.1 to your audio system and maybe your audio system isn't decoding that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) I can remote play from web client to WDPlay on same tv and receiver and get sound from the same movie. Edited April 3, 2014 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I wonder if it doesn't even attempt to pass through that type of audio on the Roku. I will look through my collection and see if I can find anything with aac 5.1. Not sure I do, but will look to see to test against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Most of my AAC 5.1 just hang at retrieving like shown here. http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/594-roku-public-beta/?p=27169 So far I have only seen one that plays with out audio. *Looks like it played on the WDPlay because it transcoded the file. Tested on Roku by changing video quality and it transcodes video and audio when lowering video quality. Edited April 3, 2014 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Yeah there is a problem with playback right now. We hope to have a fix for it soon. When we do, we will let you know and hopefully it fixes this too. If it doesn't let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I wonder if it doesn't even attempt to pass through that type of audio on the Roku. I will look through my collection and see if I can find anything with aac 5.1. Not sure I do, but will look to see to test against. I believe "Big Buck Bunny" is available in AAC 5.1 on their download page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I believe "Big Buck Bunny" is available in AAC 5.1 on their download page. Thanks Wayne. I'll look there for a video to test with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grape 1 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yeah there is a problem with playback right now. We hope to have a fix for it soon. When we do, we will let you know and hopefully it fixes this too. If it doesn't let me know. Is it possible this playback problem is causing other audio stream issues. I am having trouble with HD audio streams playing through the Roku 3. I can get 2 channel audio and Dolby Digital. This is happening for me on MKV's and playable iso's. I would want the Roku to do a pass-thru on all audio streams as a preference. I do notice that I am able to select various audio streams but the HD ones never play and a non-HD seems to be auto-selected when I attempt to select and HD stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Is it possible this playback problem is causing other audio stream issues. I am having trouble with HD audio streams playing through the Roku 3. I can get 2 channel audio and Dolby Digital. This is happening for me on MKV's and playable iso's. I would want the Roku to do a pass-thru on all audio streams as a preference. I do notice that I am able to select various audio streams but the HD ones never play and a non-HD seems to be auto-selected when I attempt to select and HD stream. ISO's will never have pass through just because the Roku can't decode an ISO. It can decode a specific type of mkv and a specific type of mp4 file, but not much else. Right now it is only transcoding to 2 channel which is why you are getting non-HD streams to just come out as stereo. Hopefully we can fix that soon to at least start transmitting in 5.1. Also make sure you have turned on surround sound on the Roku itself. If it is set to stereo it will only playback in stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grape 1 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 ISO's will never have pass through just because the Roku can't decode an ISO. It can decode a specific type of mkv and a specific type of mp4 file, but not much else. Right now it is only transcoding to 2 channel which is why you are getting non-HD streams to just come out as stereo. Hopefully we can fix that soon to at least start transmitting in 5.1. Also make sure you have turned on surround sound on the Roku itself. If it is set to stereo it will only playback in stereo. Thanks for reply. I will be patient. Just a point of interest though, I am successfully playing an iso through the roku, just with 2 channel sound though. Not many of the iso's play but one created from AnyDVD (Man of Steel). I assume the sever side is taking care of decoding the iso. I have had pretty good luck getting Android devices to play the iso's also. Still in reading through the forum I am seeing that I probably should be going MKV, so I am looking into that. Thank you again. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Thanks for reply. I will be patient. Just a point of interest though, I am successfully playing an iso through the roku, just with 2 channel sound though. Not many of the iso's play but one created from AnyDVD (Man of Steel). I assume the sever side is taking care of decoding the iso. I have had pretty good luck getting Android devices to play the iso's also. Still in reading through the forum I am seeing that I probably should be going MKV, so I am looking into that. Thank you again. Doug The server will transcode ISOs into MP4 and AAC sound for the Roku. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikuf 663 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 The server will transcode ISOs into MP4 and AAC sound for the Roku. No it won't It will transcode to h264/aac hls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Any update on the AAC 5.1 issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Any update on the AAC 5.1 issue? None at the moment, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Luke 37057 Posted June 15, 2014 Solution Share Posted June 15, 2014 Please try this on the new beta: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/8001-media-browser-for-roku-beta-channel/ Playback has been rebuilt from the ground up and also utilizes newly introduced server features. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 AAC 5.1 audio is being transcoded like they should be now in v1.21. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37057 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrecon 0 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Any word on solving the AAC issue with Roku? I have a Roku 3 with the latest software. I play everything forced direct, direct stream, and it won't play any audio from any AAC content on my plex. All other formats and speaker numbers work. It's just all the AAC files that are silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37057 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Any word on solving the AAC issue with Roku? I have a Roku 3 with the latest software. I play everything forced direct, direct stream, and it won't play any audio from any AAC content on my plex. All other formats and speaker numbers work. It's just all the AAC files that are silent. Hi @@djrecon, welcome! We're very sorry to hear about this issue and we'd love to help you resolve it. In order for us to best do that, please discuss an example by supplying the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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