SamES 879 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 This is a common problem with some 4K files when attempting to direct stream, which will be the case if you are trying to play the TrueHD track as it is not supported. If you have other audio tracks then I would suggest manually selecting those before playback in which case the file should direct play without issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hd4fun 5 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Thanks SamES I think I understand a little more for my purposes with the sonos beam Dolby 5.1 lossy is good enough but for others with a new AVR and who want lossless audio - it seems to be if the TV (LG in my case) will support only eARC over hdmi or from the internals apps or browser. My Lg C9 for example can play TrueHD if I use an nvidia shield as the source hdmi The TV will honour the source for TrueHD and pass it down the eARC hdmi. the Shield seems to be the best way for audio support, but lose the convenience of the built in emby app. hope this helps someone else 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceten 27 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 This is a common problem with some 4K files when attempting to direct stream, which will be the case if you are trying to play the TrueHD track as it is not supported. If you have other audio tracks then I would suggest manually selecting those before playback in which case the file should direct play without issues. It would be great if we could set the LG app to default to the first non TrueHD track. Right now I've just disabled transcoding and then the player automatically switches to the next track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiant1701 0 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Thanks SamES I think I understand a little more for my purposes with the sonos beam Dolby 5.1 lossy is good enough but for others with a new AVR and who want lossless audio - it seems to be if the TV (LG in my case) will support only eARC over hdmi or from the internals apps or browser. My Lg C9 for example can play TrueHD if I use an nvidia shield as the source hdmi The TV will honour the source for TrueHD and pass it down the eARC hdmi. the Shield seems to be the best way for audio support, but lose the convenience of the built in emby app. hope this helps someone else Edited April 20, 2020 by Defiant1701 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiant1701 0 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I have the same issue trying to play 4k TrueHD 7.1 on my LG C9 Changed the audio to 5.1 and the movie plays fine I have tried using Chromecast Ultra and the 4k movie played fine as well at TrueHD 7.1 but i really like the Emby app on the LG TV Hope this can be fixed going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4170 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) The LG app will play the 'Default' track unless told otherwise - so what I have done is simply tag the 'Default' track to be the non TrueHD Track - ie DTS or AC3. But it is a good call that the LG App should look for alternative compatible tracks (in the same language) BEFORE resorting to a transcode on the Default audio track. This will not only usually be better quality than a transcoded version (ie original DTS core or original AC3) but put less pressure on the server as it will then DirectPlay. Edited April 22, 2020 by rbjtech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamES 879 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 It would be great if we could set the LG app to default to the first non TrueHD track. Right now I've just disabled transcoding and then the player automatically switches to the next track. The only issue with this approach is if the next track is a commentary track, or another language, then the user has no way to select to play the TrueHD track with transcoding as it is automatically skipped 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4170 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 The only issue with this approach is if the next track is a commentary track, or another language, then the user has no way to select to play the TrueHD track with transcoding as it is automatically skipped I guess you can check the language easy enough, but hadn't thought about commentary track - good shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceten 27 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 The only issue with this approach is if the next track is a commentary track, or another language, then the user has no way to select to play the TrueHD track with transcoding as it is automatically skipped You're right, I've never thought about that, probably because I have no movies with a commentary track. But what if we just select the first direct playable track in the interface(I think that excludes only TrueHD?) as default so the default settings give a better chance at direct play? Overall I'd say direct play is almost always to be preferred over transcodig and the user can still select the TrueHD track before starting the movie (or during playback)? I guess that would be a similar appoach as srt subs taking precedence over PGS subs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36879 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 You're right, I've never thought about that, probably because I have no movies with a commentary track. But what if we just select the first direct playable track in the interface(I think that excludes only TrueHD?) as default so the default settings give a better chance at direct play? Overall I'd say direct play is almost always to be preferred over transcodig and the user can still select the TrueHD track before starting the movie (or during playback)? I guess that would be a similar appoach as srt subs taking precedence over PGS subs? Yes at some point we will probably update to lean in this direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36879 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Emby for LG TV's 1.0.31 has been released. Stay tuned to the blog for the release announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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