Multichannel Audio No surround output
Recently spun up new Emby server ~ 500 tittles of mix .mkv, Mp4 and BD. Video playback seems fine however audio decoding via Apple TV (gen 4K) device is not passing thru HDMI receiver correctly. Media-info shows audio format below.
Format :AC-3,Dolby Digital
Codec ID :A_AC3
Bit rate :448 kb/s
Channel(s) :6 channels
Channel layout :L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate :48.0 kHz
This Issue: The receiver indicates multichannel format on the display, sound
II have looked for old logs and indeed, DTS audio was converted to AC3.
This is a snippet from an old log:
ffmpeg version 4.0.3-emby_2019_03_26 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers and softworkz for Emby LLC
built with gcc 6.3.0 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.23.0)
Local Time: 06:16:26
T=0.000s
T=0.002s
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'file:/media/movies/Blancanieves y los siete enanitos [MicroHD][1080 px][DTS-Castellano DTS-Ingles+Subs]/BlancanievesM1080.www.newpct.com.mkv':
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