Force downmix to stereo

[mrsmithb 11]

I have a specific device that gives me problems with audio in the Emby app. This is a video device made for mounting in vehicles that runs an older version of android. It's a touch screen and in many ways resembles an android tablet.

I installed Emby from the Play Store and it works perfectly, EXCEPT it will only play videos that have a stereo audio track. On anything else, 5.1, etc...there is no sound output. I believe that the device only supports stereo sound but the app is not forcing the stream audio to be downmixed to stereo.

Any ideas what I can do to make this happen? I tried limiting the playback quality to 1mpbs hoping it might force downmix during transcoding but that had no effect.

[yocker 1247]

See if "Emby for Android TV" is available in the Play store for that device. I know that version of the Emby client has a downmix to stereo option.

I don't know if it forces the server to downmix to stereo or anything but worth a try.

[mrsmithb 11]

Awesome, I considered that but hadn't tried it yet. I know I had emby for android tv on a different device at one time to fix a different issue (black screen during playback on Samsung dex). I may have sideloaded it...

[mrsmithb 11]

So I believe the issue has been resolved. I first installed the emby for android tv app, which was available natively in the play store for my device. As you expected, this did resolve the sound issue, however I had alot of trouble navigating the UI with the touch screen. At this point, I went back and tried the web interface again, which I had tried before and not been successful. However, this time, I had changed web browsers, from Chrome to Firefox. And lo and behold, it worked flawlessly. So thanks friend, for helping me come to a resolution.

[yocker 1247]

Happy to be of help and to hear it working for you now! Though it seems you solved it all on your own.

Edited October 2, 2024 by yocker