Emby cannot play TrueHD

[faandfo69 2]

Done played for a couple of seconds and sent the logs at 10:39am eastern time

[ebr 16169]

This is on a Mi Android box?

Your example was an item with DTS-HD MA, not TrueHD.  The box doesn't support that so we're trying to decode it in the app with ffmpeg but that is throwing errors too - perhaps due to bad decoder implementations on that box as well.

The system only reports support for DD and DD+.  Exactly how is it hooked up and to what?

[faandfo69 2]

Im not using any external android box but rather built in android (mi tv x Pro)

 

Ive already provided the logs previously for true HD audio as well previously 

 

That too does not directplay on emby but does on jellyfin as stated earlier 

 

I think whats happening is that jellyfin direct plays what can be played by the hardware and then uses software decoding 

But for emby the audio output-auto option always transcodes and i like many other am using emby on an old machine that can't handle it plus dolby vision is lost as well(in emby)

 

Maybe the solution is to give an option to always directplay but if it cant then instead of transcoding it should use software decoding 

The problem with software decoding on as default is that it messes with audio levels

[ebr 16169]

34 minutes ago, faandfo69 said:

direct plays what can be played by the hardware and then uses software decoding

We are attempting that as well but it is failing so we are falling back to transcoding.

The standard Android app has a newer version of ffmpeg in it.   Did you say you tried that?

[faandfo69 2]

Yes I tried this morning.

[ebr 16169]

3 hours ago, faandfo69 said:

Yes I tried this morning.

And exactly what happened?

 

4 hours ago, faandfo69 said:

built in android (mi tv x Pro)

So you also don't have any external audio equipment?  Just TV speakers?

[faandfo69 2]

The standard android app cannot play anything that the emby android tv app is transcoding

It just gives a black scenn and does not play(image posted on previous page)

 

And yes no external speakers.

 

Did you guys get any info as to why emby might be failing at software decoding automatically and forces transcoding?

[ebr 16169]

15 hours ago, faandfo69 said:

It just gives a black scenn and does not play

What happens if you bump it forward 10 seconds with the right arrow?

15 hours ago, faandfo69 said:

Did you guys get any info as to why emby might be failing at software decoding automatically and forces transcoding?

Looks like problems with the device's hardware or software decoders.

[faandfo69 2]

Nothing happens it does not play at all via the standard android app

[ebr 16169]

No attempt to seek or pause/play or anything will make it start going?

[faandfo69 2]

Nope, the playback doesn't start.

Stuck like this for past 5 minutes.

I tried seeking and playing again and then ff to 2, 3 minute mark but nothing plays

[ebr 16169]

Okay, thanks.  I think this is a hardware-specific issue but the standard app should be detecting that and falling back to transcoding.

[faandfo69 2]

Ohh thanks for the quick replies and responses.

I hope this can be solved in the future.

[faandfo69 2]

UPDATE

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/135745-emby-for-android-tv-android-app/#findComment-1427714