True HD pass through?

[EZEd 60]

My setup is Hisense Google TV -> Denon X1600 rcvr using eARC. I'm running Emby Android TV client.  If I queue up a movie with True HD sound and bring up stats for nerds it identifies the audio codec as TrueHD with (software decode) in parentheticals out to the side. When I bring up a movie with DTS-HD or MA sound the audio codec says DTS-HD (direct).  This implies to me that DTS is playing direct but TrueHD is being transcoded.  Is this correct?  If so, how do I set Emby (what settings to make inside either server or client and/or both) to force pass-through for both TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA to my receiver which handles both natively without needing any audio transcoding on either?

[yocker 1247]

1 hour ago, EZEd said:

My setup is Hisense Google TV -> Denon X1600 rcvr using eARC. I'm running Emby Android TV client.  If I queue up a movie with True HD sound and bring up stats for nerds it identifies the audio codec as TrueHD with (software decode) in parentheticals out to the side. When I bring up a movie with DTS-HD or MA sound the audio codec says DTS-HD (direct).  This implies to me that DTS is playing direct but TrueHD is being transcoded.  Is this correct?  If so, how do I set Emby (what settings to make inside either server or client and/or both) to force pass-through for both TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA to my receiver which handles both natively without needing any audio transcoding on either?

TVs don't support passing through formats like TrueHD.
You will need a player like a Nvidia Shield to be able to support formats like TrueHD.

Rule of thumb is that TVs usually just support DD+ and 5.1.

[EZEd 60]

The TV supports DTS-HD. Which is odd that it would support DTS and not TrueHD. I would have thought it would be the other way around with TrueHD being more popular. Guess not.

[FrostByte 5392]

Check toward the back of your user manual for a chart listing supported audio codecs.  I just picked a 2025 Hisense TV at random from their website and indeed it lists DTSHD, but not TrueHD.

[yocker 1247]

4 hours ago, EZEd said:

The TV supports DTS-HD. Which is odd that it would support DTS and not TrueHD. I would have thought it would be the other way around with TrueHD being more popular. Guess not.

Mine will play DTS-HD as well but anything over 5.1 channels will either lag a lot or gets transcoded.