Emby doesn't have an option to downmix 5.1 to Stereo...

[Mkilbride 87]

I see it on the Server, but on my NVIDIA Shield there's no option, so if I plug in headphones and my media file only has 5.1 available, it comes out very low and I need to turn my Amp up considerably to get proper volume.  I checked all the options. It's simply not downmixing and there's no way to force it.  I tried both Apps. 

[visproduction 363]

Mb,

Your 5.1 is probably being sent to your headphones without stereo conversion / mixdown.  So that would mean you get front left and right which mostly misses center dialogue for films.  That's why the dialogue is hardly there.  I would assume playback straight to a TV would auto mix down 5.1 to stereo.  5.1 or more would only stay surround ideally if you have a sound bar and surround set up.  AV multi channel amps have downmix to stereo options.  How is the video stream getting to playback?  Is Wifi involved.  Is there a HDMI connection from Nvidia?  Are you playing on a TV with a TV app or is it playback via Emby Web?

There are ways to convert 5.1 surround to stereo and either make a separate media copy with the stereo audio or add an extra stereo audio track to a media file so that the audio option pull down can be selected in the Emby mediapage.  That actually takes around 5 minutes work for a 2 hour video with 3rd party software like Audacity.