Errors playing back Audio on Sony TV

[markand 12]

I'm having a couple of problems playing back Music on my Sony TV with the Emby Android & Android TV apps. I've tried both apps and on each certain files won't play. Note: All files play in the browser.

For years, I've been using what I just discovered is the old Emby App for Android TV, version 2.1.55g and was puzzled that it never seems to update!   From reading posts in this Forum Category I today discovered there was a newer Emby App for Android, version 3.5.36 version as well. I put together a playlist consisting of 3 different file types. Here are the results

Android TV 2.1.55g (Note: the old app never detected the new playlist, even after TV reboot)

.aif - plays ok

.m4a - Appears to play (bars animating, time advancing) but no audio.

.mp3 - plays ok

Android 3.5.36

.aif - won't play. It starts and immediately advances to the next song. I have a playlist with 3 tracks and it goes through each.

.m4a - plays ok

.mp3 - plays ok

Is there some setting I can set either in the app or on the server to fix this? It's frustrating that I have a playlist that can't play on either client app!

Log file attached.

markand_20260828_embyserver.txt.zip

Edited 3 hours ago by markand
Added that all work in the browser.

[Luke 42973]

HI, yes I think the tv app is probably having the aif transcode, right?

[markand 12]

Not sure what you mean. What should I look for?

 

[Luke 42973]

you could check the server dashboard during the aif playback.

[markand 12]

Btw, I only have a very few songs in aif. Maybe I should just convert it?

 

[markand 12]

For playback with both apps, it shows the following for aif files:

Stream     AIFF (2 mbps) → Direct Play

Audio       PCM_S24BE stereo → Direct Play

Android 3.5.36 does NOT play the file, while Android TV 2.1.55g DOES play the file.

 

[markand 12]

Btw, with the Android TV 2.1.55g app, playing the m4a files gives no audio, though it continues to play. It has the following in the Dashboard:

Stream

M4A (713 kbps) -> Direct Play

Audio

ALAC stereo (Default) -> Direct Play