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HaraldBluetooth
Posted (edited)

Hi, I have many mkv files with 5.1 DTS audio and it has never been a problem to play these to Chromecast / Chromecast Ultra. Up to now ffmpeg has always in my setup transcoded the audio part to 5.1 AC3.

 

But the last couple of days there has been no sound from mkv files with DTS audio.

 

My server version is 3.2.26.17 beta, and the Chromecast Ultra is connected to a Denon AVR-1611 (European Model) 5.1 surround receiver.

 

Here an example of such a movie:

 

General

Unique ID                                : 231428419065337481818857794542170551678 (0xAE1B7E028624A58DA0ED41422180357E)
Complete name                            : I:\Film\The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)\The.Ottoman.Lieutenant.2017.720p.BluRay.x264-ROVERS.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 4.36 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 50 min
Overall bit rate                         : 5 638 kb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2017-07-24 19:44:18
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v13.0.0 ('The Juggler') 64bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5
 
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 50 min
Bit rate                                 : 4 132 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 536 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.251
Stream size                              : 3.19 GiB (73%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 152 r2851 ba24899
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.25 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=17 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4132 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.75
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
 
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Mode                                     : 16
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1 h 50 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 spf)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.17 GiB (27%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
 
Menu
00:00:00.000                             : en:00:00:00.000
00:09:08.214                             : en:00:09:08.214
00:18:02.999                             : en:00:18:02.999
00:23:44.423                             : en:00:23:44.423
00:32:11.429                             : en:00:32:11.429
00:44:42.597                             : en:00:44:42.597
00:52:37.321                             : en:00:52:37.321
00:59:14.259                             : en:00:59:14.259
01:08:23.683                             : en:01:08:23.683
01:18:09.727                             : en:01:18:09.727
01:26:48.912                             : en:01:26:48.912
01:34:48.850                             : en:01:34:48.850
01:43:37.211                             : en:01:43:37.211

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Edited by HaraldBluetooth
HaraldBluetooth
Posted (edited)

I think this is related to Chrome / Chromecast. When I play the same file in Emby / Chrome, then Emby also is reporting direct play and no sound.

 

When I open Emby in Edge, the audio part is converted to AAC and Emby reports direct streaming, as it should and there is sound.

 

My systeminfo:

 

Windows 10 version 1703 OS build 15063.483

Chrome 60.0.3112.90   64 bit

Emby 3.2.26.19 beta

Edited by HaraldBluetooth
Posted

Can you please attach the media info as seen in the web app? thanks.

HaraldBluetooth
Posted
From the movie info in Emby app:

 

Media Info

 

Video

 

Codec H264

AVC Yes

Profile High

Level 41

Resolution 1280x536

Aspect ratio 2.40:1

Anamorphic No

Interlaced No

Framerate 23.9760246

Bitrate 5638 kbps

Bit depth 8 bit

Pixel format yuv420p

Ref frames 5

NAL 4

 

Audio

 

Language eng

Codec DCA

Profile DTS

Layout 5.1

Channels 6 ch

Bitrate 1536 kbps

Sample rate 48000 Hz

Bit depth 24 bit

Default Yes

Title Eng DTS 5.1 Default

 

Subtitle

 

Language dan

Codec SRT

Default No

Forced No

External Yes

Title Dan

 

Container mkv,webm

 

Path I:\Film\The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)\The.Ottoman.Lieutenant.2017.720p.BluRay.x264-ROVERS.mkv

Posted

@@HaraldBluetooth, we're looking into it thanks. I have confirmed this issue is limited to the beta server, and we thank you for being a part of the testing team.

HaraldBluetooth
Posted

Thanks a lot Luke :)

HaraldBluetooth
Posted

This issue is solved in the latest 3.2.26.25 beta - thanks again :)

Posted

Thanks for the feedback.

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