Shield TV (2019) not playing VORBIS

[frk1337 4]

For some reason emby thinks VORBIS is not supported on the Shield TV. It tries to transcode (which I have disabled) so I get a stream without sound.

Logs attached.

Same file plays fine over Plex and VLC (SMB share) and in the Emby app on iOS and iPadOS.

ffmpeg-directstream-f6885c44-8f60-4c87-8420-7651618422b2_1.txt

Version used: 4.6.0.2 beta on server and AndroidTv 1.8.42g on the ShieldTV.

Edited October 18, 2020 by frk1337

[ebr 16184]

16 hours ago, frk1337 said:

It tries to transcode (which I have disabled) so I get a stream without sound.

That confirms it isn't supported.  What happens if you enable transcoding?

[frk1337 4]

It get's transcoded.

Why would VORBIS not be supported? VLC and Plex play it just fine on the same machine.

[Carlo 4561]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/shield/shield-tv-pro/

Audio support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, DD+ decode, Dolby Atmos decode, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)

I think this should be a supported type that doesn't need transcoding.

[Luke 42078]

Can you try this and see how it compares:

Thanks.

[FrostByte 5392]

2 hours ago, cayars said:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/shield/shield-tv-pro/

Audio support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, DD+ decode, Dolby Atmos decode, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)

I think this should be a supported type that doesn't need transcoding.

That list really isn't accurate for ATV though.  It's not just what the Shield supports, but also what Exoplayer supports.  I have lots of WMA that direct plays in VLC, but Emby transcodes it because Exoplayer doesn't support WMA.  Though I see Vorbis listed in certain containers

https://exoplayer.dev/supported-formats.html

I'm hoping the Emby version of Exoplayer will support WMA some day

[Carlo 4561]

That's a very valid point FrostByte!

[ebr 16184]

16 hours ago, cayars said:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/shield/shield-tv-pro/

Audio support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, DD+ decode, Dolby Atmos decode, Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X (pass-through), and DTS-HD (pass-through)

I think this should be a supported type that doesn't need transcoding.

Careful with "marketing specs" too  

There is a difference between a .ogg audio only file and audio embedded inside other containers.  We're working on improvements in all these areas though (see above app referenced by Luke with updated Exo).