I might have missed something here. You say turn off passthrough and you get multichannel. I have turned off surround which does turn off passthrough but I only get stereo sound. Is there a different setting such that I can still get at least 5.1 via multichannel PCM out?
I am on the beta version of the app. Under playback|advanced I have surrounded sound on. Then under Passthrough I have DD+,DTS and DTS-HD set to off.
thanks! I'll give that a try. 5.1 surround via PCM is better than just stereo.
Good luck.
Another work around is that I use emby to play my recordings. Added the comskip plugin and have channels create an edl. Been working great and passthrough works just fine.
Emby really does not do live tv as good.
Is the Passthrough working any better in the latest release?
My Shield still reports its running version 4.9.5.beta and no, passthrough for DTS is not working. I submitted troubleshooting logs a few days ago.
If I should be running a different updated version, let me know how to get it installed. I did check for updates from within the app and it reports i am running the latest version.
Please try this one.
YES, I've only played one video on the new version so far but its playing smoothly and passing through DTS-HD audio. THANK YOU. I will let you know if I see any further issues in this regard and send troubleshooting logs.
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Great. DTS-HD was the only pass-through format that my Android TV devices did not support, so I had been unable to test it myself.
This has fixed the issue. Still have a small issue with DD+ very small stutter. Turning off passthrough fixes the problem.
I submitted it.
Thanks!
Can you give more detail of what you're experiencing here?
The video looks like there is a dropped frame giving it a small studder look. If I look at the stats there is no dripped frames. Kind of looks like a frame rate mix match.
If there is a person walking it looks like they pause for a half second every step they take.
This is only on the beta version of the app and started when the passthrough option was added. I am using a 2019 shield. Also have the beta on a FireTV Cube 3 withe the same issue.
Thank you for time
Please try out this build and let me know if it's any better.
If you could submit diagnostics after you've played something that would be helpful.
Thanks for the update. Seems the problem must be with my setup.
Again thanks for looking into this for me.
@kennywalsh Could you submit diagnostics again if you're still having the problem?
If you go into Settings -> Playback -> Advanced -> Passthrough and disable the DD+ option does the issue go away?
Sorry to say yes I still have the problem.
And yes if I disable passthrough does fix the problem.
Do not worry about it. Seems I am the only one with the issue.
I'm not sure if that's the case, you just may be more discerning. I'd love to track down what's going wrong and fix it — this is a new feature and seems to have some rough edges that are hard to isolate.
Can confirm the judder.
Onn 4k streaming box fcc id: 2ayys-8822k4vtg
The source video is a 1080p MKV with DTS-HD. The onn box can’t pass through DTS-HD but channels appears to be sending the DTS core.
App version is beta (7.7.1944).
Can also confirm judder with a DD+ file.
Disabling passthrough removes the judder for both.
I submitted diagnostics at 526pm CST.