[tchiarella]

Hey all, I've seen this asked before but not really ever answered.

I have my AFTV set to "Dolby Digital Plus Automatic" and I am getting DD audio all the way to my sound bar that supports it from Netflix, Amazon Video, etc. However, I get no DD, or odd "choppy" sounds, from SPMC when I try to play any video with 5.1 audio. This is a mix of AAC, DD, etc.

Setup is:

AFTV <-> HDMI <-> TV <-> S/PDIF (coax) <-> sound bar

I get a nice little Dolby Digital emblem that glows when it is receiving DD audio.

I've tried nearly all the settings on SPMC but I can't seem to get the right combination to support getting the best audio out of my files. What am I doing wrong?

thanks!

[JonnyVee]

Hey all, I've seen this asked before but not really ever answered.

I have my AFTV set to "Dolby Digital Plus Automatic" and I am getting DD audio all the way to my sound bar that supports it from Netflix, Amazon Video, etc. However, I get no DD, or odd "choppy" sounds, from SPMC when I try to play any video with 5.1 audio. This is a mix of AAC, DD, etc.

Setup is:

AFTV <-> HDMI <-> TV <-> S/PDIF (coax) <-> sound bar

I get a nice little Dolby Digital emblem that glows when it is receiving DD audio.

I've tried nearly all the settings on SPMC but I can't seem to get the right combination to support getting the best audio out of my files. What am I doing wrong?

thanks!

Have you tried S/PDIF direct to sound bar?

Also, what TV is it? Depending on the brand, DTS will not pass through the TV. Are any of your videos using DTS audio?

[tchiarella]

Thanks for the response

I have not tried directly connecting to the sound bar, but that would help isolate the issue so I will try that.

The TV is an off brand (Haier) so I wouldn't be surprised if it is the bottleneck, however I get Dolby audio just fine with this setup from Netflix and Amazon video. Usually they are tagged as Dolby 5.1 but I would be lying if I said I knew what the stream was. Also I only can get that sound if I put the aftv into Dolby "auto" mode and if I put it to Dolby over HDMI I get no sound from those streams.

I also get Dolby audio OTA from my antenna on local channels (abc, fox, etc) so literally the only thing that I don't get Dolby from is SPMC.

I'll have to check the detailed info from the files. I don't know if they are DTS off hand. I tried a few different vids yesterday and some were AC3 5.1 while others were marked as Dolby digital 2.0 and 5.1.