[Roen]

Does Kodi passthrough these lossless object-based audio codecs through to your eARC Receivers / Soundbars without issue?

How is playing a 4K HDR Remux with peak bitrates exceeding 100 Mbps? Is wireless-AC the better choice?

[CiNcH]

Forget it. Those TVs look nice on paper but are buggy and incomplete as hell. Buy it for picture quality, not for the integrated „smart“ features.

[Smeezie]

Does Kodi passthrough these lossless object-based audio codecs through to your eARC Receivers / Soundbars without issue?

How is playing a 4K HDR Remux with peak bitrates exceeding 100 Mbps? Is wireless-AC the better choice?

 It doesn't work for me, although I am new to Kodi, and have been going through all sorts of settings to try and make it work. 

I came to this board today just for this issue, and saw your post. Note, that currently there is some bug with this TV and the Kodi app where it cannot install from the Google Play Store. Sony says they are working on it. In the mean time, i sideloaded a build with the package identifier changed (found in a different thread on this board)

Here is my setup:

• TV: Sony A9F 65" OLED with eARC
  
• Audio: Sony HT-Z9F 3.1 soundbar with Atmos, connected to TV by 18 gbps HDMI cable
  
• Xbox one X as my blu ray player, connected to TV.
  
• Plex for Kodi
  

First off, since my TV does not have gigabit ethernet I have found the wireless AC card works a lot better for 4K remuxes. I only get 99 mbps over ethernet, and 250 mbps to the TV over the wifi. I can't reliably stream 4K locally, however, even on the AC if my media server is also on the same wireless (although, when that is connected via its gigabit ethernet, everything works fine).

Secondly, on to the TV setup. Here is what I have been experiencing:

1. Netflix app on TV will output Atmos to the soundbar on atmos-enabled titles
   
2. UHD discs in the xbox one X will output Atmos to the soundbar
   
3. I cannot get Kodi to output Atmos to the soundbar
   

Now, on to the settings. I followed this guide: https://kodi.wiki/view/Audio_quickstart_guide

The issue, i think, is that from my Kodi audio settings on the TV i cannot select a device under Audio Output Device. It is greyed out and just says "android". I think if I could get Kodi to recognize that my soundbar is connected via eARC and therefore available as an HDMI output device, it may work. But there is where I am stuck.

When using the last SPMC build available, i can change this setting, but in that list there is no option for "HDMI"; it's all just 'android passthrough raw', 'android passthrough IEC', or PCM. Of note, note of these worked for me through SPMC.

[m2k1980]

when you enabled passtrhough in kodi, did you enable truehd and dts etc too in kodi? this is shown under the line "enable passthrough".  i believe you must change the view from standard to expert in the settings before you will see these options

[Smeezie]

when you enabled passtrhough in kodi, did you enable truehd and dts etc too in kodi? this is shown under the line "enable passthrough".  i believe you must change the view from standard to expert in the settings before you will see these options

 Yes, I enabled all of those. I followed that audio settings wiki exactly. Unfortunately, the only thing I can't make exactly like the wiki is selecting HDMI as the audio output.

[Smeezie]

Also, I installed Kodi on my xbox one x which is connected to my TV. There, i CAN select HDMI as the audio output (although all the passthrough options are missing even from Expert there).

Indeed, i get Atmos sent to the soundbar in this instance, however Kodi on Xbox One X cannot hardware decode H.265 HEVC 10 bit, so it is unwatchable.

[m2k1980]

on android you dont have the option to change the audio device, its fixed. do you use kodi17.6 from playstore on your tv? if yes, please install latest kodi 18 build
can you get the kodi log from you tv android installation, in the log you can see which audio formats are supported. can you post the output?

something like this:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE: Enumerated AUDIOTRACK devices:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE:     Device 1
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : AudioTrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : android
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: audiotrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL, FR, FC, LFE, SL, SR, BL, BR, BC, BLOC, BROC
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_FLOAT,AE_FMT_RAW,AE_FMT_RAW
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : STREAM_TYPE_AC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_CORE,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_1024,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_2048,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_512,STREAM_TYPE_EAC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_MA,STREAM_TYPE_TRUEHD

[Smeezie]

I am using Kodi 18.

How do i get to this log? Sorry, pretty new to Kodi here

[Smeezie]

on android you dont have the option to change the audio device, its fixed. do you use kodi17.6 from playstore on your tv? if yes, please install latest kodi 18 build
can you get the kodi log from you tv android installation, in the log you can see which audio formats are supported. can you post the output?

something like this:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE: Enumerated AUDIOTRACK devices:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE:     Device 1
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : AudioTrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : android
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: audiotrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL, FR, FC, LFE, SL, SR, BL, BR, BC, BLOC, BROC
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_FLOAT,AE_FMT_RAW,AE_FMT_RAW
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : STREAM_TYPE_AC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_CORE,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_1024,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_2048,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_512,STREAM_TYPE_EAC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_MA,STREAM_TYPE_TRUEHD

Ok, i think i found it. I downloaded the Log Viewer add-on and this is the relevant portion:

https://imgur.com/6pTOn7b

[Smeezie]

Whoops, try this, has both photos. Why can't we edit posts on this board :|

https://imgur.com/a/Qj4rrev

[Roen]

This thread is very informative so far! Keen to see how it develops.

[Smeezie]

on android you dont have the option to change the audio device, its fixed. do you use kodi17.6 from playstore on your tv? if yes, please install latest kodi 18 build
can you get the kodi log from you tv android installation, in the log you can see which audio formats are supported. can you post the output?

something like this:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE: Enumerated AUDIOTRACK devices:
07:50:13.943 T:10813  NOTICE:     Device 1
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : AudioTrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : android
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: audiotrack
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL, FR, FC, LFE, SL, SR, BL, BR, BC, BLOC, BROC
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_FLOAT,AE_FMT_RAW,AE_FMT_RAW
07:50:13.947 T:10813  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : STREAM_TYPE_AC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_CORE,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_1024,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_2048,STREAM_TYPE_DTS_512,STREAM_TYPE_EAC3,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD,STREAM_TYPE_DTSHD_MA,STREAM_TYPE_TRUEHD

 Here's mine in a more readable format: https://paste.kodi.tv/benodeveve.kodi

[Smeezie]

Little update: i gave up trying to get this to work. Not sure if it's a problem with my TV, with Kodi 18 RC5, or Android itself. 

I picked up a Shield and now everything is working perfectly over eARC (have the Shield connected directly to my TV, not directly to the soundbar, so this means i'm getting Atmos passed over eARC from the TV to the soundbar). I'm currently using Krypton as its the latest one available on the Google Play Store, but will likely sideload v18RC5 soon.

The Shield has the added benefit of including gigabit ethernet, which my Sony TV maxes out at 100 mbps ethernet, so 4K plays much more smoothly and reliable now too.

[Roen]

Shield supports eARC or am I confused? How is Lossless Atmos making it from Shield to TV?

[Smeezie]

Yes, the Shield can pass lossless audio over HDMI to my TV, which then passes it to the sound bar via eARC.

On my TV, my Sound bar is connected to HDMI 3. The Shield is connected to the TV on HDMI 4. None of my devices are directly connected to the sound bar.