In release 13 XBMC is decoding to PCM stereo DTS Wav files in spite of give DTS stream passthrough to amplifier by SPDIF without decoding by XBMC - in settings XBMC is set that passthrough for DTS and AC3.
I detect that Night release from 8.03.2014 has passthrough without decoding to amplifier and amplifier detected to decoding DTS 5.1.
Please return back this feature to actual release's.
Having the same issue. Pass through works for dts mkv but for dts wav xbmc down mixes wav to 2 channels only. The android box has license to decode dts but the xbmc spdif pass through is turned on so it should just pass on the audio without attempting to decode it.
Android can only passthrough AC3/DTS that's at the same samperate as the firmware defined. Anything else audiotrack will resample and you'll get garbage. Decode is the only option. I dunno if we're still exposing the "transcode to DD" setting on android (it's a pig), but that would be the option if you must have the fancy light on your AVR.
@asdfzcv: Does context menu + play with dvdplayer make a difference?
Besides that, what althekiller said is correct - Android is a quite limited platform.
could you provide a sample file?
In 8.03.2014 "night" release XBMC for ARM (Android) I have passthrough DTS 5.1 sound to amplifier (from dts wave file plays from android media box) - my amplifier decoding DTS DESCRETE 5.1 but current release is fail - amplifier receives stereo PCM from DTS WAVE :-(.
My request to XMBC development to return with passthrough dts wave in current release of XBMC like in 8.03.2014 "night" release - now I must use 8.03.2014 version of XBMC in order to have DTS 5.1 sound in amplifier from dts wave files in XBMC .
Context menu play with DVD player still doesn't passthrough DTS wav file. And the local media player that came with the android box plays back the same DTS wav file correctly and I get 5.1 signals on the receiver side.
Quote:could you provide a sample file?
no sample no fix
I also noticed that the latest Kodi helix doesn't passthrough DTS-WAV files.
How can I provide a sample file? I can't find a attachment icon in message box.
Peter
use some file sharing site, then post the link here. or if you prefer to keep it private send a pm to fernetmenta.
That trick worked. Under Kodi system files folder, I looked for playercorefactory.xml file and moved the file to desktop then added this rule
<rule filetypes=”(dts|wav)” player=”DVDPlayer” /> beneath the line “<rules name=”system rules”>”. Then I moved the file back to the original folder and Kodi is playing DTS-WAV.
Thank you so much for your help.
P