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Dolby Atmos for Mac? - empa91 - 2017-11-09
Hello!
According to a very well informed user in this forum Dolby Atmos probably doesn't work in a mac with a receiver, since Kodi can't decode the Atmos track. According to the user this would only be work via pass through, which is not possible on OS X. I do not doubt that he is right but he wasn't 100 percent sure. Do anyone know if it's working or not?
Dolby Atmos for Mac? - Memphiz - 2017-11-09
So I asked one of our audio developers. As said - atmos only works when using pass through and only when passing through hd audio formats is supported. Since the latter is not supported on macOS - atmos isn't supported aswell. There is no way to use atmos via pcm.
RE: Dolby Atmos for Mac? - empa91 - 2017-11-09
Okey, thank you for your help! Can this be supported later in Kodi in an update, or is it the hardware that is the problem?
Dolby Atmos for Mac? - Memphiz - 2017-11-09
It's the operating system that does not allow it ... (that's why it works on windows with the same hardware)
RE: Dolby Atmos for Mac? - empa91 - 2017-11-09
Oh i see! Such a shame!