2016-03-21, 21:19
(2016-03-21, 11:54)down_under_dude Wrote: Thanks for the useful suggestions...: I think read in the manual that files on USB get down-mixed to 2 channels... so I did not pursue that (I had thought of it but abandoned the idea when I saw the comment in the user manual. Maybe I'll try anyway...)No, using the Sony Video app and USB you can play 4K files, 3D files, DTS, 5.1 etc, they all works perfectly tested myself.
Re your other thoughts:
1) Yes I am connected to the ARC-supported HDMI port - HDMI-4
2) Will try another cable... I have not used ARC before, so this is a possible cause
3) I have set TV Digital Audio Out to Auto-1... but I am not sure this applies to ARC ... I thought it was specifically for the optical out... could be wrong. I have tried all 3 settings anyway...
Another I had overnight... to eliminate all things Kodi, I thought I could sign up for Netflix, and see if streaming a movie might give me at least 5.1
I have also experimented with the gazillion audio options on the amp. I have been advised by a friend that these Yamaha receivers can be quite challenging to set up correctly.
Hopefully, after all that, we can get back to the Kodi on Android topic ;-) It does strike me that some folk here are happily achieving much more ambitious results (4K, 3D etc...) All I want is basic surround sound... and am pretty sure that the Playstore version of Kodi should deliver that! I don't particularly want to go down the custom side loading route - yet...
Re. TV Digital Audio Out, It does state for Optical but again, tested myself this does effect output via ARC also. One of the Kodi builds gave me loud static on Auto1, switching to PCM cured it.
Stick with it, I can play 4K files, 3D files and 5.1 sound through Kodi. I actually use an add-on called PlexKodiConnect which, as the name suggest allows my Plex server and NAS to act as the host for all the files that Kodi plays.