2015-09-14, 15:48
It is. You only lose the embedded metadata to get ATMOS and DTS:X. So, if you have a 5.1 or 7.1 set-up and don't plan to upgrade to a 5.1.x, 7.1.x or 9.1.2 (like me ), you're fine with RPi2 doing the HD audio decoding to multichannel PCM.