[wyild1]

It seems a bit strange that my 5 year old boxee box has no problem with lossless formats but Kodi still doesn't do it. I am assuming I could choose PCM to have it decoded before it hits my receiver, but not ideal. Hopefully Kodi 17 gets there within the year.

Ummm there was nothing the kodi team could do until nvidia opened up the api to allow it...

[alexkidd]

It seems a bit strange that my 5 year old boxee box has no problem with lossless formats but Kodi still doesn't do it. I am assuming I could choose PCM to have it decoded before it hits my receiver, but not ideal. Hopefully Kodi 17 gets there within the year.

Ummm there was nothing the kodi team could do until nvidia opened up the api to allow it...

My bad. I thought it was happening already on other android platforms. Didn't realize Kodi had to be specifically updated for Shield.
Am I right to assume I can set Kodi to PCM so the decoding happens before it hits my receiver? It may not say DTS-HD on my receiver but it should pass the decoded lossless audio right?

[Krazyflipj]

It seems a bit strange that my 5 year old boxee box has no problem with lossless formats but Kodi still doesn't do it. I am assuming I could choose PCM to have it decoded before it hits my receiver, but not ideal. Hopefully Kodi 17 gets there within the year.

Kodi does it but not on the Shield yet

[wweich]

My bad. I thought it was happening already on other android platforms. Didn't realize Kodi had to be specifically updated for Shield.
Am I right to assume I can set Kodi to PCM so the decoding happens before it hits my receiver? It may not say DTS-HD on my receiver but it should pass the decoded lossless audio right?

DD+, TrueHD and others (so all but "simple" Dobly Digital / ac3) is already decoded and send as PCM.
DTS-HD always has a "normal" DTS stream, which is send if you enable DTS passthrough. If you disable DTS passthrough and enable 8 channel DTS decoding all DTS will be decoded and send as PCM.

Depending on how your "home network" content is served, you could use external players like MX Player, which Kodi will start to play the video. This does not work with smb though. MX Player can pass through HD Audio.

[Nekromantik]

For some reason last two days re-fresh rate switching stopped working.
I updated to beta 1 this morning but no difference.

[Koying]

Maybe the shield rebooted while the TV was off. Reboot it with TV on.

[Gurney]

If your avr supports it, you can use upnp.
You could also use Kore or yatse to instruct the kodi to play music to your avr.

UPNP is supported by my AVR, but it is something I would like to avoid because I would prefer to stay with a unique remote control (WAF...).

Can you explain a bit more your second point (I'm using Yatse)?

Thanks for your answer!

[Nekromantik]

Maybe the shield rebooted while the TV was off. Reboot it with TV on.

Thanks that fixed it.

[KeithLM]

This may have been asked and answered, so forgive me.

I understand that the shield now passes through lossless audio formats like DTS-HD and Dolby True HD but I believe that is only for the native video player. Does anyone know when/if Kodi will be updated to pass through those formats?
Is there a way around it so you I can stream (home network) video with lossless codecs from Kodi on the Shield?
Thanks

Kodi 17 will do DTS-HD and Dolby True HD is the scuttlebutt i heard

I was really hoping they would put this in 16 since the same update for the Shield that provided the proper 24Hz support provided hi-def pass-through and they fixed that a couple months ago. This one issue is the only thing keeping me from replacing my HTPC with the Shield.

[Koying]

Heh... Schedule conflict. Nvidia implemented HD audio at the same time we decided on a major rewrite of our player, which will come in 17...

[fatez]

Hi,

i have some problem with audio when reproduce mkv in avc, here is the media info :

General
Maze Runner - VU Untouched 1080p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 27.7 GiB
Duration : 2h 11mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 30.1 Mbps
Movie name : Maze Runner - La fuga (2015) - PirateMKV
Encoded date : UTC 2015-11-19 17:08:50
Writing application : mkvmerge v8.5.2 ('Crosses') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.3 + libmatroska v1.4.4

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : Maze Runner - La fuga (2015) - PirateMKV
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 724 MiB (3%)
Title : DTS 5.1
Language : Italian
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 603 MiB (2%)
Title : AC3 5.1
Language : Italian
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio #3
ID : 4
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 8 channels / 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: L R, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Title : DTS-HD MA 5.1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio #4
ID : 5
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 603 MiB (2%)
Title : AC3 5.1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #1
ID : 6
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Forced
Language : Italian
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes

Text #2
ID : 7
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Normal
Language : Italian
Default : No
Forced : No

Text #3
ID : 8
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Normal
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:04:05.120 : en:Chapter 02
00:05:59.818 : en:Chapter 03
00:09:08.798 : en:Chapter 04
00:11:55.840 : en:Chapter 05
00:17:32.677 : en:Chapter 06
00:23:21.191 : en:Chapter 07
00:27:36.029 : en:Chapter 08
00:33:10.238 : en:Chapter 09
00:37:06.683 : en:Chapter 10
00:41:30.988 : en:Chapter 11
00:45:47.370 : en:Chapter 12
00:51:57.781 : en:Chapter 13
00:56:01.775 : en:Chapter 14
01:00:56.319 : en:Chapter 15
01:03:50.535 : en:Chapter 16
01:07:29.254 : en:Chapter 17
01:11:19.192 : en:Chapter 18
01:15:32.820 : en:Chapter 19
01:20:15.060 : en:Chapter 20
01:27:47.471 : en:Chapter 21
01:30:17.287 : en:Chapter 22
01:34:04.013 : en:Chapter 23
01:38:29.904 : en:Chapter 24
01:40:52.546 : en:Chapter 25
01:44:13.122 : en:Chapter 26
01:51:51.872 : en:Chapter 27
01:56:51.213 : en:Chapter 28
02:01:02.714 : en:Chapter 29
02:04:05.146 : en:Chapter 30

occasionally skips the audio for a while
My av receiver is an onkyo that is shifting correctly in DTS

[war59312]

How to open On-Screen Video Diagnostic (Codecinfo: http://kodi.wiki/view/Codecinfo) ? Tried to assign key with (Add-on:Keymap Editor: http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Keymap_Editor), no luck, seems to not work at all.

Well bumper, no 5.1 still I see. Audio is playing, but appears to be playing in stereo only. No sound out of rear speakers.

Update: Whoops, my fault. Just realized I was using ARC, which is stereo only sadly. So lame. Shield is not working via HDMI on my Blu-ray player at the moment.

At least 24p seems to be working correctly.

[marius37bv]

Hello Guys!I am new on this forum.I`ve try to install skins on nvidia shield tv but i get failed to install dependencies.And backup addon is not working.How to fix this problems?Thank You

[KeithLM]

Heh... Schedule conflict. Nvidia implemented HD audio at the same time we decided on a major rewrite of our player, which will come in 17...

But it's pass-through. Is it really that hard to implement? Isn't it just a change to the options screen based on the hardware ID?

[Koying]

But it's pass-through. Is it really that hard to implement? Isn't it just a change to the options screen based on the hardware ID?

Nope. Android passthrough is different than on all the other Kodi platforms. For the techies, Android wants raw passthrough while the other platforms want IEC61937.