2019-11-17, 15:03
(2019-11-17, 14:23)Exstaz Wrote: I read so much but still don’t understand everything. I want to be able to play content of my nas using audio passthrough. Is there no other option then a raspberry pi or pc to do it?
Raspberry Pi 4B doesn't do HD Audio passthrough at the moment - just PCM lossless decode (same as Apple TV 4K). Unless you have a very real need for metadata processing or an Atmos/DTS:x speaker set-up with height speakers (that requires passthrough) - then not having passthrough isn't a major limitation (all you are doing is moving the 'decode to PCM' process from the AVR to your Kodi player solution)
The big advantage of the Apple TV 4K is that it has Netflix and Amazon with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (albeit with a Netflix app bug at the moment it seems), and well implemented HDR/SDR and Frame rate switching.
Quote:I don’t want to pay more then like 150$. I looked at Apple TV 4 with mrmc but that can’t passthrough either...
There is always a but. I just want it to work and be done with it.
However if you must have pass through - then things like the ODroid N2 running CoreElec (or other AMLogic CoreElec solutions) will do that, as will the nVidia Shield TV (which will also do Netflix and Amazon with DV and Atmos in the 2019 models, but has more limitations in other areas - such as not frame rate switching in Amazon or Netflix...)
