2020-10-02, 04:50
(2020-10-01, 22:19)RockerC Wrote: That new "Google Chromecast with Google TV" dongle claims to support HD audio stream for most formats (only DTS is unknown) and if so should really be "best bang for the buck" in many if not most categories now, or ?
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=357396
Of course needs to tested first however I believe that it might fit into and compete with multiple of these types
No.
Do not get caught up in the hype.
It's got a way to go to catch up to the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K that has much better Kodi compatibility for deinterlacing, Refresh Switching and HD audio decoded to Multichannel LPCM.
2020 Google TV - Android TV dongle for Kodi usage has:
- NO HD audio support, see HERE (click) as well - this is no surprise if you have an AMLogic chipset device running Android TV v8.1 Oreo or greater.
- NO (GigaE) Ethernet - unless you buy an extra $20+ USB-C adapter.
- NO USB as well, and we do not even know if NTFS USB storage works yet + adapter needed.
- NO auto Frame Rate Matching, "Match Content" on it only switches SDR / HDR / DolbyVision
- NO auto Resolution Switching
- Deinterlacing for mpeg2 does not work, and likely H264 as well (once someone tests).
The lack of auto Frame Rate Matching is a MAJOR problem for territories like UK, Europe and Australasia that also needs 25/50 Hz support for FTA TV and IPTV video streaming services. Here in Australia where I live we have at least 8 mainstream video streaming services using either 25 or 50fps.
W.
