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Klesk Reaver · 2017-02-09, 10:52

(2017-02-05, 13:09)fritsch Wrote: No Debug Log no issue.

For all that spam this thread without any valuable information: I will ask our moderators to directly delete such stuff in the future. It does not help it only brings this thread to a wastebin niveau. We tested AC3 transcoding internally on various shields: Works on all of them.

https://paste.ubuntu.com/23959623/

Smile

**fritsch** · (This post was last modified: 2017-02-09, 13:19 by fritsch.)

Quote:19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements AC3 RAW
19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements EAC3 RAW
19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements DTS RAW
19:43:19.693 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 32000 supported
19:43:19.695 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 44100 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 48000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 96000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 192000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements DTS-HD RAW
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements TrueHD RAW

All fine from firmware pov. It seems that this new firmware simply did not have external devices in mind. As the external don't support the IEC PT format. The only thing that might help is a special version of the shitty build. Meaning redifining IEC format to SNE16 format :-). Can do that if you feel adventerous ...

Edit: If you can't wait: https://github.com/fritsch/xbmc/commit/c...208609R858 <- overwrite the -1 check and overwrite it always ...

**fritsch** · 2017-02-09, 23:11

For the external soundcard users, that whine for the old pcm hack: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/test-builds/andro...bi-v7a.apk .. handle with care.

jasmart · 2017-02-10, 09:01

Well this sees the end of me using Kodi on my Sony Bravia 4K x850C.

I'd started with Kodi 16 and the PKC plugin as it handled the DTS and audio formats better than the official Plex app. That's no longer the case so back to Plex.

**fritsch** · 2017-02-10, 09:05

Good bye.

j-m-s · 2017-02-10, 19:59

Is it true that the dolby AC3 patent just expired?

mo123 · 2017-02-10, 20:01

(2017-02-10, 19:59)j-m-s Wrote: Is it true that the dolby AC3 patent just expired?

Yes

Vispen74 · (This post was last modified: 2017-02-11, 09:28 by Vispen74.)

(2017-02-09, 23:11)fritsch Wrote: For the external soundcard users, that whine for the old pcm hack: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/test-builds/andro...bi-v7a.apk .. handle with care.

Testing this on on my Sony Bravia xd85. Seems to work well. Getting passthrough on 5.1 sound.

Edit: with this build the TV starts daydream when watching Live-TV? Never happened before.

Edit 2: after a while audio was out of sync watching a 5.1 movie.

Sent from my Nokia 3110i

Vispen74 · 2017-02-10, 20:37

(2017-02-10, 09:01)jasmart Wrote: Well this sees the end of me using Kodi on my Sony Bravia 4K x850C.

I'd started with Kodi 16 and the PKC plugin as it handled the DTS and audio formats better than the official Plex app. That's no longer the case so back to Plex.

What is not working for you? I have it all working on my Sony with the PCM hack. Is it that you want DTS and not transcoded to DD?

Sent from my Nokia 3110i

**fritsch** · 2017-02-10, 21:19

A good soul was so nice to post a Debug Log with DSF files and the fix was a one liner .... will be in 17.1

Theetjuh · 2017-02-11, 00:47

(2017-02-10, 21:19)fritsch Wrote: A good soul was so nice to post a Debug Log with DSF files and the fix was a one liner .... will be in 17.1

PT or convert to PCM?

**fritsch** · (This post was last modified: 2017-02-11, 09:01 by fritsch.)

Android has NO support for DSF passthrough ... so that won't happen anytime soon. Here happy testing: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/test-builds/andro...bi-v7a.apk - should run with 176.4 khz.

Klesk Reaver · 2017-02-11, 09:56

(2017-02-09, 12:10)fritsch Wrote:
Quote:19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements AC3 RAW
19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements EAC3 RAW
19:43:19.692 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements DTS RAW
19:43:19.693 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 32000 supported
19:43:19.695 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 44100 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 48000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 96000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: AESinkAUDIOTRACK - 192000 supported
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements DTS-HD RAW
19:43:19.696 T:137990538320 DEBUG: Firmware implements TrueHD RAW

All fine from firmware pov. It seems that this new firmware simply did not have external devices in mind. As the external don't support the IEC PT format. The only thing that might help is a special version of the shitty build. Meaning redifining IEC format to SNE16 format :-). Can do that if you feel adventerous ...

Edit: If you can't wait: https://github.com/fritsch/xbmc/commit/c...208609R858 <- overwrite the -1 check and overwrite it always ...

sorry im a noob at this, but just so you know I'm not using an external USB sound card, I've got my Nvidia Shield plugged into a HDMI audio extractor that just splits the audio away from HDMI to optical (as my audio receiver only supports optical Sad

)

Any advice for a workaround so I can use Kodi 17? or is my extractor still regarded as an 'external device' even though it simply splits the audio away from HDMI (I know I should have bought a proper receiver with HDMI lol)

**fritsch** · (This post was last modified: 2017-02-11, 11:17 by fritsch.)

Your splitter has nothing to do with that. Set kodi channels to 2.0 enable DTS / AC3 and see what you get.

But as said earlier, install this build: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/test-builds/andro...bi-v7a.apk and see if something changes. This restores v16 pseudo passthrough.

jasmart · 2017-02-11, 12:13

(2017-02-10, 20:37)Vispen74 Wrote:
(2017-02-10, 09:01)jasmart Wrote: Well this sees the end of me using Kodi on my Sony Bravia 4K x850C.

I'd started with Kodi 16 and the PKC plugin as it handled the DTS and audio formats better than the official Plex app. That's no longer the case so back to Plex.
What is not working for you? I have it all working on my Sony with the PCM hack. Is it that you want DTS and not transcoded to DD?

Sent from my Nokia 3110i

yes mate, exactly that. I know Kodi may bring other handy features, but for me this was the thing that made me choose Kodi over Plex, it handled audio formats more fully.

Seeing as they both now end up converting DTS to DD I'm heading back to Plex as it is more 'wife friendly'.