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With toslink (optical) it’s not possible to get hd audio to work.
You need to connect your shield to one of your receiver‘s hdmi inputs and you need to connect your tv to one of your receiver‘s hdmi outputs. The complete chain must be hdmi.
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2017-12-12, 22:44
(This post was last modified: 2017-12-12, 22:45 by badalien.)
Hi,
A little help please. I have DD, DTS 5.1 speakers system connected to a Sony 55XD8005 tv via optical cable. I managed to make the right setting for passthrough (2.0, transcoded AC3, they also work with the video sync option activated). Now I added a jack cable from the same tv to the same speakers and when my girlfriend watchea TV she just swaps the input from the speakers remote on jack and afterwards she can control the sound from the TV remote. Switch back the speakers to optical input, it works perfectly.
The problem is I cannot replicate the same behaviour in Kodi - when the jack cable is connected, Kodi gives output only through it, and nothing on the optical output. Can I set Kodi somehow so it will use the optical output as default? When I'm in kodi I am not interested on having signal via the jack cable - it s only purpose is for my girlfriend to be able to use only one remote when watching Tv.
Thank you!
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Thanks a lot fritsch. Is there any (major) risk of using this option? Or why do you say it should disable the passthrough?
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Hi there,
First of all, kindly thanks for all the effort that goes into keeping this thing alive!
I have been reading around the web for the good part of the day trying to solve the issue with my android tv / kodi krypton and my 5.1 surround setup (using optical).
My philips android tv never did make it to marshmallow although it was promised, so from what I have understand I have no way of getting native DTS with the latest builds of Kodi (and probably plex too - which is actually why i came to kodi - i use the plex addon).
I followed all the settings and I get DD with most ac3 and other 5.1 formats, also DTS source movie end up in DD (transcoded probably), which is understandable after reading the explanations.
I can get DTS when I connect my laptop via HDMI (instead of streaming) to the TV - which is connected to the avr via the optical out. Probably, because this bypasses the software limitations of the TV, right?
So, the main question is: Is there a version of kodi I can use and still have working DTS (+ DD / AC3)? I read about the shitty builds and all but honestly I have no clue which build would be correct for me? I would be really grateful if someone points me into the right direction. I really want a solution to finally watch movies in Kodi with native DTS instead of having to plug in the hdmi and using my laptop..
Thanks!!
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Jaka, read the thread. The shitty version is what you want. Grab the newest build and THAT'S IT! There is nothing else to figure out.
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