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No known amp decodes aac 5.1, and kodi does not pass it through. It converts to PCM.
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Yes of course kodi is transcoding it. It must do so. Whether it transcodes to pcm or to ac3 depends on your settings.
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2016-12-28, 22:13
(This post was last modified: 2016-12-28, 22:14 by fritsch.)
Input: AAC 5.1 -> ffmpeg decode to Float Data -> AE finds a matching sink -> transforms float into 32 bit int (most likely) -> output
If Speaker settings: 2.0 and AC3 Transcode enabled -> AAC 5.1 -> ffmpeg decodes to float -> AEEncoderFFmpeg encode to AC3 -> AESink output as 16 bit int format.
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I had a similar problem some time ago. But it wasn't a Kodi issue.
I use Handbrake to encode my movies. And I used AAC 5.1 320kbps (avcodec) for the audio tracks.
Some movies had that audio drops, after I've checked the handbrake logs there were some errors.
This doesn't happen with fdkaac or with lower bitrates and 5.1.
I tried the Nero AAC encoder => no drops
I checked IFME (which suppoerted in an older version hevc video passthrough and just audio encoding) => no drops
If you encoded the videos yourself, check your logs. Maybe it's the same problem.
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There are no aac capable receivers in this context (I am not sure how many times I have to say this). So the option is no longer there.
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There was this Entry. But there was no code :-) - we removed it.
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