I have searched for a while now on this topic. When outputting video via the micro-HDMI I can only get it to output 2-channel sound. I have tried MX Player, BS Player, and VLC Player. No luck getting 5.1 audio to output to my receiver as 5.1. Has anyone found a way, or a player, or other add-on (i.e. plugin) that allows this? Please help.
I know it is a bit overkill for a tablet, but considering X1's performance (same gpu,just more cores), it would be nice to know if the K1 can passthrough Hd audio via it's hdmi port.
Anyone tried ?
HI there! I'm very sorry but I wasn't active in this forum at XDA before now. I've been experimenting with this topic for some time now.
YES, The Shield tablets (regardless of versions) can passthrough bit-perfect sound, both stereo or 5.1 (and higher, depending on your stereo equipment).
So here's the deal:
1. You'll need an HDMI audio extractor. I recommend Monoprice's HDMI audio extractors, although there are slightly less expensive models out there, you can't really trust their specs.
2. A standard HDMI audio extractor can passthrough both digital (coaxial or TOSLINK S/PDIF) or digital-to-analog out. For surround sound you'll want an HDMI audio extractor with surround sound outputs.
Essentially it comes down to the media player you'll be using.
I've tested MX Player (with the custom codec loaded), VLC Player for Android, and Kodi. All can do passthrough IF you're using an HDMI extractor that will be identified as such (stereo-only or surround-sound capable) via HDMI. This critical.
Older versions of Kodi they called the "****ty" builds used LPCM bit-hacking to force a passthrough via HDMI. Newer releases require that a HDMI device handshake occurs so the media player will allow an appropriate passthrough to occur.
Unless you will be playing .MP4 files w/ 5.1 surround sound, I recommend MX Player for most music and video files. Passthrough works well on it when set up correctly. VLC is ok too, but the interface leaves something to be desired in my opinion.
Kodi can decode/passthrough 5.1 and higher via HDMI from .MP4 and other files although the user interface is less simplistic.
Hi all.
I try to get MX Player to play dolby 5.1 or dts sounds on my TV.
Specs:
- TV: Philips OLED POS 9002 with Android Oreo
- Sound: Bose Soundtouch 300 Soundbar with rear speakers, connected optical. Can play Dolby Digital and DTS.
- App: either direct (using USB) or via DS Video and streaming from NAS. Latest version from Google Play Store.
No matter if I use a custom codec (mx_neon.zip) or not and any decoder (hw+, hw, sw), if I try to play certain test vidoes from here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Samples
especially the channel checks and it is some sort of upmix from stereo, but definitely no disctinct channel selection.
To be exact: I did not test all variations (custom, standard, all decoder) so far...
--> it seems there is exactly the same behavior with my new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K - only stereo as well...
Is there anything that I can test or do or try to get it work. Besides the sound issue, DS Video and MX Player are working very well, it would be a pity that due to sound issues I can not use it for anything else than stereo.
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
ww
webwude said:
Hi all.
I try to get MX Player to play dolby 5.1 or dts sounds on my TV.
Specs:
- TV: Philips OLED POS 9002 with Android Oreo
- Sound: Bose Soundtouch 300 Soundbar with rear speakers, connected optical. Can play Dolby Digital and DTS.
- App: either direct (using USB) or via DS Video and streaming from NAS. Latest version from Google Play Store.
No matter if I use a custom codec (mx_neon.zip) or not and any decoder (hw+, hw, sw), if I try to play certain test vidoes from here: https://kodi.wiki/view/Samples
especially the channel checks and it is some sort of upmix from stereo, but definitely no disctinct channel selection.
To be exact: I did not test all variations (custom, standard, all decoder) so far...
--> it seems there is exactly the same behavior with my new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K - only stereo as well...
Is there anything that I can test or do or try to get it work. Besides the sound issue, DS Video and MX Player are working very well, it would be a pity that due to sound issues I can not use it for anything else than stereo.
Thank you for any hint.
Best regards
ww
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We regret the inconveniences caused by the delay in our response. Unfortunately, MX Player does not support audio audio passthrough mode over SPDIF at the moment. However, it is applicable only to the HW+ / SW decoder.
HW decoder directly makes use of Android mediaplayer framework on the device. So, If it is implemented to use audio passthrough mode, it should work as expected. Please check whether there any system settings that can enable the audio passthrough made. Enabling it may let you allow passing the audio directly to the external audio system.
Thank you for your reply.
The soundbar is connected either optical or via HDMI ARC.
As it is working with the internal media player and with Kodi (enabling all passthrough options), but not with VLC (same effect), it might be a bug of the current firmware (there is a similar bug concerning 1920x800 video and the black bars which is present with third-party-apps as Kodi, VLC and MX player, but not with Amazon prime video and the internal player). I opened a ticket at Philips. Let's see how it develops.
As mentioned: as it works with the internal player it seems that the overall settings are correct.
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5.1 sound is only stereo on Philips android TV
MXPlayer said:
HW decoder directly makes use of Android mediaplayer framework on the device. So, If it is implemented to use audio passthrough mode, it should work as expected. Please check whether there any system settings that can enable the audio passthrough made. Enabling it may let you allow passing the audio directly to the external audio system.
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I have the same problem with philips 43pus7304 android TV. Internal player and Nova Video Player can play 5.1 AC3 sound, but mx player and vlc can't - my av receiver shows that input signal is only stereo. I tried it via hdmi arc and optical - the same result. Please fix this - mx player is the best of all, but such a bug!
I tried all kinds of settings in your player ant tv - but problem is somewhere else but not in settings. Also I tried default decoder and mx_aio.zip.
I seem to having the same issue at the moment. The internet player on the app I'm using is fine, I'm getting DD plus showing. When I change to use an external player, either Mx or VLC or always shows as stereo 2.0.
Tried various settings and codecs and so far no luck.
Any ideas?
I’m having this same issue on FireTV 4k
Did anyone find a solution for this issue?
Has there been any updates to this issue?
Still no update in sight? There are so many topics on this
I have the same problem on sony A8 oled. With inbuilt player I get 5.1 to AV receiver. Mx player and vlc stereo only. The problem is that the inbuilt player won't stream from a NAS while mx player and vlc will, but stereo only. So I have to copy files to tv.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Just for the sake of update on alternative options.
I've spent 2 days trying to find the working solution to stream my files from NAS on Amazon FireTV stick with 5.1 audio output.
My setup:
FireTV Stick > HDMI Audio Extractor box > TV
HDMI Audio Extractor > Optical > Logitech Dolby Digital 5.1 (Z906)
While Amazon Prime and Netflix play 5.1 just fine, I was struggling to make it work with NAS stored files.
ES File Explorer, MIXplorer, Xplore built-in players do not support audio passthrough
MX Player - while it has some options for audio passthrough - I have failed to make it work, in the end I was getting stereo downmix no matter what I've tried in settings
VLC player - same as for MX Player
Nova player - found a hint in this thread and tried it. Indeed, it was the first success. But partial. AC3 passthrough worked fine, but AAC/DTS tracks were failing, so with passthrough enabled - no sound for AAC/DTS
I continued searching for alternatives and finally found almost perfect solutions: Vimu media player
It's not free, by 3 bucks don't hurt.
While Vimu also supports passthrough for AC3 only... it has BUILT-IN transcoding support to convert AAC/DTS/DTS HD/etc. into AC3!!! And I confirm it works! Also it has very clean interface to browse your Network storage devices, so you can skip using File managers and navigate through your library directly from Vimu. However I am missing a bit some of the functionalities from Nova like metadata / description/posters fetching from online databases.
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
Hope someone will find this helpful and will save some time
Dusha999 said:
Just for the sake of update on alternative options.
I've spent 2 days trying to find the working solution to stream my files from NAS on Amazon FireTV stick with 5.1 audio output.
My setup:
FireTV Stick > HDMI Audio Extractor box > TV
HDMI Audio Extractor > Optical > Logitech Dolby Digital 5.1 (Z906)
While Amazon Prime and Netflix play 5.1 just fine, I was struggling to make it work with NAS stored files.
ES File Explorer, MIXplorer, Xplore built-in players do not support audio passthrough
MX Player - while it has some options for audio passthrough - I have failed to make it work, in the end I was getting stereo downmix no matter what I've tried in settings
VLC player - same as for MX Player
Nova player - found a hint in this thread and tried it. Indeed, it was the first success. But partial. AC3 passthrough worked fine, but AAC/DTS tracks were failing, so with passthrough enabled - no sound for AAC/DTS
I continued searching for alternatives and finally found almost perfect solutions: Vimu media player
It's not free, by 3 bucks don't hurt.
While Vimu also supports passthrough for AC3 only... it has BUILT-IN transcoding support to convert AAC/DTS/DTS HD/etc. into AC3!!! And I confirm it works! Also it has very clean interface to browse your Network storage devices, so you can skip using File managers and navigate through your library directly from Vimu. However I am missing a bit some of the functionalities from Nova like metadata / description/posters fetching from online databases.
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
Hope someone will find this helpful and will save some time
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Thank You for this information, you are absolutely right, Vimu does pass the Dolby 5.1 and probably Dolby Atmos(I don't have a receiver for Atmos) on thru my LG tv to my receiver from my 4k Firestick! I was only able to get Netflix and Prime to do that until I loaded Vimu and it plays my local movie files from my server perfectly. Had previously tried MXPlayer, VLC, and several others to no avail! Thanks again!
Dusha999 said:
The only Vimu feature which was not working well for me was 'Preferred Audio language' - despite of having English enabled, it was still playing first track by default.
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This issue was resolved in the latest update
Hi everyone i have a problem with mx firestick 4k i can't adjust the audio pass. Amazon stick is inserted directly into the 2019 ts nr 696 model amplifier which supports all audio formats. Ms player on another android on egreat a 10 works great also goes hdmi cable through the amplifier and there application automatically when the sound is dolby digital or atmos or dts-x or truehd automatically switch to the amplifier sound.
But on firestick 4k I can't get this only dolby digital 2.0
Could this be fixed with an update would be greatly appreciated!
Many greetings from Zoran!:good:
Bzoki said:
Hi everyone i have a problem with mx firestick 4k i can't adjust the audio pass. Amazon stick is inserted directly into the 2019 ts nr 696 model amplifier which supports all audio formats. Ms player on another android on egreat a 10 works great also goes hdmi cable through the amplifier and there application automatically when the sound is dolby digital or atmos or dts-x or truehd automatically switch to the amplifier sound.
But on firestick 4k I can't get this only dolby digital 2.0
Could this be fixed with an update would be greatly appreciated!
Many greetings from Zoran!:good:
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Hi,
We would like to let you know that MX Player only enables audio passthrough mode only when the system reports the audio capability of the connected received. Based on the information you have provided, it seems that the FireTV stick doesn't report the HDMI audio capabilities properly. However, we will investigate this further and do our best to get a workaround if possible. Meanwhile, your patience is appreciated.
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Hi,
as I have an old receiver with analog inputs only, and I wanted to play 5.1 movies from a pendrive, I bought a Savio Silver TV box (https://www.savio.net.pl/en/product/savio-smart-tv-box-silver- 2-16-gb-android-9-0-pie-hdmi-v-2-1-8k-wifi-100mbps-usb-3-0-savio-tb-s01 //) and via a converter to analog (https: //pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005001497439539.html) with an optical cable and then an analog cable, I connected the whole thing.
I was excited that I would finally be able to enjoy 5.1 sound after I moved, unfortunately ... There is no way I can achieve that. Tried MX Player and VLC, nothing. VLC is so good that the subwoofer speaks as a separate one, not in the MX Player. The front L and R switch sides properly, while CENTER and SURROUND both play every other channel (except SUB) and their channels are also played in every other speaker ...
On this page I found that MX may need a codec: https://mkr-novo2.ru/en/internet/ka...em-problemu-format-ac3-ne-podderzhivaetsya-mx .html. There was actually a mention of such. I found something on the XDA forum (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mx-player-custom-codec-ac3-dts-mlp-truehd-etc.2156254/), installed. Of course, no change.
3 hours today I wasted and a lot of nerves trying to do all kinds of ways, both changing SAVIO settings and looking for something in players. No effect, the same thing all the time ...
I don't think there is anything wrong with the audio outputs on both the Savio and the converter.
I tried on AC3 and AAC 5.1 movies.
I don't have the strength anymore and I am asking for help.
EDIT.
After installing this codec mode from XDA, MX Player do not play 5.1 on AAC audio track, and DO NOT PLAY ANY SOUND on AC3 audio track.
VLC does play AC3 5.1 track but on AAC only some kind of stereo...
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