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 all,
After spending hours looking for answers on google, I am posting this question here. First I wilI explain a bit about my audio video setup.
I have Samsung Note 8 with Mx player 1.13.2 version on it. I have downloaded an mkv file from internet and played it on my Sony W805 Full HD TV through Samsung Smartview. The audio format of mkv file is AC3.
My TV is connected to the AV receiver (Herman Kardon 1610S) through ARC as well as optical cable for sound. I have my JBL home cinema 610 hooked with the receiver for surround sound. Now my question is
"Am I getting the lossless 5.1 surround sound while playing the mkv file on Note 8 and watching on my TV through Smartview?"
I've got a Firestick 4K, and loading 4k movies (20gb+) works fine with VLC and a few other players.
But, when I switch that same video to MX Player, it closes after a few seconds. The weirdest thing is, if I disable audio on the stream it plays!
I've got the custom codec installed (AIO)
I've set up MX Player according to the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYzB86H0Gs
I'm totally lost as I've tried everything I can think of. I could use VLC, but I love MXPlayer and want to use that.
Anyone know how I can fix this?
Edit:
Got this working by enabling the audio passthrough setting on mx-player. Hope this helps somebody else!
djstanley said:
I've got a Firestick 4K, and loading 4k movies (20gb+) works fine with VLC and a few other players.
But, when I switch that same video to MX Player, it closes after a few seconds. The weirdest thing is, if I disable audio on the stream it plays!
I've got the custom codec installed (AIO)
I've set up MX Player according to the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYzB86H0Gs
I'm totally lost as I've tried everything I can think of. I could use VLC, but I love MXPlayer and want to use that.
Anyone know how I can fix this?
Edit:
Got this working by enabling the audio passthrough setting on mx-player. Hope this helps somebody else!
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There seems to some issues with the hardware-accelerated audio decoders. When the audio pass-through mode is used, undecoded audio streams will be passed to the connected device. Would you mind sharing a sample with us at [email protected] so that we can investigate further?
Thank You.
Hi every one.
I wanted to try Mx player pro to cast movies from my phone Oneplus 7. When using VLC to cast to my Mi tv stick, everything works fine, video and audio, except the subtitles, that as I found out are not supported while casting. So I thought of trying mx player pro.
When I'm playing the video on my phone, audio is working, but when I'm casting it to my stick, audio doesn't play, but subs are there.
Do I need to change any settings for it to work? The movies are mkv files with dts, dolby but I'm not sure...
Thanks
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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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