[AppleTV2] HOW-TO to enable AC3 and DTS output for Apple TV 2

After having similar problems with my ps3, I think the static might be a result of xbmc not properly bitstreaming. Is there any way to force bitstreaming in the guisettings?

Tried optical straight into my receiver-one pop and then dd kicks in. Looks like those going through a tv are being recompressed into PCM. Which would return static noise.

Ordered a £6.50 optical to coax adapter - problem solved!

nikc0069 Wrote:Tried optical straight into my receiver-one pop and then dd kicks in.

You're lucky. I go straight out of the ATV2 optical & direct into my Sony amp/receiver and get nothing but static. Still experimenting.

ddingle Wrote:You're lucky. I go straight out of the ATV2 optical & direct into my Sony amp/receiver and get nothing but static. Still experimenting.

same here. im gonna try using the toslink-coaxial adapter

Should we start talking about setups that do work to find a commonality?

OS: iOS 4.2.1 (4.1.1 system version)
Receiver: JVC RX-D412
Input: HDMI only
output to tv: HDMI

Works flawlessly. Sometimes when I turn on the TV (if video is still playing) it 'flaps' enables and disables DD sound fairly rapidly.

I have never used the Optical in, but it seems like a fair amt of people who have are having problems. I'll try to find my optical cable later and test it out.

ddingle Wrote:You're lucky. I go straight out of the ATV2 optical & direct into my Sony amp/receiver and get nothing but static. Still experimenting.

Same here... optical connection direct from ATV2 to Sony AV receiver. I hear a brief click of static for DTS and DD and then get a "Decode Error" message shown on the AV receiver screen.

I also have XBMC running on PC connected via optical to same Sony AV receiver with no problems.

I also have tried a complete restore and jb with only installed xbmc, but still no DTS or DD.

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I don't own a AppleTV2 (yet, maybe! ) but just want to ask you guys.
I tried to hook up my Macbook Pro via HDMI to my TV and pass the sound to my AV via optical out. It works partially, as I can hear the background sound effects, but not the people speaking. As I dont have a adaptor from 3,5mm jack to optical, I can't test if the problem is solved, when connecting the MBP directly to the AV.

Is this the same problem you guys are experiencing with the ATV2? Kinda puzzled, if I should give it a try or not, because of this problem :/

With optical to coax adapter, one pop then receiver picks up ac3

Need to switch to analog for iplayer or icefilms plugins to stream normal speed though

I had the same problem:

The problem with the clicking once or twice and then nothing is NOT the apple TV (most of the time) it is your Receiver !

After hours of trying I figured out, that the Apple TV does not send just DTS and AC3 but rather a bitsream some receivers can't decode.

So you need to go into settings of your receiver and tell it to wait for the triggersignal (in most cases for "input" you can try to set it on "auto") - DO NOT SET YOUR RECEIVER ON A CERTAIN KIND OF SIGNAL - just let it do its work when thrown an audio signal at it.

(with denon you can just press the "signal" button when on the right source -> flip it through until you see "auto" -> you're good to go)

Hope that helps