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Hi,
Just wan't to know if this is possible. I'm byuing a soundbar (Samsung K960). The soundbar is only supporting Dolby Digital in 5.1. And DTS in 2.0.
My issue is that a lot of my movies is decoded in DTS 5.1. Is it possible that kodi can convert DTS to Dolby digital 5.1 Live? (So the reciever / soundbar recieves Dolby digital instead of DTS)?
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fritsch
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- Set speakers to 2.0
- Enable AC3 passthrough
- Enable AC3 Transcode
- Disable DTS
- Disable EAC3
now every multichannel format will be transcoded to 5.1 AC3. Don't be confused by the 2.0 speakers - those are PCM settings only.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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nickr
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Yes you will, although you may or may not be able to notice.
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fritsch
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Nope. Why should we go for inferior quality? Let them know, they shall fix their Firmware.
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AC3 is inferior anyway. I doubt that majorty can hear the difference between 384 and 640, even on equipment where that can be heard.
I do get your point, but if that can increase compatibility, why not. After all, us users care more about your product than MTK, Philips, SONY.....
They don't give a *#!?* if kodi works for me on their product. It wasn't advertised and their player works.
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Exactly my point. No idea why one would buy their products if they don't support the use case the buyer has in mind.
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First, I didn't have kodi in mind when I was buying the TV.
Second, even if I did, there was no way for me to try that in the store.
Third, I don't want another box just for kodi.
Fourth, even you guys are chnaging things. So even if I dit try it in the store with v16 that would change on v17.
Like I said, I do get your point but I doubt that it will change the way MTK is doing things and they are the ony one that make SoC for Android TV. TVs with android are even worse just like 356423678532 of those boxes.
But the end result is that vendors don't care for kodi, you guys are pushing for standards and we are in the middle of bull fight.
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We don't fight. We decide :-) no money involved.
Did you ever try it if reducing this one define would make it work?
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If you are trying to run kodi on an android TV, my advice is - don't.
Buy a $40 s905 box, install libreelec, be happy :-)
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