[AppleTV] Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD-MA pass-through (bitstream) over HDMI on Apple TV?

tcroak · 2010-12-10 06:47

So, umm, can I play this file in TrueHD 7.1 or am I relegated to just 5.1?

Audio Formats
English Dolby TrueHD 7.1
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1

I only included the audio formats because that's all I'm concerned with.
What about with crystalbuntu?

Thanks!

VonMagnum · 2011-03-15 22:50

DTS-ES will passthrough in XBMC (i.e. 6.1 discreet or 7.1 matrixed). That would be a better format to remux to than Dolby Digital 5.1, IMO.

pcmike · 2011-04-09 05:14

I know XBMC claims to passthrough DTS-ES, but is this actually the case on OSX? The reason I ask is every time I playback anything with DTS-ES streams, my receiver (Denon 3808) doesn't actually light-up with DTS-ES, just shows DTS Surround with the right amount of channels. There is no reason my Denon receiver shouldn't be showing DTS-ES if XBMC was passing it through properly. Anyone else have a similar experience or maybe know what I might be doing wrong?

Thank you

VonMagnum · 2011-05-02 22:25

DTS-ES works fine on my AppleTV (runs a version of OSX). I've got two DTS-ES music albums and a couple of DVD transfers with DTS-EX. They all play fine and my receiver (Yamaha) shows DTS-ES on the display.

phi303 · 2012-08-25 00:35

I got AC3 and DTS to play fine through optical but that was when I was living in a house. Since then I've moved into a small apartment and no longer have a home theater system set up so now my TV does everything by itself through HDMI. Is there a way I can set my audio settings so that I get DTS and AC3 through HDMI or anyway to get the DTS and AC3 to play through my TV speakers via HDMI without having re-encode my MKV files?

**DDDamian** · 2012-08-25 01:09

Go to Settings>System>Audio Output, select HDMI, and uncheck AC3 and DTS. XBMC will decode them to PCM. Your TV should play AC3 okay though as-is, just DTS is usually a problem.

phi303 · 2012-08-27 16:42

(2012-08-25 01:09)DDDamian Wrote: Go to Settings>System>Audio Output, select HDMI, and uncheck AC3 and DTS. XBMC will decode them to PCM. Your TV should play AC3 okay though as-is, just DTS is usually a problem.

oh gawd, it's so simple! here i am going through all types of configurations and not noticing the most simple one! it completely unintentionally went over my head lol! thanks!

i ended up turning it all back on since i got a sound bar, all these efforts to get DTS to play on my flat panel was for nothing lol

**DDDamian** · 2012-08-27 17:05

heh - glad it's all good now

tcroak Member Posts: 64 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-12-10 06:47 Post: #11 So, umm, can I play this file in TrueHD 7.1 or am I relegated to just 5.1? Audio Formats English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 I only included the audio formats because that's all I'm concerned with. What about with crystalbuntu? Thanks! (This post was last modified: 2010-12-10 07:01 by tcroak.)
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VonMagnum Member Posts: 58 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-03-15 22:50 Post: #12 DTS-ES will passthrough in XBMC (i.e. 6.1 discreet or 7.1 matrixed). That would be a better format to remux to than Dolby Digital 5.1, IMO.
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VonMagnum Member Posts: 58 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-05-02 22:25 Post: #14 DTS-ES works fine on my AppleTV (runs a version of OSX). I've got two DTS-ES music albums and a couple of DVD transfers with DTS-EX. They all play fine and my receiver (Yamaha) shows DTS-ES on the display.
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DDDamian Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 3,023 Joined: Sep 2011 Reputation: 252 Location: Canada	2012-08-27 17:05 Post: #18 heh - glad it's all good now System: XBMC HTPC with HDMI WASAPI & AudioEngine - Denon AVR-3808CI - Denon DVD-5900 Universal Player - Denon DCM-27 CD-Changer - Sony BDP-S580 Blu-Ray - X-Box 360 - Android tablet wireless remote - 7.1 Streem/Axiom/Velodyne Surround System If I have been able to help feel free to add to my reputation +/- below - thanks!
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