# Atmos for atv

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/atmos-for-atv/787474>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** apple-tv\
**Created:** [April 10, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/atmos-for-atv/787474 "2022-04-10T14:13:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/atmos-for-atv/787474/4 "2022-04-10T16:32:31Z")

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There’s already an existing feature suggestion asking to (better) support this. There’s obviously certain restrictions to natively play/pass-through most instances of the format.

> [@Apple TV Dolby Atmos support](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-dolby-atmos-support/444755):
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> Please include Dolby Atmos support on Apple TV.

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There’s another suggestion asking for unsupported formats to be transcoded to a supported Atmos flavor

> [@\[Feature Request\] Apple TV True HD transcode to EAC3 Atmos](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-apple-tv-true-hd-transcode-to-eac3-atmos/635105):
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> Apple TV does not (and most likely never will) support True HD. It does, however, support Dolby Atmos lossy via EAC3. Is it possible to get Plex to transcode in real time the True HD stream into EAC3 keeping Dolby Atmos? I get that it will transcode a lossless format into a lossy format, but that is much better than the current situation where it is transcoded to 5.1 and we lose Atmos. Many of us also have a SONOS ARC to consider in this configuration. The SONOS ARC does not support LCPM. They …

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I suggest you comment/vote in one of those (or both) to avoid distracting votes.  
I’ll therefore close this thread as a duplicate.

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