DTS-HD passthrough not working on new Fire TV Cube (3rd)

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@raven-au

It’s unfortunate to hear about the DTS-HD findings but not really surprising since the specs refer to it as DTS-HD (basic profile) and I don’t know what “basic profile” means, perhaps it actually means the DTS core only is passed through …

This is the only reference to DTS-HD passthrough (basic profile) that I could find:

@raven-au

That’s not really a solution, AFAICT Doly Vision is still not working in Kodi and plugging the Fire TV into a port on my eARC capable Sony TV breaks pass through almost completely while this does work fine for an Nvidia Shield (so it is meant to work).

DV has been working on the FireTV about a month after its release. However, you’ll need a custom KODI build which you can get over here.

@SpamMeNotInOz

DTS-HD works fine for me, but not TrueHD.

@SpamMeNotInOz

As an example Jurassic Park, DTS-HD Master Audio (DTS X), plex says Direct Play on audio and the sound-bar says DTS.

Nope, DTS-HD doesn’t work for you either and you’ve just confirmed it.

@claw83

got it. hopefully there is a DTS passthrough fix soon or I might be looking to pick up a shield

The Shield TV Pro (2019) is still my main player. I remember the Plex client being a complete sh*tshow with DV and lossless audio when the product initially launched, but after about two years they finally got it right. I use Plex alongside KODI and both are currently flawless.

The reason I’ve bought the new FireTV Cube is that it has HW AV1 and VP9 support, which the Shield lacks. However, without DTS-HD MA/DTS:X passthrough, it’s not the successor I was looking for. So hopefully Nvidia releases a new Shield with extra codec support any time soon.