DTS play fails if HDMI passthrough is enabled on Samsung TV and the new Google Chromecast TV

[FordGuy61]

See this thread for possible workaround:

Chromecast with Google TV not Playing DTS 7.1 Audio

The app detected that DTS passthrough is supported. Maybe this new device is different and does support passing through DTS. It seems to be having trouble with the 48kHz sampling rate. I think this work around still applies. In the app, set the passthrough setting to optical. This will bring up a menu of codecs. Turn off dts, then change the setting back to hdmi. Interesting. Setting the passthrough to “Optical” and unchecking DTS works. I get 5.1 audio sent to the Chromecast. Settin…