Oddity discovered this week. Maybe this is a known issue? On a firestick 4K plugged into a 1080p TV, I can direct play 4k HDR content as long as I don’t try playing TRUEHD 7.1 audio. If I try TRUEHD 7.1, not only does the audio transcode on server, but the video starts trying to transcode. My serve…

Fire stick 4K Direct Play 4K HDR 10 as long as not TRUEHD 7.1 audio

TeknoJunky December 28, 2020, 3:20pm 3

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