New Nvidia Shield Pro: Doesn't Direct Play DTS HD-MA or TRUEHD?

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Hi,

I just bought an Nvidia Shield Pro today hoping it would mean that my NAS DS918+ would have to transcode less.

My TV is a 90XE from Sony which does not support TrueHD by itself, however, I was under the impression that as long as a format is supported by my shield, it should work without transcoding?

I have tried all settings in the Audio passthrough setting on the Nvidia’s Plex Player. No difference.

Have I been misinformed or do I need to change specific settings?

Thanks,

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Did you adjust the settings in the Plex app on the Shield? You should be able to check boxes and it works.

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The Shield supports passthrough for TrueHD audio.

If you are using the TV speakers, then Plex Media Server will transcode the audio to a supported format (since, as you mention, the TV cannot decode TrueHD audio).

If you are passing the audio through the TV to an attached soundbar/receiver/etc, then a) the TV and audio equipment must both support HDMI-eARC and b) the audio equipment must support TrueHD.

If both conditions are not met, then Plex Media Server will transcode the audio to a supported format.

From https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv-pro/:

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Which boxes?

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