install keymapper addon and bind a remote button to playerprocessinfo
Yeah I got the addon installed, not sure where to find playerprocessinfo in the app though.
I did connect an external keyboard though and got it to display.
Fullscreen Video>Other>Player Process Info
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Thanks. Found it and remapped to the button I wanted to use (and it reflected the number in the editor), but not working with my remote for some reason (Sony TV w/Google TV built-in). Was trying to use one of the colored buttons and didnāt work for some reason, will try again later this evening.
Could be bluetooth
Yeah or was thinking maybe the Google TV interface was overriding Kodi for those special buttons.
Although I should be able to get the same info w/PM4K and Show Stream Info (when I can get back to it).
Biggest thing Iām trying to find out is if the TV is showing Dolby Vision or HDR (along with audio format). Itās annoying - the remote has a button for āDisplayā, and when using an external device like Apple TV, it will show Dolby Vision, Dolby Audio, etc. But if you run Kodi right on the TV as an app (in Google TV interface), that some button just shows time/date on the screen. Stupid designā¦
just get the AM6B+ with CoreELEC and all problems are gone plus much better playback capabilities.
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Yep, thatās on the (very short) purchase list! Although itās running really well so far on my Sony TV (itās a higher-end OLED model). Biggest exception is DV7 obviously. Not sure if it will pass Atmos yet as I donāt have a soundbar either (although the other apps on the TV pass from what Iāve read in reviews).
aha ok, I would also recommend getting a nice soundbar or maybe the Sony Quads (very good stuff) to squeeze out all performance, about Atmos you donāt get TrueHD Atmos but streaming compressed Atmos, big difference. 
Much more likely. You can fix this using a keymapper for android (tvQuickActions for example). But at that point Iād consider getting a Ugoos.
Q990(c/d/ā¦) if you consider a simple set and forget setup.
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Looks like I should be able to get Atmos via TrueHD (at least according to this)? Or is a limitation of Kodi on my TV?
I havenāt used built in speakers in a long time but really canāt compare TV speakers to high end soundbars or similar, itās night and day difference, I guess what it means with that is that you can playback TrueHD Atmos by connecting HDMI between TV and soundbar and get it, I havenāt tried as Iāve always had media player connected too.
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Depends on eARC I think. If you have a soundbar, connect the media player directly to it, though.
yeah that is how I always connected the media players.
And get decent certified HDMI cables for both the uplink and the media player to AVR/soundbar connection! (Can recommend Maxonar)
Keep in mind this passthrough information is only for external devices connected to the TV via HDMI and how they will be passed through the TV to an external audio device over HDMI via eARC.
Iām not aware of a TV on the planet that will passthrough lossless formats such TrueHD from the built in apps in the TV. Itās not a Kodi limitation, it is a limitation of the TV.
Hmm that screenshot implies that, though. TrueHD via eARC means pretty much exactly that, no? That means thereās audio return channel capability with a TrueHD stream. Certainly possible, bandwidth-wise.
That screenshot is from rtings, Iām very aware of how they list this information and what the mean by it.
TrueHD over eARC is very possible, I do it here on my LG G3. But again, all of the TVs on the market AFAIK will only passthrough lossless formats from another device connected to the TV via HDMI. None of them passthrough lossless audio from apps on the TV though, even when it is an OS like Android TV used by Sony TVs.
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=368846
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=376821
If you find a TV that does, it would the first Iāve ever heard of.
Ah, gotcha. I misread I think.
I think the current design of the Plex for Android TV app is the best thatās been seen on a Plex platform and thatās vertical flyout. We all know the current horizontal new design isnāt really working but I suppose it could work if all the bad parts were removed.
