Has anyone gotten Nvidia Shield --> HDMI --> Sony TV (Android 2015) --> ARC OUT HDMI --> Sonos beam to work with DTS?
I had it working for about 30 minutes (i swapped cables and got Dolby Digital 5.1 from a movie that is DTS-HD MA 7.1.
But now it’s no longer working. It says DTS in sonos app, but there is silence. I have setup CEC on, surround auto etc.
If you have this working i’m keen to hear your settings if you wouldn’t mind.
thanks
i should point out - that it works fine when using plex app on the sony tv. The reason i want to use shield is cause it’s so much faster and cleaner.
but i get silence.
According to Sony.
The Sony TV KD55X8500D supports:
Dolby™ Digital, Dolby™ Digital Plus, Dolby™ Pulse
DTS Digital Surround
And can also pass it through HDMI ARC out.
Perhaps it’s the shield that is the limitation here.
IIRC, here’s your problem: HDMI ARC can’t handle DTS MA. It can handle Dolby Digital, DTS, and I believe Dolby Digital+ on some models. DTS-MA and Dolby TrueHD (and I believe DTS-HRA and PCM) are too high of a bit rate for ARC. So the audio needs to be downgraded to reach your receiver.
Unfortunately, you’ll need to plug your Shield directly into the receiver to avoid this problem.
I’m pretty sure the new version of ARC will support the lossless codecs like TrueHD and DTS-MA, but I’m not entirely sure right now.
thank you - how do you know this?
that’s terrible at least it explains it though… i could plug shield directly into beam via optical i guess. but not ideal.
thank you!
the other odd thing about this is the audio is coming from arc anyway to beam when playing from the sony tv plex app. so it seems the limitation is where you are running it via a hdmi in then to arc out.
I did some research a while back when I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get the lossless formats to transfer from my TV. A couple articles spelled it out, but here’s a good one. It talks about the original ARC (which your TV would have; I don’t know about your receiver), and the updated eARC protocols that allow stuff like Dolby Atmos.
hmm odd - i can play dts via plex on my sony tv (android) but not via hdmi in (as described above).
looks like i need to get a new TV soon…
