Skip to main content
kiur
Contributor I
March 27, 2021

No Dolby Digital 5.1 with Netflix through Chromecast

  • March 27, 2021
  • 41 replies
  • 7989 views

This is some sort of post-topic to this: 

 

I got myself a splitter as suggested in the above topic and have a partial success as I’m getting 5.1 sound on the optical output of the splitter for my cable box. However I’m not getting 5.1 when I plug in my Chromecast and cast Nextflix on it. Per this: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23924 for proper 5.1 sound from Netflix I should be getting 5.1 from Chromecast which is not happening, at least when I use it with the splitter. Do you guys think this is a Chromecast issue, Netflix issue, splitter issue or a combination of those? Any ideas appreciated, thanks!

This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

41 replies

Show previous replies
Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
March 31, 2021

I can understand why the Chromecast device didn’t work as there are reports online that it only supports the DD+ codec and not DD5.1 so that makes sense to me, but the Fire TV stick does support DD5.1 as far as I’m aware, well my two devices do. So perhaps give them a call… it may save you forking out money for no reason.

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement