Chromatic Producer I

Tidal Launching Atmos Music

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June 1, 2020
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This sounds intriguing and my Tidal trial will still be active when I receive my Sonos Arc... I hope.

With all the fuss over getting Atmos signals from Arc and eArc I wonder how is it effected when streaming music. Can the art output Atmos music via a stream?

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Airgetlam

The documentation for SMAPI makes no mention of adding Atmos support, but it could be a “secret” S2-only addition. Without SMAPI support no music service can stream it to Sonos devices.

https://developer.sonos.com/build/content-service-add-features/supported-audio-formats/

The implication in the articles that were linked above is that the input would be coming in to the Sonos Arc via the ARC or eARC connection, so not ‘native’ to the Sonos app.

Bruce

melvimbe

The documentation for SMAPI makes no mention of adding Atmos support, but it could be a “secret” S2-only addition. Without SMAPI support no music service can stream it to Sonos devices.

https://developer.sonos.com/build/content-service-add-features/supported-audio-formats/

The implication in the articles that were linked above is that the input would be coming in to the Sonos Arc via the ARC or eARC connection, so not ‘native’ to the Sonos app.

I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to support Atmos music ‘native’ at this point, since only Sonos rooms with Arc would be able to play the content in something other than stereo. The advantage would be that you could theoretically play music in several rooms, stereo or atmos where appropriate, in perfect sync (no TV audio delay for grouped rooms). That would be a plus, but seems like a lot of effort for a feature that isn’t going to be highly desired right now.

Danny

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