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Chromecast google tv + Sonos surround 5.1?

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Hi! There have been some questions about this before but I have to ask ones more. I have an LG tv (65uf772v-zw) set up with Beam, sub and two ikea symfonisk. My tv is to old for having the Disney + app and I'm thinking of buying the new Chromecast with google tv. But... does anyone here att this forum know if I will get 5.1 with Disney +? If I read about my tv it have DD and dts decoder.

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/Calle

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Based on my research, your TV model was released in 2015, so there is probably a 50% chance that your TV will not be able to pass through 5.1 audio from any external media device. And more than likely, there isn’t going to be anyone in this community with your exact LG TV model using a Chromecast with Google TV. If I were you, I would just get the Chromecast and test it. If it works, then great. If it doesn’t, return the Chromecast or consider getting the HDFury Arcana. The Arcana allows any external media device, like a Chromecast, to bypass your TV’s limitations and send audio directly to the Beam.

https://hdfury.com/product/4k-arcana-18gbps/

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John B

As Ken says, the problem is your TV's inability to pass any surround format from an HDMI source.

It wouldn't happen to be a Panasonic would it?

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I think is so amazing bad of Sonos that Beam can't do DD+. It's not that old. I had never bought it If I knew I couldn't watch Disney + with surround. I thought Sonos was quality but...maybe I will sell and get another brand that you can trust.

The gen2 Beam already does DD+ 5.1. That wasn’t a popular codec amongst the streaming services when the gen1 Beam was first released and so that older HT speaker supports DD5.1.. that codec still works fine today though with most streaming services, that’s as long as the ‘older’ TV will pass-through that audio format. If it doesn’t, then the answer is to perhaps use a compatible audio extractor and bypass the TV altogether.

Ok. Thanks for the answer. Today I watch Netflix with my tv box (no disney app) without a problem. But I don't know If the movies I watch has dd+ but dd works fine. So If I understand right I have to try different boxes to see If my tv pass it through? It don't work with Chromecast Ultra. Just stereo.

Ken_Griffiths

Ok. Thanks for the answer. Today I watch Netflix with my tv box (no disney app) without a problem. But I don't know If the movies I watch has dd+ but dd works fine. So If I understand right I have to try different boxes to see If my tv pass it through? It don't work with Chromecast Ultra. Just stereo.

If the Netflix App is working from a connected cable TV box and you’re getting Dolby Digital 5.1, then the TV is allowing that codec through its ports - check what the audio out is set to on the chromecast and perhaps switch it to Dolby Digital (not DD+) if that codec is available on the chromecast TV device.

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Ok. Thanks for the answer. Today I watch Netflix with my tv box (no disney app) without a problem. But I don't know If the movies I watch has dd+ but dd works fine. So If I understand right I have to try different boxes to see If my tv pass it through? It don't work with Chromecast Ultra. Just stereo.

If the Netflix App is working from a connected cable TV box and you’re getting Dolby Digital 5.1, then the TV is allowing that codec through its ports - check what the audio out is set to on the chromecast and perhaps switch it to Dolby Digital (not DD+) if that codec is available on the chromecast TV device.

I tried but the sonos app just says "Stereo-pcm". I choose ac3 both in tv and chromecast. Nothing happens.

Ken_Griffiths

I tried but the sonos app just says "Stereo-pcm". I choose ac3 both in tv and chromecast. Nothing happens.

I did come across this article online, but it is an old story, but may still be relevant:

https://piunikaweb.com/2021/03/01/chromecast-with-google-tv-5-1-surround-sound-disney-dolby-issues/

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@John B I do not have much technical insight in why the Chromecast does not do 5.1 through older TV’s. My post is based in my experience with my 2011 Samsung that did do 5.1 from an Apple TV 3 (so was capable of relaying 5.1 from external sources) but never from my Chromecast. At the time someone told me the problem was the DD+ only capability of the Chromecast, combined with the impossibility of my Beam (Gen 1) to do DD+, resulting in stereo only from the Chromecast.

It would be good to know if @Carl-Magnus Owns a Gen 1 or Gen 2 Beam. Since the Gen 2 does do DD+ it would indeed be the TV that would be the problem.

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@John B I do not have much technical insight in why the Chromecast does not do 5.1 through older TV’s. My post is based in my experience with my 2011 Samsung that did do 5.1 from an Apple TV 3 (so was capable of relaying 5.1 from external sources) but never from my Chromecast. At the time someone told me the problem was the DD+ only capability of the Chromecast, combined with the impossibility of my Beam (Gen 1) to do DD+, resulting in stereo only from the Chromecast.

It would be good to know if @Carl-Magnus Owns a Gen 1 or Gen 2 Beam. Since the Gen 2 does do DD+ it would indeed be the TV that would be the problem.

I own a gen 1. I don't need dd+. It's ok just to have dd 5.1.

106rallye

OK, so the jury is still out on the question if TV can pas surround to the Beam from external sources….

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John B

@Carl-Magnus . What make and model is the TV please?

106rallye

According to the first post: “LG tv (65uf772v-zw)”.

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