Hiya,
I'm considering getting a SONOS Playbar, Sub, and two Play 1's for my home theater system. I'll primarily be watching movies on my Plex server, which contains ~1,000 of my own blu-ray rips. Needless to say there's a lot of DTS content on there.
I've heard SONOS doesn't support DTS, so what's going to happen when I want to watch my movies? Will the sound work at all? Will it sound terrible? Will Plex be able to transcode to a usable format? Etc. etc.
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Considering SONOS for home theatre, what happens to my DTS media?
Best answer by Chris
Here is one example - Plex does do transcoding
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
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+22What device do you use to stream from the Plex Server to TV?
+22Here is one example - Plex does do transcoding
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
I typically use my Roku 4, although I also have access to the PS4 and Xbox One clients.
+22See above link regarding settings to transcode dts to dd5.1
So it seems my only option is to transcode to stereo? I feel like that kind of defeats the purpose.
Thanks for the replies. I ended up just buying some ELAC speakers and a receiver. After doing many hours of research, it appears that SONOS has no intention of supporting this stuff as they claim that their customers don't use DTS or TrueHD in most cases. Seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Take note, SONOS.
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