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MalibuMoon
Contributor I
January 24, 2018
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Considering SONOS for home theatre, what happens to my DTS media?

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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Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 24, 2018
Here is one example - Plex does do transcoding

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
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Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 24, 2018
What device do you use to stream from the Plex Server to TV?
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Chris
ChrisAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 24, 2018
Here is one example - Plex does do transcoding

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/129662/force-transcode-of-dts-audio
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MalibuMoonAuthor
Contributor I
January 24, 2018
What device do you use to stream from the Plex Server to TV?

I typically use my Roku 4, although I also have access to the PS4 and Xbox One clients.
Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 24, 2018
See above link regarding settings to transcode dts to dd5.1
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MalibuMoonAuthor
Contributor I
January 24, 2018
So it seems my only option is to transcode to stereo? I feel like that kind of defeats the purpose.
Keithmac
Virtuoso
January 24, 2018
If you try and feed it DTS you will just get silence.
MalibuMoonAuthor
Contributor I
January 24, 2018
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.
    sjw
    Local Superstar
    January 24, 2018
    Good decision.
    conrad-wdtv
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 9, 2018
    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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