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Multichannel DTS Workaround on Arc?

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Is there any workarounds to get multichannel audio on the Sonos Arc when the source has DTS encoded audio?

Over half of my library has DTS audio, and as I consider purchasing the Arc, I wondered if there are any workarounds to get multichannel audio with the new Arc, or will it be reduced to stereo as DTS is unsupported?

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Naekyr

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Arkka

Lyricist III

Is there any workarounds to get multichannel audio on the Sonos Arc when the source has DTS encoded audio?

Over half of my library has DTS audio, and as I consider purchasing the Arc, I wondered if there are any workarounds to get multichannel audio with the new Arc, or will it be reduced to stereo as DTS is unsupported?

Yes. Use a media player such as Kodi or Plex to convert DTS to a supported multi channel format such as DD5.1 when a file with DTS is played.

106rallye

Two remarks:

it depends on your TV if you get stereo (my new Samsung QE65Q90) or silence (my old UE46D8000) when playing DTS;
if your library consists of Bluray discs I have read an X-Box will convert DTS on the fly.

There's one user that seems to have proven his Sony Bluray player also converts DTD to DD: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/sony-x800-option-to-convert-dts-dd-6798103

ant0

Trending Lyricist I

Yes, you can actually use a PS4 or PS4 Pro, I have Sonos Beam connected through HDMI to optical on the PS4 using the adapter that comes in the box and I get Dolby Digital coming out playing a DTS Blu-Ray.

You need to tweak the audio settings in the PS4 but it’s really easy, if you need more details I can screenshot the steps :-)

Something I don’t know is whether the conversion DTS to DD has an impact on sound quality but it works.

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Tejs Dyrvig Ernst

My Samsung Blu-ray-Ray Player also transcodes to DD 5.1 on the fly. Definitely the most elegant solution getting a capable Blu-Ray Player. Would assume any of the current Xbox and PS can do the same but should of course be verified before purchasing.

106rallye

@ant0 I also have a PS4, though I use HDMI. Can you show us the steps you took?

ant0

Trending Lyricist I

@106rallye Sure thing, so you need to go here

Settings>Sound and screen>Audio Output Settings> Primary Output Port and choose Digital Out (Optical) and make sure the Dolby Digital is checked

The reason why you wanna use the optical port is that the PS4 only transcode though that port.

The last thing to check is during playback, press the Option button and make sure you have the output on Bitsream.

This is it!

@User830255 if you have a PS4 this is the way to go ;-)

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John B

My Samsung Blu-ray-Ray Player also transcodes to DD 5.1 on the fly. Definitely the most elegant solution getting a capable Blu-Ray Player. Would assume any of the current Xbox and PS can do the same but should of course be verified before purchasing.

I have successfully used Samsung BRPs for this is the past - and indeed still do, although I rarely watch BRs these days. I think Samsung have now stopped making BRPs but no doubt there are second hand units out there.

106rallye

@ant0 Thank you. I actually used optical with my old TV, using an extractor/embedder to get the optical sound signal into the HDMI-cable to the TV - never made use of this option for DTS. I used the extractor/embedder because my old TV did not receive DD via HDMI. My new TV does, so I removed the extractor/embedder.

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Lalligator

Lyricist III

Interested in hearing how hard audio and video go out of sync for those using these types of hacks

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