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cslogg
Avid Contributor I
July 17, 2018

No 5.1 from Nvidia Shield and Beam

Just got myself a Beam to go with my two Play 1s as rears.I think I have it working ok apart from the fact that when I select a 5.1 stream from the Netflix app on my Shield there is no sound.If I select an ordinary stream it plays fine.Any idea what I need to do.?Connections are via hdmi.
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Sishaw
Lyricist I
July 22, 2018
Hi,

I have an 58EX700 and I am also experiencing no playback on my beam when watching Netflix set to Dolby 5.1. My Sonos app says it’s getting ‘Dolby 2.0’ when playing but there is no playback. If I turn the tv speakers back on it plays fine on 5.1.

I get playback if I change the Netflix settings to ‘standard’ rather than 5.1.

I also can’t turn the tv on/off using the beam.

Help!
mattyh
Lyricist I
August 30, 2018
So I've had this problem too, new beam..... new Panasonic EX580 and had great 5.1 including from Netflix. Then all of a sudden it decides to give me no sound in 5.1 but only in normal audio. So I fiddle with the Viera link trying to turn it off and on, unplug the HDMI from the beam, turn it all off and on again and plug it back in and it gives me 5.1 again in Netflix.

So the question is...... why does it all of a sudden decide to not out put in 5.1 and how do I stop it from dropping and having to faff about turning things on and off and unplugging and plugging things back in again??
computman
computman
Lyricist II
January 5, 2019
It seems that issue came from the fact that Netflix use EAC3 (Dolby Digital +) and the Sonos Beam does not decode this audio format regarding his cost. Just bought one and can't use Netflix in 2019, so desapointed
MajinChibi
Lyricist I
February 18, 2019
Hello everyone,

just in case:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/orig-development/netflix-amazon-5-1-hdmi-arc-optical-t3894442

HDMI Splitter --HDMI--> TV
Shield TV --HDMI--> HDMI Splitter
Sonos Beam --Optical--> HDMI Splitter

Without the hack:
no 5.1 from Netflix and Prime

With the hack:
Dolby Digital 5.1 from Netflix and Prime 🙂
    Steezie
    Steezie
    Contributor I
    April 9, 2019
    I've been trying to get 5.1 audio from my nvidia shield tv to my sonos playbase with no luck. Can someone explain to me how to install the hack to get 5.1 audio?
    Many thanks!
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