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Roku Ultra + Playbar
Just setup a Roku Ultra (2017) to my Sony x900e. I have a Sonos Playbar connected to the Sony x900e via optical. Any advice on why I am not getting any sound output from the Roku Ultra? I have a ps4 on another hdmi input and the Playbar works fine there.
Best answer by illtakespam
All good, thanks Chris. I see you're helping me out on another thread and was able to resolve the issue by resetting/rebooting everything. Audio is now coming through properly. Do you happen to know if the actual new roku controller with IR can control the volume of the Playbar? I tried setting it up thru the sonos app, but didn't have any luck.
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It's likely that you need to set the audio settings on the Roku to be Dolby Digital, rather than anything else (including Dolby Digital Plus). I suspect that your TV is passing through an audio signal that can't be read by the PLAYBAR.
+22Yes I think it defaults in sound setting to Dolby Digital Plus and needs changed to Dolby Digital (just regular)
Thanks for the replies above. I tried switching the audio settings from "auto" to Dolby Digital and unfortunately not producing any sound output.
+22Connected via hdmi to tv. You try a reboot of tiki and confirm the setting took.
+22Sorry should have said reboot of roku. Spell check doesn’t like the word.
+22And Make sure you didn’t pick Dolby digital plus.
All good, thanks Chris. I see you're helping me out on another thread and was able to resolve the issue by resetting/rebooting everything. Audio is now coming through properly. Do you happen to know if the actual new roku controller with IR can control the volume of the Playbar? I tried setting it up thru the sonos app, but didn't have any luck.
+22I don’t know a lot about rokus. If the remote will output ir it should control the playbar. But you have to set the roku remote to a tv ....any tv so it will have an ir command set I assume.
illtakespam, so what exactly was the fix? also, did you get 5.1 sound working on your sonos?
I have Sonos Playbar + 2x Play:1 and I am getting only stereo sound via sonos on netflix etc via roku ultra.
Thanks
Marek
I had the same issue with a Roku Ultra (2017). I ended up getting the older Roku Ultra (2016) and now I get Dolby Digital 5.1 from the Roku. The 2016 model is the only Roku that will convert Dolby Digital Plus to Dolby Digital. All the native Roku apps send DD+ by default which the Playbar can’t handle.
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