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melvimbe
melvimbe
May 7, 2020

Sonos Arc and Xbox One

So I plan on getting an Arc along with my ARC compatible TV.  One of my sources is an xbox one s.  I’ve been trying to research a bit to see how this will all work, but getting a lot of vague answers, even from xbox support site.  Yes, xbox one s (and x) support dolby atmos, but there doesn’t seem to be much detail beyond that.  Here are the questions I have.

When watching a blue-ray in TrueHD- Atmos, will the xbox send TrueHD or DD+ to the TV?

I saw a reddit user claim that it was DD+, but this was a few years back. Could have been wrong or changed since then.

When playing a game with  Atmos, will the xbox send TrueHD or DD+ to the TV?

I have seen nothing about the specific code, only the Atmos format.  It appears that some game titles will only do Atmos on the Xbox One X, not S.  I would guess that games are all in DD+, but don’t know why some games will only work on X.  Could it be because X can do True HD while S cannot?

When streaming video content, will the xbox send TrueHD or DD+ to the TV?

This seems almost assuredly to be DD+.  However, it’s also the feature I personally care about the least.

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ledzep1
Headliner II
July 23, 2020

Hi, I can confirm that atmos does work with Xbox one x, with my LG OLED55CX and Sonos Arc. LG passes atmos through to Sonos Arc (also I get atmos via Dolby TrueHD though my tv has earc) via the Xbox blu-ray app.  My Xbox is set to HDMI Audio bitstream and Dolby Atmos For Home Theater (HDMI ONLY)’ option is ticked, the TV set to pass through. On the Blu-ray app settings I have it set for let my receiver decode the audio, which I turn off for dts audio tracks.  Sonos app confirms it’s getting Dolby atmos signal. I also get atmos via the Xbox Netflix app.

Hello

 

Same TV, just curious, do you use the same audio settings for games as well?

I use my xbox for gaming mostly but have started to use it for blurays as well, particularly DTS ones.

 

Thanks

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