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Sharog
Contributor I
July 20, 2020

Sonos Arc with UHD Blue Ray player with Video and Audio outputs

Okay I have a Sony TV with an arc HDMI port. I recently bought the Sonos ARC and an UHD Blueray player with  two outputs a separate video and an audio output.

I can connect the Sonos ARC to the HDMI arc port and the BD video output to a TV HDMI port.

Where do i connect the BD audio output to. I have a three port switch. At the moment I am not getting Dolby Atmos sound from any of the Blueray discs that have Dolby Atmos printed on the cover.

A simple sketch would be appreciated.

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Briinthesky
Trending Lyricist III
December 14, 2020

Hi

I now have the Arcana and can now get DD+ from all the TV apps like Netflix, Disney etc

I now also get full fat Atmos via my OPPO 203 and Samsung M9000.

Thanks to the LPCM fix i can now get 5.1 DD from DTS discs via the OPPO if i don’t want to use the Samsung.

Very happy with it.

    fads0n0s
    Lyricist I
    February 24, 2021

    So, to clearly reiterate, YOU NEED A TV WITH AN EARC PORT IF YOU WANT ATMOS FROM A BLU-RAY DISC. WHY? BECAUSE DOLBY TRUE HD TAKES UP TOO MUCH BANDWIDTH FOR REGULAR HDMI-ARC.

     

    @Highfalutintodd

    This is not true and is misleading. It will depend on what is playing the Blu-ray disc. XBOX ONE x is very good at this.

     

    Example,

    xbox one x to TV via regular HDMI

    TV to sonos arc via HDMI ARC

     

    If you play a 4K Blu-ray with Atmos in this setup, the TV will pass a DD+ to sonos arc and Atmos will be achieved albeit in a lossy format.

     

    DD+ is not limited to streaming services. Yes TrueHD sending lossless Atmos can only be achieved through eArc but that is not what you are saying above and I think it’s necessary to comment to remove any ambiguity.

    In short getting Atmos from a blu-ray disc does not only require eArc as it can be achieved through DD+.

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