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Saturinox
Contributor I
April 25, 2019
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Sonos Beam, Nvidia Shield, Samsung TV surround problem

Hi

I have had my sonos beam since the launch in denmark, and are quite glad for the "wireless" surround i can have to my play:1 as rear speaker.

however, it annoys me in my setup that i have to use my "build in" plex / netflix app on my samsung TV to get 5.1 signal output.

Whenever i use netflix app / plex on the shield, The sonos Beam only plays stereo

My setup is:
TV: Samsung UE49KS7005
Nvidia Shield newest 16gb version
Sonos Beam+2play:1 rear speaker.

Cable:
HDMI ARC between TV and beam
Shield connected to HDMI port on samsung HDMI input.

When ever i play Netflix, plex movies on the build in app on my TV, the sound is decoded fine to Dolby digital 5.1

everything i play through shield is stereo.

is there no solution to this i have tryed to force surround output on shield, etc.
triet some "PCM" and "Bitstream" setting on samsung TV sound-setting, but always stereo only.
unless i find a plex movie, that has AC5.1 standard. then its surround but it wount chance a DTS movie to Dolby digital, Like my Samsung TV decodes.

Is there a solution here?
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    ratty
    rattyAnswer
    April 25, 2019
    Maybe others on this community that has a Shield connected to their beam
    But the Shield isn't connected to the Beam. It's connected to the TV. The HDMI connection between the Shield and the TV will have been negotiated between the two of them.
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    frenzy382
    Trending Lyricist I
    April 26, 2019
    i'll take some screenshots later on when I'm home.

    Netflix will tell you the audio and video output when you select a particular title to watch. So for example if you click on 'House of Cards' you'll get the info page, telling you what it's all about, what season etc. It will also give details under the title as to what audio output it's going to be..Dolby Atmos, DD etc. 4k, HDR. Netflix is clever enough to figure out what you formats you are able to receive and set it to the correct level..so in theory you shouldn't see Atmos.

    I've attached an image of House of Cards as an example..
    frenzy382
    Trending Lyricist I
    April 27, 2019
    as requested...some screenshots of my shield and sammy tv settings.
    cmacnevin
    Lyricist I
    February 18, 2020

    Frenzy382 Thanks so much for this!!

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