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roosty
Contributor I
April 28, 2024
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DTS support

Would it be possible to support the DTS formats especially DTS:X? I recently replaced my Onkyo amp that had support for all DTS with Sonos equipment and am disappointed to find whilst watching a movie it won’t work with DTS. Seems to downmix to stereo pcm which sounds ok but think it could be sounding much better if in correct format.

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    GuitarSuperstarAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    April 28, 2024

    The LG CX doesn’t support DTS pass through. But you can set the Digital Audio Output setting on the Blu-ray player to PCM and get lossless Multichannel PCM audio from all DTS-encoded Blu-rays.

    FYI… Sonos does support DTS Digital Surround but not DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X.

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    April 28, 2024

    What model TV and Blu-ray player do you have? What Sonos sound bar are you using?

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    roostyAuthor
    Contributor I
    April 28, 2024

    LG CX OLED

    Sony UBP-X700

    Beam Gen 2

    Sub mini

    Dolby atmos seems to work fine?

    GuitarSuperstarAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    April 28, 2024

    The LG CX doesn’t support DTS pass through. But you can set the Digital Audio Output setting on the Blu-ray player to PCM and get lossless Multichannel PCM audio from all DTS-encoded Blu-rays.

    FYI… Sonos does support DTS Digital Surround but not DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X.

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      Anonymous
      June 8, 2024

      I have the same setup as the OP except that I have a Sony A75L.

       

      I have spent some time trying to get the best audio for my DTS Blurays (mostly Christopher Nolan movies) and I think the PCM decoding does not quite get everything right, whether in the Bluray player or through a ripped file in a computer using the ffmpeg software (and then playing back through the Bluray player using USB). I think the bass tone is cleaner in PCM but the relative volumes of all the channels feels off. At the very least, the PCM decoded audio needs the volume turned up. In the end, the DTS core played by Sonos sounds better to me. Is there a trick to get the PCM decoding done right in the X700 or through ffmpeg?

       

      It will be nice if Beam Gen 2 can get the license for DTS HD MA and DTS:X. Sony Pictures Core now does DTS:X and the upcoming Imax certification will also have DTS. I wish users could purchase the codecs to install on their systems if Sonos does not want to pay for all devices.

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