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No Atmos with Firestick 4K Max

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Hi, I’ve just purchased a Sonos Arc but i’m having trouble getting Atmos from Netflix via a Fire Stick 4k Max.

I have a premium Netflix subscription and all settings are at their highest.

I have Sky Q so i’m able to get Atmos from Sky Movies from the Arc so i know that it does work from that source.

Anyone any ideas?

Thanks

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AndyghfcAuthor

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Hi

I’ve read conflicting reports that Atmos support on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is restricted to Amazon and won’t work with Netflix. Have you tried testing Amazon Prime videos - Jack Ryan Series three?

Yeah Prime videos work fine, i get Atmos on that.

As far as i am aware you need at least FireOS 7.0 to be able to get Atmos via Netflix on any Firestick which i have on my Firestick 4K Max.

UKMedia

Hi

I’ve read conflicting reports that Atmos support on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is restricted to Amazon and won’t work with Netflix. Have you tried testing Amazon Prime videos - Jack Ryan Series three?

Yeah Prime videos work fine, i get Atmos on that.

As far as i am aware you need at least FireOS 7.0 to be able to get Atmos via Netflix on any Firestick which i have on my Firestick 4K Max.

An example being this Amazon Forum

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00008SiGN3SAN/dolby-atmos-not-working-for-multiple-apps-on-fire-tv-stick-4k-max

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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AndyghfcAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Hi

I’ve read conflicting reports that Atmos support on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is restricted to Amazon and won’t work with Netflix. Have you tried testing Amazon Prime videos - Jack Ryan Series three?

Yeah Prime videos work fine, i get Atmos on that.

As far as i am aware you need at least FireOS 7.0 to be able to get Atmos via Netflix on any Firestick which i have on my Firestick 4K Max.

An example being this Amazon Forum

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00008SiGN3SAN/dolby-atmos-not-working-for-multiple-apps-on-fire-tv-stick-4k-max

Thanks for that. May just have to send it back and get Apple TV instead.

UKMedia

My Fire Cube works...

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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AndyghfcAuthor

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My Fire Cube works...

I get the impression that Apple TV may be more reliable!

UKMedia

My Fire Cube works...

I get the impression that Apple TV may be more reliable!

I may well be 😁 but unless you have an iPhone, you can only access via a browser is my understanding and the reason I’ve not gone for it myself.

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

BMF

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Sorry to be a downer…. But I don’t think AppleTV will output Atmos without eARC as it doesn’t encode Atoms via Dolby Digital Plus like Sky Q and FireTV Stick 4K Max does, or didn’t last time I checked.

I was trying to get it to work with my Samsung without eARC and could not get it to work. Samsung updated most of their Native Apps to support it, so I give up to be honest.

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AndyghfcAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

My Fire Cube works...

I get the impression that Apple TV may be more reliable!

I may well be 😁 but unless you have an iPhone, you can only access via a browser is my understanding and the reason I’ve not gone for it myself.

Yeah i have an Iphone so I’ll how it goes.

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AndyghfcAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Sorry to be a downer…. But I don’t think AppleTV will output Atmos without eARC as it doesn’t encode Atoms via Dolby Digital Plus like Sky Q and FireTV Stick 4K Max does, or didn’t last time I checked.

I was trying to get it to work with my Samsung without eARC and could not get it to work. Samsung updated most of their Native Apps to support it, so I give up to be honest.

Oh well it’s ordered now but i’ll look into that, thanks!

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Sorry to be a downer…. But I don’t think AppleTV will output Atmos without eARC as it doesn’t encode Atoms via Dolby Digital Plus like Sky Q and FireTV Stick 4K Max does, or didn’t last time I checked.

I was trying to get it to work with my Samsung without eARC and could not get it to work. Samsung updated most of their Native Apps to support it, so I give up to be honest.

Oh well it’s ordered now but i’ll look into that, thanks!

@BMF is correct. Because you have an older model TV without eARC, you will NOT be able to get Dolby Atmos audio from the Apple TV 4K. Consider the Nvidia Shield Pro or the latest Roku Ultra instead.

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