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HDMI ouput & netflix

Hi guys,
I just bought my hdtv adapter in order to connect my tab to my TV trough HDMI and happily see netflix everynight..... The thing is that for any reason when I plug the cable de image in the TV is a clone of the image in the tablet, but the uggliest point is that when I put a movie in netflix not only the image in the TV is not escalated ( I see the movie in part of the TV screen) but subtitles are not in the TV screen but they are in the tablet.
Any idea how can I can get it fixed. Is there any hdmi output control software or something like that?.
I'm trying yo get my TV dispay as an extension of the galaxy note display.
Thanks!.

I just found out, to my disappointment, the same behaviour with netflix and the allcast dongle.
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GioDoe said:
I just found out, to my disappointment, the same behaviour with netflix and the allcast dongle.
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do you think it's a netflix app issue or the hdmi output resolution that it's unable to fit the whole tv screen?. I hope there is a software to fix it.

Unfortunately, I do not have a clue. I will probably try and buy an android stick to bypass the problem
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ofx66 said:
Hi guys,
I just bought my hdtv adapter in order to connect my tab to my TV trough HDMI and happily see netflix everynight..... The thing is that for any reason when I plug the cable de image in the TV is a clone of the image in the tablet, but the uggliest point is that when I put a movie in netflix not only the image in the TV is not escalated ( I see the movie in part of the TV screen) but subtitles are not in the TV screen but they are in the tablet.
Any idea how can I can get it fixed. Is there any hdmi output control software or something like that?.
I'm trying yo get my TV dispay as an extension of the galaxy note display.
Thanks!.
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I would have expected stock was better than this. Seems like a lot of devices have issues with UI overlays and HDMI output. Sounds like even Samsung's stock hwcomposer is a steaming pile of ****. Or this is one of the consequences of Netflix's weirdo JPlayer.
Oh wait, never mind, stock is 4.1, JPlayer isn't used... Probably just Samsung brokenness.
For example, my Xperia T has the following issues when outputting Netflix over MHL:
UI overlays do not appear
Anamorphic video is not scaled properly. (For example, Star Trek: Enterprise on Netflix is anamorphic 640x480 video - e.g. it is stretched to display as widescreen and the pixels do not have a square aspect ratio, but when output over MHL it is displayed as if the pixels were square.)

Entropy512 said:
I would have expected stock was better than this. Seems like a lot of devices have issues with UI overlays and HDMI output. Sounds like even Samsung's stock hwcomposer is a steaming pile of ****. Or this is one of the consequences of Netflix's weirdo JPlayer.
Oh wait, never mind, stock is 4.1, JPlayer isn't used... Probably just Samsung brokenness.
For example, my Xperia T has the following issues when outputting Netflix over MHL:
UI overlays do not appear
Anamorphic video is not scaled properly. (For example, Star Trek: Enterprise on Netflix is anamorphic 640x480 video - e.g. it is stretched to display as widescreen and the pixels do not have a square aspect ratio, but when output over MHL it is displayed as if the pixels were square.)
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Yeah, that what I've just noticed. The UI overlay does not properly works... I can't see subtitles in my tv screen.
Isn't there any player or another kind of soft to play netflix movies thorugh? or even better, a fix to it...
BTW... i bought the hdmi adapter for my galaxy s3 and now the image in the mobile escales perfectly to 1080p however the overlay issue is still there..., I'M NOT ALE TO SEE THE #"!#$&/( SUBTITLES... :crying::crying:
I hope there's a fix.

ofx66 said:
Yeah, that what I've just noticed. The UI overlay does not properly works... I can't see subtitles in my tv screen.
Isn't there any player or another kind of soft to play netflix movies thorugh? or even better, a fix to it...
BTW... i bought the hdmi adapter for my galaxy s3 and now the image in the mobile escales perfectly to 1080p however the overlay issue is still there..., I'M NOT ALE TO SEE THE #"!#$&/( SUBTITLES... :crying::crying:
I hope there's a fix.
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Sadly, this seems to be inherent to the HDMI mirror process, as I get the same on my Xoom and all my Moto phones: clear audio and video, but no overlays (controls, subtitles, etc.)

same with Play Movies
I have the same problem with my note 2, note 10.1, over hdmi adapter or allsharecast dongle both with netflix and play movies. Subtitles only on the tablet.
I have contact samsung and google about yhis annoying issue and they both try to blame each other instead of giving me a solution.
What I don't understand is how such a basic thing is not possible

When you use BS player and software encoder the subs is showing in the TV and the phone-tablet. I remember it was the same with the first Nvidia gforce graphick cards with comp-scart output on windows XP. I think it is a hardware problem. I think we need a new genaration og GPU hardware. Question is, what about Nvidia Tegra 4 chipset phones or Shield device???
Have someone got an android phone (could be LG X2) with a real HDMI output purhaps it is a MHL-HDMI problem

It's a hardware issue, yes- the movie is rendered via the hardware-accelerated video channel that also outputs thru the HDMI (and/or Miracast) streams. However, since subtitles (and other such overlays) are decoded and rendered outside the main video stream (that's done on a seperate video channel) that's normally overlaid over the display stream.
This issue isn't limited to just Exynos chips, either- I know for sure the Tegra2 and one of the QCT Snapdragons is like this, too; I suspect the issue actually comes from Hollywood, as DRM protection implies you can't manipulate the buffer that's displaying the external streams (yes, even for your own (non-DRMed) content, sadly), but don't quote me on this.
In order for a player to give you subtitles that display on external devices they'd have to render everything in software, and I don't think every stream will play smoothly that way. I do remember seeing a video player that does do subtitles on the All-Share Cast stream; I think it was the Archos one.

I think what you most have, is just a setting problem.
I have galaxy s3 and samsung tv connected through hdmi adapter.
By default this behaves exactly as my windows media pc, app. 10 pixels are cut on all sides. When you change your tv settings not to overscan, the image is perfect. In samsung tvs (tested 50" plasma and 22" lcd) you do this in by setting the size of the display, from 16:9 to customized. I have Finnish ui, so i do not know the exact terms.
In this way most of the programs work ok, including e.g. Xbmc.
But this does not fix netflix, it is seen on tv as 4:3 without any subtitles. So i would blame netflix first.

Chromecast.....nuff said
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I have purchased the Note 3 and the subtitles are displayed properly on my TV now. I don't know if it is a fix from either Android 4.3 or from Samsung.
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Sony Android TV Users

Hi All,
I have searched over XDA but couldn't find any appropriate place for Sony Android TV. I have got my Sony Android TV, KDLW800C, couple of days ago.
Sony has just started to ship out 4K and 2K Android TV's.
From the interface, it's almost identical to Nexus player and run Android 5.0.2 along with some Sony goodies. I have installed ES File Explorer and have sideloaded KODI and other useful apps.
If we have any other Sony TV users here or joining in future, it would be great to stay in here.
For now if you want to sideload apps, just download Air Share from play store and start sending apk's.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackspruce.gloo

Which kind of Sony goodies are there? Are you able to extract the apks if there is something interesting for our Nexus Player?
Thanks!

furius said:
Which kind of Sony goodies are there? Are you able to extract the apks if there is something interesting for our Nexus Player?
Thanks!
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No man actually they will not be useful as they are mainly built fot TV hardware like 4USB drives support, TV input options, 3D enhancements etc

How is the performance of the Android TV interface?

Performance is good but am not able to figure out how to take screenshots.
Doen Antutu runs on Nexus Player? I will try pushing one to see performance and Hardware.

Antutu is not that impressive but still fine for a TV I guess.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

How does the tv input work? I guess I'm just trying to figure out how connecting a cable box works with it, or an htpc.

It has all tge TV ports at the back, like cable input, 3 HDMI ports, 2 USB ports and one of the old type 3 coloured wires one.

Does your TV also have the Sony X1 processor?

No it has some other, I will post the info today.

brar.arsh said:
No it has some other, I will post the info today.
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Is there any difference in the Netflix APK, assuming it has the Android TV Netflix app? And if there is, could you post the APK? I would like to see if it would work with my Razer Forge TV.

Sgt.JimmyRustles said:
Is there any difference in the Netflix APK, assuming it has the Android TV Netflix app? And if there is, could you post the APK? I would like to see if it would work with my Razer Forge TV.
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I posted Netflix apk in apps thread. What's your version though?

brar.arsh said:
I posted Netflix apk in apps thread. What's your version though?
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I think it would have been, (assuming it could have used it), 1.0.4.

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No it has some other, I will post the info today.
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If not the X1, maybe you can sideload CPU-Z to find out which CPU/GPU the Sony is using?

palms13 said:
How does the tv input work? I guess I'm just trying to figure out how connecting a cable box works with it, or an htpc.
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Has anyone figured out if you can connect a cable box to the sony android tvs? I have connected my cable box via hdmi cable, but when I do an "auto-scan" it doesn't find any of the channels. I can view the channels if I select the specific HDMI channel, but I would like to use just the one remote and have the channels integrated with the channel guide, etc. Thanks for any feedback.
Mike

I've had my XBR55X850C for about a week now and thought I'd share some tips/info.
Updating the TV
First thing you should do is update your TV. There were 2 types of updates available for me and I believe I did these in the wrong order and this caused my Netflix app to disappear (instructions to fix this down below). There was a Sony update and there was an Android update. I installed the Android update first, then the Sony update (which took forever). I think I should have done this in the opposite order and would have probably only needed the Sony update. To install the Sony update, you will see an app with a green icon called "Sony Select". Choose this and you should be prompted with a message saying that an update is required. Follow these steps to update your TV (takes about an hour). Once this is done, check in Settings to see if there is also an Android update available and install that as well. Once that is done, below are some tips I'm providing based on my user experience to get the most out of your TV.
Playing Video Files Over Your Local Network
I'm a cord-cutter and as such I watch files off my network frequently. I don't prefer using DNLA servers like Plex because there's really no need to have everything transcoded from your media server to your Android TV device since my Android TV has enough processing power to handle playing my video files over my network. The simple solution here was to go to the Play Store using my browser from my computer and install ES File Explorer and MX Player Pro to my Sony Bravia. Now I can browse my local network with ES File Explorer, find the video I want to watch and open the video with MX Player Pro.
MX Player [Pro]
Regarding MX Player, one big tip I can give you is to make sure you have the codecs installed for proper audio output. Got mine here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254
Another helpful MX Player Pro tip is to use HW+ for video and SW for audio. Using HW+ for audio causes laggy, out-of-sync audio and anything other than HW+ for video causes stuttering, at least with this TV it does. Fortunately in MX Player settings, you can set HW+ default for video and SW default for audio. So far this combination works flawlessly for MKV, MP4, AVI, etc.
Installing APKs
Once you have ES File Explorer installed, you can also browse a network share and install APKs directly from the network share. Works great!
Fixing Missing Netflix App After Update
If after updating everything, you lose your Netflix app like I did, the solution was simple, but requires ES File Explorer to be installed. Using ES File Explorer, I navigated to /system/app/ and launched the netflix-ninja-release.apk file to reinstall Netflix.
Restarting Android / ADB
Occasionally I felt the need to restart Android to resolve some issues I encountered from messing around with things. However, the only "official" way to do this is to unplug my TV which seems a bit archaic. Currently, without root, the only other way I've found was to enable developer options and use ADB wirelessly to reboot Android. To do this, just like on your Android phone, tap on the build number repeatedly until it says developer options unlocked. Then I had to restart my TV by unplugging for 10 seconds and plugging back in to get the Developer Options to show up in Settings. In there I enabled the ADB features.
Next you connect to your TV using ADB wirelessly by issuing the following command: adb connect {ip of your tv}
Then you can restart the TV by issuing: adb reboot
You can ADB into your TV using a terminal app from your Android phone as well, so a computer is not necessary.
EDIT: Just discovered that I can restart Android on my TV by pressing and holding the power button on the remote control for about 10 seconds. Don't need ADB any more.
Control PS4 (or PS3 Slim) with Your TV Remote
Lastly, you can set up Bravia Sync with your PS4 (and/or PS3 Slim, PS3 Phat doesn't have HDMI-CEC) to control the UI of your console using your TV remote. This is very nice for Blu-Ray playback. Just hook up your console to an HDMI port and turn it on. Next, on your TV go to Settings -> External Inputs -> Bravia Sync Settings. Turn on Bravia Sync Control. Next, go to "Bravia Sync device list". You should see your devices listed. Press the "Enable" button. That's it. Now when you select the input for your PS4 (and/or PS3 Slim), it will automatically turn your console on and the console can be controlled using your TV remote. It also works the other way around. You can press the Playstation button on your controller and this will turn the TV on and automatically switch it to the correct input for the console.
Just thought I'd share some helpful tips and save someone else some time in getting the most out of this awesome TV. Hope this helps others out there.

nyteryder79 said:
I've had my XBR55X850C for about a week now and thought I'd share some tips/info.
Updating the TV
First thing you should do is update your TV. There were 2 types of updates available for me and I believe I did these in the wrong order and this caused my Netflix app to disappear (instructions to fix this down below). There was a Sony update and there was an Android update. I installed the Android update first, then the Sony update (which took forever). I think I should have done this in the opposite order and would have probably only needed the Sony update. To install the Sony update, you will see an app with a green icon called "Sony Select". Choose this and you should be prompted with a message saying that an update is required. Follow these steps to update your TV (takes about an hour). Once this is done, check in Settings to see if there is also an Android update available and install that as well. Once that is done, below are some tips I'm providing based on my user experience to get the most out of your TV.
Playing Video Files Over Your Local Network
I'm a cord-cutter and as such I watch files off my network frequently. I don't prefer using DNLA servers like Plex because there's really no need to have everything transcoded from your media server to your Android TV device since my Android TV has enough processing power to handle playing my video files over my network. The simple solution here was to go to the Play Store using my browser from my computer and install ES File Explorer and MX Player Pro to my Sony Bravia. Now I can browse my local network with ES File Explorer, find the video I want to watch and open the video with MX Player Pro.
MX Player [Pro]
Regarding MX Player, one big tip I can give you is to make sure you have the codecs installed for proper audio output. Got mine here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/mx-player/mx-player-custom-codec-dts-support-t2156254
Another helpful MX Player Pro tip is to use HW+ for video and SW for audio. Using HW+ for audio causes laggy, out-of-sync audio and anything other than HW+ for video causes stuttering, at least with this TV it does. Fortunately in MX Player settings, you can set HW+ default for video and SW default for audio. So far this combination works flawlessly for MKV, MP4, AVI, etc.
Installing APKs
Once you have ES File Explorer installed, you can also browse a network share and install APKs directly from the network share. Works great!
Fixing Missing Netflix App After Update
If after updating everything, you lose your Netflix app like I did, the solution was simple, but requires ES File Explorer to be installed. Using ES File Explorer, I navigated to /system/app/ and launched the netflix-ninja-release.apk file to reinstall Netflix.
Restarting Android / ADB
Occasionally I felt the need to restart Android to resolve some issues I encountered from messing around with things. However, the only "official" way to do this is to unplug my TV which seems a bit archaic. Currently, without root, the only other way I've found was to enable developer options and use ADB wirelessly to reboot Android. To do this, just like on your Android phone, tap on the build number repeatedly until it says developer options unlocked. Then I had to restart my TV by unplugging for 10 seconds and plugging back in to get the Developer Options to show up in Settings. In there I enabled the ADB features.
Next you connect to your TV using ADB wirelessly by issuing the following command: adb connect {ip of your tv}
Then you can restart the TV by issuing: adb reboot
You can ADB into your TV using a terminal app from your Android phone as well, so a computer is not necessary.
EDIT: Just discovered that I can restart Android on my TV by pressing and holding the power button on the remote control for about 10 seconds. Don't need ADB any more.
Control PS4 (or PS3 Slim) with Your TV Remote
Lastly, you can set up Bravia Sync with your PS4 (and/or PS3 Slim, PS3 Phat doesn't have HDMI-CEC) to control the UI of your console using your TV remote. This is very nice for Blu-Ray playback. Just hook up your console to an HDMI port and turn it on. Next, on your TV go to Settings -> External Inputs -> Bravia Sync Settings. Turn on Bravia Sync Control. Next, go to "Bravia Sync device list". You should see your devices listed. Press the "Enable" button. That's it. Now when you select the input for your PS4 (and/or PS3 Slim), it will automatically turn your console on and the console can be controlled using your TV remote. It also works the other way around. You can press the Playstation button on your controller and this will turn the TV on and automatically switch it to the correct input for the console.
Just thought I'd share some helpful tips and save someone else some time in getting the most out of this awesome TV. Hope this helps others out there.
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Hey man, I just wanted to let you know that you can properly shut down Android by long pressing the power button on either of the supplied remotes. You don't need to unplug it.
I've had the 65X850C for a couple weeks now and I really love the TV. I have Kodi running on it beautifully. Sony's build of Android TV does still have a variety of bugs however and I hope they provide an update to iron out some of those kinks soon... because, otherwise, the TV is amazing. I'm wondering if there is anybody out there that might try to root these TVs or provide custom roms? Any word on if/when Sony will post the codebase for these TVs? If we can get ahold of the source code, we might be able to do some pretty incredible things with these TVs.
Cheers!

Is there any developer support for the new TVs from Sony, Sharp & Philips that will all be running Android TV? Sony being on the forefront given that their TVs are already on the market. I think these TVs running Android ROMs presents some really new and juicy opportunities to do cool things with Android. Could we improve upon picture quality? Enable features that the manufacturers hide (HDR?)? Add features like auto-switching picture modes based on apps?
Has anybody tried running a fastboot oem unlock on one of the TVs? I doubt Sony has left them that open, but you never know.

ktownhero said:
Is there any developer support for the new TVs from Sony, Sharp & Philips that will all be running Android TV? Sony being on the forefront given that their TVs are already on the market. I think these TVs running Android ROMs presents some really new and juicy opportunities to do cool things with Android. Could we improve upon picture quality? Enable features that the manufacturers hide (HDR?)? Add features like auto-switching picture modes based on apps?
Has anybody tried running a fastboot oem unlock on one of the TVs? I doubt Sony has left them that open, but you never know.
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That would be really interesting to know, since I plan to get a X850C too

Hey man, is your 3D working? My glasses are not getting recognized by TV.

Shield 2019: Enabling audio passthrough using USB audio protocol UAC2

I have the newest model Shield I believe:
Android ver. 9
SW version: 8.2.2(32.6.509.0)
Kernel ver: 4.9.140-tegra ...
Description: Tegra X1 + mDarcy
While there is audio passthrough via HDMI, USB audio output fixes the bitrate at 16/48 or 16/192 in high quality mode. I have a semi high-end hi-fi setup with good DAC where you want an 'untouched' audio bitrate and 24 to 16 bit downsampling is rather unattractive . I have been looking at: https://source.android.com/devices/audio/usb It appears that using isochronous mode is universally standard, but the sub mode on most Android devices, including the Shield, is set to Adaptive when it needs to be Asynchronous sub mode to do this. I can't find any online source with an kernel mode setting to do this. I am not even sure I am on the right path here.
Any insights, references, tips, or better yet some ADB command line code?
Thanks,
p-we

Hi there - where did you land on this? Thanks!

Never took off...

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Never took off...
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Still no take-off or did you manage something with this? I'm in the exact same hi-fi boat
I did find that sideloading UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro, will cost you 8 dollars or so) on the shield technically works and it can play audio without any re-sampling done (my dac shows the sample rate changing when songs have different sample rates so I know it works), even stream from Qobuz / Tidal, but the UX is pretty much unusable since it's not an Android TV app lol

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Still no take-off or did you manage something with this? I'm in the exact same hi-fi boat
I did find that sideloading UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro, will cost you 8 dollars or so) on the shield technically works and it can play audio without any re-sampling done (my dac shows the sample rate changing when songs have different sample rates so I know it works), even stream from Qobuz / Tidal, but the UX is pretty much unusable since it's not an Android TV app lol
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I've not looked into the USB sub mode since I first looked into it and posted in 2021.
Good idea on UAPP which I am familiar with USB-C on android mobile. Might play around with that as I think I'm already good for the $8. It's indeed a pain when Android apps don't use the Google/Android TV remote system.
I've since solved the problem for my hi-fi audio purity 'fix' by moving to Roon which provides flawless high res audio (via network to an RPi's USB 2.0 audio output) and is controlled by mobile phone via the Roon Remote app. Now if Roon would only make an Android TV compatible remote app the Nvidia Shield would be a great UI experience and the USB output wouldn't matter anymore.

So for what it's worth, over at the Nvidia forums one of the staff members confirmed that this is on their 'to-do-list' so with a bit of luck we can see this fixed in the next Shield update
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/shield-tv/9/520414/match-content-audio-resolution-for-usb-audio/3359083/

Amazon Fire Cube does not forward dolby sound signal to soundbar

Hi,
my setup is currently like this:
Code:
+----- NAS -----+
| |
| |
Samsung Samsung Amazon
Soundbar ----- TV -------- Cube
Now, if I access my NAS from my TV, a Dolby 5.1 movie is played perfectly on my soundbar and everything works perfectly. But if I do stream a movie from my Amazon Cube (i.e. from the NAS to the Cube, then TV), I only get stereo sound on my soundbar (rear speakers are not working). So somehow the audio signal is not passed on from the cube to the TV / soundbar. I read somewhere that the VLC player (which I usually use) has trouble with that - but it doesn't work with Kodi (latest version) either. I've already looked in the Kodi settings, there is also a "forwarding" of the audio signal, but that doesn't work either.
Unfortunately "so just stream via the TV" is not possible because my TV cannot handle some movie formats, so I have to go via the cube.
Can someone help on how to forward the dolby signal properly from Amazon Cube to the soundbar?
Thanks so much!!

Besides the settings in Kodi, did you select 'passthrough' in the fireTV audio settings?
Then there is maybe one or two settings related to passthrough on your TVset.
The fireOS version could be an issue too, maybe do a lookup together with the fireOS version number...

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Besides the settings in Kodi, did you select 'passthrough' in the fireTV audio settings?
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Thanks! Yes I did. I also noticed that there is a diagnostics function in the fireTV settings (https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?language=en_GB&nodeId=G7AGVQCJXEERZJQ8) - and it shows that there is no Dolby device being recognized.
I'll check with the TV set, that's a good idea.
fireOS version is the most current.

There are some hidden settings in kodi, i.e. expert mode, maybe play a bit with the settings.
This here worked for kodi on the 4k stick, but maybe the cube works similar:
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Fire TV Cube 3rd gen Dolby Atmos passthough com0pletely broken using Maven's Kodi-Builds

Basically subjects says it all.
I just bought a Cube 3rd ed. but using Maven builds with my C9 TV and passthough enabled I experience continue desync and crashes. Basically unusable (I sadly went back to my 4k Max).
Everything works perfect on my 4k and 4k Max.
Am I doing anything wrong (completely newbie with HD audio)?
Thanks.
Pino.

I remember seeing that you have to switch FireOS sound settings from best available to DD+, to get DD+ and DD to work in Kodi. It's definitely inconvenient.

Finnzz said:
I remember seeing that you have to switch FireOS sound settings from best available to DD+, to get DD+ and DD to work in Kodi. It's definitely inconvenient.
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Thanks a lot,
I tried all the available options but audio stull stutters and crashes.
As it is now any DA content is unwatchable.
Very disappointing.
Thanks God I still have my 4K Max but it bothers me I spent all that money to have a paperweight.
Well I guess I'll wait.
Pino.

puppinoo said:
...using Maven builds with my C9 TV and passthough enabled I experience continue desync and crashes.
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Just an FYI if you are using the FireTV build: not specific to the 3rd gen. Cube, but Maven has the "FireTV" build & the "Android 32-bit" build, and from my reading of the Kodinerds forum it seemed like it was best to use the Android build with FireTV devices starting back sometime last year, that the Android builds had all the fixes and the FireTV build was basically the same as Kodi nightly builds.
Are you good with using ADB? Can you report the printed output for these 2 ADB shell commands:
settings get global encoded_surround_output
settings get global encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats
I don't have the 3rd gen. Cube, only have the 2nd gen., but if the main Settings stay the same, then:
encoded_surround_output=0 , if using BEST_AVAILABLE sound setting option
encoded_surround_output=1 , if using PCM sound setting option
encoded_surround_output=2, if using DOLBY_DIGITAL_PLUS sound setting option
And I can take a guess that the second command "encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats" will return <null>. So input this:
settings put global encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats "5,6,7,8,13,14,17,18,19"
This ENCODED_SURROUND setting is what lets Kodi query what Android's java coding can passthrough for audio, the different numbers being the most common SurroundSound audio codecs; for example "18" & "19" are for DolbyAtmos lossy & lossless, and "14" is for TrueHD.

RiCkLaR said:
Just an FYI if you are using the FireTV build: not specific to the 3rd gen. Cube, but Maven has the "FireTV" build & the "Android 32-bit" build, and from my reading of the Kodinerds forum it seemed like it was best to use the Android build with FireTV devices starting back sometime last year, that the Android builds had all the fixes and the FireTV build was basically the same as Kodi nightly builds.
Are you good with using ADB? Can you report the printed output for these 2 ADB shell commands:
settings get global encoded_surround_output
settings get global encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats
I don't have the 3rd gen. Cube, only have the 2nd gen., but if the main Settings stay the same, then:
encoded_surround_output=0 , if using BEST_AVAILABLE sound setting option
encoded_surround_output=1 , if using PCM sound setting option
encoded_surround_output=2, if using DOLBY_DIGITAL_PLUS sound setting option
And I can take a guess that the second command "encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats" will return <null>. So input this:
settings put global encoded_surround_output_enabled_formats "5,6,7,8,13,14,17,18,19"
This ENCODED_SURROUND setting is what lets Kodi query what Android's java coding can passthrough for audio, the different numbers being the most common SurroundSound audio codecs; for example "18" & "19" are for DolbyAtmos lossy & lossless, and "14" is for TrueHD.
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Thanks a lot,
The "FireTV" build is exactly the one I'm using on all my devices right now. The kodinerds Maven thread grew too big and is mostly in german to read all the updates so I didnt know that.
As soon as I return home I'll test the Android build and report.
Thanks again for this precious advice.
Pino.

puppinoo said:
Thanks a lot,
The "FireTV" build is exactly the one I'm using on all my devices right now. The kodinerds Maven thread grew too big and is mostly in german to read all the updates so I didnt know that.
As soon as I return home I'll test the Android build and report.
Thanks again for this precious advice.
Pino.
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I tried the "Android build". And basically looks like all the Dolby Atmos settings are missing.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'll retry tomorrow.

puppinoo said:
I tried the "Android build". And basically looks like all the Dolby Atmos settings are missing.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'll retry tomorrow.
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Kodi Settings on EXPERT mode? With Passthrough on in Kodi you should be able to turn on all the options for passthrough ON, DolbyDigital_PLUS and Dolby_TrueHD being the two that need to be on for DolbyATMOS lossy and lossless formats to be available for passthrough. If TrueHD is still not showing maybe have to toggle between the two Passthrough-Output-Device options AudioTrack(IEC) or AudioTrack(RAW).
Sidenote, my primary TV has a buggy ARC/CEC implementation and sometimes I have to flip CEC on-and-off to allow Atmos passthrough, which even though my Cube is connected directly to my AVR it will stop some apps from streaming Atmos.

RiCkLaR said:
Kodi Settings on EXPERT mode? With Passthrough on in Kodi you should be able to turn on all the options for passthrough ON, DolbyDigital_PLUS and Dolby_TrueHD being the two that need to be on for DolbyATMOS lossy and lossless formats to be available for passthrough. If TrueHD is still not showing maybe have to toggle between the two Passthrough-Output-Device options AudioTrack(IEC) or AudioTrack(RAW).
Sidenote, my primary TV has a buggy ARC/CEC implementation and sometimes I have to flip CEC on-and-off to allow Atmos passthrough, which even though my Cube is connected directly to my AVR it will stop some apps from streaming Atmos.
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Yeah, I'm officially an idiot. I restored a backup from my 4k Max but it usually doesnt restore expert mode and I totally forgot to do that on my own. BTW I tested using expert mode and enabling the same exact options I have on my working 4k Max but still stutters and crashes, also switchng IEC mode.
Not sure about the CEC options. Point is I've never had any issues on the same TV with the same exacts settings on my 4K and 4k Max so I guess it's a Cube issue (or again some nonsense I'm still doing).
Thanks again for advices
Pino.