rakeshchn
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Fellow members, I am looking for some help to be able to enjoy 5.1 surround sound from Youtube in my 65 inch Sony X90K.
Reg my setup I have the TV hooked up to a 2011 model Yamaha AVR using eARC port (HDMI3) through OREI eARC extractor , as the AVR doesn't have eARC. This way I get DD+/DTS on all supported inbuilt apps like Hotstar, Prime Video, Plex, Bravia Core etc. Also I can successfully passthrough HD audio formats like DTS-HD and DolbyTruHD from a CoreELEC box connected directly to HDMI2 port of my TV. But when playing Youtube videos that have 5.1 surround sound using inbuilt app I get only 2 channel PCM signal to the AVR. While playing I cannot find the check box in settings to enable 5.1 audio in this TV, but I can see that in the settings of inbuilt Youtube app on my Samsung Tizen TV! I read somewhere that Android TV doesn't support 5.1 in its own Youtube app (which is very strange) and suggestion to use Smarttube app instead. So I went ahead and installed Smarttube. But sadly every thing works well in the app except the 5.1 sound. While playing 5.1videos I see options in the sound menu for tracks like 5.1 mp4, 5.1 eac3, 5.1 ac3 etc. But selecting them doesn't output DD or DD+, still getting 2 channel PCM.
If anyone of you have got this working in a similar setup, appreciate your help.
Reg my setup I have the TV hooked up to a 2011 model Yamaha AVR using eARC port (HDMI3) through OREI eARC extractor , as the AVR doesn't have eARC. This way I get DD+/DTS on all supported inbuilt apps like Hotstar, Prime Video, Plex, Bravia Core etc. Also I can successfully passthrough HD audio formats like DTS-HD and DolbyTruHD from a CoreELEC box connected directly to HDMI2 port of my TV. But when playing Youtube videos that have 5.1 surround sound using inbuilt app I get only 2 channel PCM signal to the AVR. While playing I cannot find the check box in settings to enable 5.1 audio in this TV, but I can see that in the settings of inbuilt Youtube app on my Samsung Tizen TV! I read somewhere that Android TV doesn't support 5.1 in its own Youtube app (which is very strange) and suggestion to use Smarttube app instead. So I went ahead and installed Smarttube. But sadly every thing works well in the app except the 5.1 sound. While playing 5.1videos I see options in the sound menu for tracks like 5.1 mp4, 5.1 eac3, 5.1 ac3 etc. But selecting them doesn't output DD or DD+, still getting 2 channel PCM.
If anyone of you have got this working in a similar setup, appreciate your help.