I have a Xiaomi Mi Stick 4K and an old Samsung HT-Z210 kit (w/ Dolby Digital/DTS).
I'd like to hook them to get DTS 5.1 audio on Kodi (my own Blu-ray rips) and DD on streaming apps. Since my 2019 samsung TV doesn't support HDMI audio passthrough and the Stick doesn't have optical out, I've come up with the following:
Connect the stick to an HDMI audio extractor > optical out to receiver
With this can I get 5.1 audio if I setup the Stick/Kodi to passthrough audio?
Specifically, I want to know if I'll be able to get the Dolby Digital core from the Dolby Digital Plus on Netflix and the same for DTS from the Blu-rays?
I thought this would work, but I've seen constant threads about how only the "B" variant of the SOC would be able to decode surround sound. I thought having passthrough on the Stick would mean the receiver would handle it, but you fellas surely know more.