Hi guys,
Just purchased the new Nvidia Shield Console TV as a HTPC frontend.
I use plex (with plexpass) as well as I installed Kodi for test purposes.
No matter what source file I chose (AC3/DD/DTS) I cannot get native audio passthrough to my receiver (Emotiva UMC-200)
It is only receiving Multi PCM, which is AFAIK decoded by the nvidia shield software (plex or kodi) then passed to the receiver to deal with.
I can force surround via 'All Stereo' mode on the receiver, however it has nothing on real DTS/DD.
Just wondering am I missing somewhere to allow native audio passthough via HDMI???
P.S I selected Direct Stream in Plex as well as 5.1 in KODI.
also before I updated Plex Media Server, it was displaying in 'activity' that audio was being transcoded. However after update it is just displaying 'Direct Stream'.
Update (2/7/15):
-So Native video player allows DD/DTS passthrough fine
-Kodi doesn't seem to agree with my receiver in its current form. Digital static is heard when forcing passthough.
-Plex has not implemented DD/DTS passthough yet
-Netflix DD+ works fine, however watching 'Orange is the new black' would lose audio intermittently then start working again, I haven't watched enough other shows to see if it is limited to that show.
I'm not sure about Plex, but with Kodi you have to enable passthrough and enable AC3 and DTS. The settings are located in Settings > System > Audio output. This also might require Isengard on Android, but I can't remember.
http://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/System#Audio_output
Also, keep in mind that the number of channels you configure isn't always based off how many speakers you have.