Any video player that decoded DTS 5.1 to PCM 5.1 output?

by naveenjn

I have a Sony HT RT3 soundbar hooked to my TCL 4K Android TV via HDMI ARC. The TV supports native decoding of DTS and Dolby+ while soundbar supports only Dolby+. I use Nova Video Player with HDMI passthrough enabled, which works great for Dolby files. But for DTS I have to rely on the native Media Player app that is preloaded on TV. It works fine as it outputs DTS 5.1 audio properly but the app offers zero customisation. I can't change the size, color or position of subtitles which I can do with other players.

Besides Nova, I tried MX Player and VLC. While MX didn't decode DTS, VLC was able to do it but downmixed it from 5.1 to stereo. So far only the native media player is able to decode DTS 5.1 to PCM 5.1?

Is there any other player (or some setting in the above players that I missed) that will decode DTS 5.1 via software and then send it as proper 5.1 to my soundbar over HDMI?

roenthomas

Kodi?

BiggussDikkuss

HDMI ARC does not have the data bandwidth to transmit better than 2.0 PCM or lossy 5.1 AC3 or DTS.

I believe Kodi can remix 5.1 DTS into 5.1 AC3

Izacus

Pretty much every player can do that, but you have a problem with connections - HDMI ARC (and optical cables) will not carry 5.1 PCM audio due to lack of bandwidth. They can only carry AC3/DD and DTS in 5.1 configuration.

Use Kodi and configure it to transcode DTS to AC3 (IIRC you need to set number of supported channels to 2.0, Passthrough on, AC3 on, AC3 Transcoding on and DTS capable receiver off).