Netlifx No 5.1 Audio with toslink MI BOX S

by designr

Hello, I've been using mi box s for 2-3 months and I'm very happy with it. Yesterday I connected my avr with toslink and changed audio setting to AUTO. Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 all fine working with KODI passtrough BUT there is no audio when I try with Netlifx. Netflix shows 5.1 logo after Movie name but can't passtrough.

I've found this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/9vqm5a/mi_box_3_int_mdz16ab_fix_for_broken_dtsac3_spdif/ but I'm at office right now so I haven't tested yet. In the thread someone said DD+ can't passtrough toslink but I saw some says it can. I can't use hdmi with my avr because It's old and doesn't support 4K. Is there a chance to use with netflix ?

Connection scheme https://i.ibb.co/bNsPbbk/netflix.png

Bodycount9

Dolby Digital Plus otherwise known as EAC3 cant transmit over toslink. The toslink cable cant handle the bandwidth. It only works over HDMI.

On Netflix, pretty much most of their movies in 5.1 are in EAC3 format.

The Mi Box is Dolby certified which means it should auto convert EAC3 to AC3 but right now it doesnt do it. I believe the shield has the same bug so it might be an android TV bug and not a Mi Box bug.

So if you have to use the toslink, you have to change your audio settings to force 2 channel stereo. You will lose 5.1 digital audio but you will be able to hear Netflix shows. If you demand 5.1 audio, buy a receiver that can read EAC3 audio thru the HDMI port.

TheRealSilverBlade

This should be a sticky:

DD+ does not work over toslink, only HDMI.

hunter_finn

I have same issue as my onkyo tx-nr616 only supports up to 1080p, so i went with hdmi audio splitter that supports 4k hdr content.

Now my shield goes through the viewHD extractor input and that box then outputs 4k hdr to the tv from the hdmi 1 port And 720p black image with full dolby trueHD and dts hd master audio support from the hdmi2 output.

However it is not perfect as i have to turn off hdmi audil return channel (arc) from my amp, or occasionally the viewHD box goes into this weird 200% slow audio mode. Most often it seems to be triggered by going to dd+ and going back to stereo audio mode.

However this does not happen if you disable arc on your amp when you are using the viewHD box.

You can still enable arc when you are watching tv, but soon as you are using the viewHD it is recommended that you disable arc.

This box isn't that expensive on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0755TB82Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Ti1LCbK2JZ3VQ

At least it's cheaper than getting a new amp just for one 4k device.

BiggussDikkuss

On devices with a properly implemented Dolby Audio Licence you can downmix Netflix 5.1 DD+ audio to 5.1 DD. Such devices are the Amazon Fire TV's and Apple TV's.

Most modern (4K) TV's can then passthrough that 5.1 DD audio and output over TOSlink to older audio receivers.

Xiaomi are falsely advertising Dolby Audio support - it's a complete and utter con job on their customers. You can neither downmix 5.1 DD+ to 5.1 DD or even passthrough 5.1 DD+ to an AVR without audio dropouts. It's a complete and utter mess.

Get a properly supported Dolby Audio - NON Android TV platform would be my suggestion. Dolby audio support is pathetic on Android TV media players.