Watch Dolby Vision/Atmos content in AndroidTv

by r4f4w

Hi everyone!

So, my final goal is to watch HDR and Dolby Vision/Atmos content through Stremio (or similar). After long periods of searching, I've concluded that I have two options:

  1. Buy a FireStick 4k (or similar) and install Stremio with some good player (MX Player or JustPlayer)
    or
  2. Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 (or similar), install AndroidTV, then install Stremio with some good player (MX Player or JustPlayer)

I know for sure that Dolby Vision works with the FireStick, but I'm not sure if it will work if I play content with some 3rd party player.

The only reason that I wanted a Raspberry Pi was versatility, because I would've the storage that I wanted and I could install any version of AndroidTV. It would give me more control of everything, but I don't know if Dolby Vision would work if I manually installed AndroidTV.

I'm open to any suggetions to improve this setup!

latinriky78

These are all the current AndroidTV/GoogleTV devices with Dolby Vision/Atmos support, along HDR, HDR10+ and HLG:

Dolby Vision & Atmos Certified

hceuterpe

If you want Dolby Vision support specifically you can forget about the Raspberry Pi (even 4). Fire TV 4k max would do what you want though. pi lacks hardware capabilities to handle it and it's definitely not licensed to handle it either.

kretsstdr

There is kodi builds that support hdr and dolby vision mkv's like kodi nerds and fandangos kodi look them up

ooftymcgoofty

I tried atv on my pi4, via lineage, and it was a little clunky. Plus I think it only uses software decoding? Not sure about that, though.