So just installed my np, hdmi to tv then optical from tv to receiver. And the tv is not detecting 5.1 with google play movies and nexus player in general.
My tv passesthrough 5.1, and everything else works just fine (xbox, top box, blu ray) .
Am i missing something ? Setting or what not ?
Any help is appreciated
I can get SPMC (and XBMC Kodi) to pass the audio bitstream, only DD and DTS, I don't see any signs of DTS-HD or Dolby TrueHD, the options are just not there in XBMC like they are in the PC version, maybe Android is not ready to bitstream HD audio formats?
But ... is the Netflix app supposed to do DD+ on the NP? I tried playing a few movies from Netflix that I know can do DD+ and the only audio options I see are 2 channels.
So far it's fairly disappointing that it's so hard to get bitstreaming to work correctly over HDMI. Gotta love HDCP.
Can you check if movies from the play store are working with surround sound ?
I tried a couple of movies from the Play Store and my AVR shows "Multi Ch. In" so it looks like it does PCM rather than DD+ bitstreaming. Plex also seems to do the same "Multi Ch. In", but the Netflix app is only 2 channels. I tried the same Netflix movie via a Vizio TV Netflix app and it does DD+ and also via an HTPC, so I know the movie is available in DD+, but I can't get the Netflix app on the GNP to do it.
I'm not a fan of the GNP thus far, it doesn't seem ready. Mine is being sent back most likely. Amazon has a sale on the Fire TV box for $69. If Netflix and XBMC/SPMC work right, that's all I need out of these boxes, everything else is a bonus.
Whatever i tried i couldnt get surround whatsoever. System wide, nothing gave me surround audio. Dont know if this thing needs a special connection method as opposed to a pass through the tv.
Has anyone had luck with surround audio? For any app ?
I think I may know what's going on: the optical connection doesn't have enough bandwidth to pass 5.1 PCM channels, there's enough for 2 channels only. Now if the NP sent say compressed 5.1 DD *and* your TV actually passed through from HDMI to optical (many TVs don't), you could get 5.1 on the optical. But it seems that the NP outputs 5.1 PCM over HDMI.
If your AVR has HDMI you can try connecting the NP directly to the AVR.
Coincidentally, right after the nougat update on this phone, all of the video recording plays black with audio on my Shield TV and my Shield Tablet.
The recording plays fine on my phone itself and also on my windows PC.
Can anyone shed some light on this? All of the video recording before the Nougat update plays fine on Shield....
Hello everyone,
Please I have a problem with my Brand smart TV (with Android TV), is that i can't find the tv to cast Youtube or Netflix ... content even if the TV and the phone are connected to the same WIFI.
I can do the Mirror cast, but the icon of casting Youtube videos doesn't fade.
Thank you for the help.
Bought HDMI cable that can do 4k and my tv is also 4k that got the specs for the cube to play at 4k but the fault is that when trying to click 4k settings it gose no singal and heads back to 1080P tried updating and changing settings but still wont work any advice
Hi Guys,
I try to clone Netflix be cause the mibox has a login stored (from people i don't see anymore) which i want to use on the philips tv.
Swift backup doesn't see netflix. I thought i'll backup Netflix whith Swift and restore it on the Philips TV.
If i'm correct i can't root the mibox without loosing 4k netflix quality.
Since you guys are the professionals i'm curious about your thoughts.
Thanks in advance.
Well this seems wrong. Why would you want to do something like that anyway.
Well, we have one dumb TV with the mibox for watching cable TV on that TV. The mibox needs to be hooked on that dumb TV to watch television. We bever watch netflix on that one.
The other TV is smart and in the main livingroom. Everytime we want to watch something on netflix (very rarely) we need to fysically move the mibox (just for that one time).
That 4 screen UHD netflix subscription is too expensive for the occasionally viewing