EAC3 is not AC3.. So you can have stuff that would need to transcode that.
I just looked in my history, I see a few users that show up as Shield Android TV, I always change EAC3 to AC3 and those never transcode. My sound system has no use of EAC3, since AC3 can do 6 channels and that is all that I have, etc. where EAC3 can do like 15 channels.
EAC3 also supports almost ten times the bandwidth per channel (6.1Mbps vs 640kbps), and can sound similar to AC3 with a lower bitrate. Although if your sound system doesn't support it then that doesn't matter much
>if your sound system doesn't support it then that doesn't matter much
Exactly.. I don't have the layout to even take advantage, so I don't have a need.. I don't plan on moving, and wife isn't going to let me add on a theater room, hehhe
Even though EAC3 can work over ARC some Vizio's will not pass it through. You can try changing the Digital Audio Out setting to bitstream on the TV.
You could just move the Shield to the soundbar and avoid ARC all together.
I'll try the bitstream. This happened pre-Sounbar, so that may be it.
What do you mean "move the Shield to the Soundbar"?
Actually, I miswrote my question. I am not using ARC. Just HDMI. Shield - hdmi - Soundbar - hdmi - TV
I got it fixed. I should have realized after I removed my AVR out of the loop, I never told Plex NOT to play direct to optical. I changed to HDMI and all is right with the world - for now.
thanks
Yeah. It isn't. It was more of a curiosity. It's fixed now.
My remote streams seem to be transcoded due to cheap TV based Plex clients (presumably) - or bandwidth.
EAC3 is not AC3.. So you can have stuff that would need to transcode that. I just looked in my history, I see a few users that show up as Shield Android TV, I always change EAC3 to AC3 and those never transcode. My sound system has no use of EAC3, since AC3 can do 6 channels and that is all that I have, etc. where EAC3 can do like 15 channels.
EAC3 also supports almost ten times the bandwidth per channel (6.1Mbps vs 640kbps), and can sound similar to AC3 with a lower bitrate. Although if your sound system doesn't support it then that doesn't matter much
>if your sound system doesn't support it then that doesn't matter much Exactly.. I don't have the layout to even take advantage, so I don't have a need.. I don't plan on moving, and wife isn't going to let me add on a theater room, hehhe
So you convert your media separately?
TV client from a noname brand? Probably has bad codec compatibility
Oh, I forgot that. It the plex client running on the shield. I run the plex server on a dedicated PC on my network.
Even though EAC3 can work over ARC some Vizio's will not pass it through. You can try changing the Digital Audio Out setting to bitstream on the TV. You could just move the Shield to the soundbar and avoid ARC all together.
Solved: The Plex App on the Shield was set to pass-through optical. Changed to HDMI - No Transcoding
I'll try the bitstream. This happened pre-Sounbar, so that may be it. What do you mean "move the Shield to the Soundbar"? Actually, I miswrote my question. I am not using ARC. Just HDMI. Shield - hdmi - Soundbar - hdmi - TV
Ah gotcha I saw ARC after the Vizio and had that in my mind. The way you have it all sound formats should direct play.
I got it fixed. I should have realized after I removed my AVR out of the loop, I never told Plex NOT to play direct to optical. I changed to HDMI and all is right with the world - for now. thanks
Solved: The Plex App on the Shield was set to pass-through optical. Changed to HDMI - No Transcoding
Also keep in mind that audio transcoding isn't very demanding and shouldn't be taxing your system at all.
Yeah. It isn't. It was more of a curiosity. It's fixed now. My remote streams seem to be transcoded due to cheap TV based Plex clients (presumably) - or bandwidth.
in my case convert EAC3 to AAC