2024-07-11, 10:58 AM
Thanks for your reply TheDreadPirate. I looked into both threads, and tried changing playback options in FireOS, but my AV processor showed PCM 5.1 channel for album A irrespective of the setting and DD+ for album B. So that did not work.
I double-checked the audio preferences in Jellyfin, but those were all correct - direct audio output and passthrough for both Dolby and DTS audio.
After taking queue from you that something could be wrong with FireOS, I searched on the internet for other threads mentioning "multichannel FLAC FireTV". Some people had mentioned that using Jellyfin as a source for Kodi can be used for getting multichannel FLAC to work. So I decided to try it out. Installed Kodi. Installed the Jellycon add-on. Changed Kodi settings > system settings > audio to 7.1 channels. Lo and behold, album B plays in Dolby Audio (DD+) 5CH+LFE 48 kHz according to my AV processor (even though it is 4.1 which Kodi labels correctly) and I'm getting proper multichannel sound. According to the Jellyfin dashboard, the source file is entirely compatible with this client and the file is being received without modifications.
Then I tried to play album B through my network share, that also worked perfectly.
So it seems that something is wrong with Jellyfin.
I double-checked the audio preferences in Jellyfin, but those were all correct - direct audio output and passthrough for both Dolby and DTS audio.
After taking queue from you that something could be wrong with FireOS, I searched on the internet for other threads mentioning "multichannel FLAC FireTV". Some people had mentioned that using Jellyfin as a source for Kodi can be used for getting multichannel FLAC to work. So I decided to try it out. Installed Kodi. Installed the Jellycon add-on. Changed Kodi settings > system settings > audio to 7.1 channels. Lo and behold, album B plays in Dolby Audio (DD+) 5CH+LFE 48 kHz according to my AV processor (even though it is 4.1 which Kodi labels correctly) and I'm getting proper multichannel sound. According to the Jellyfin dashboard, the source file is entirely compatible with this client and the file is being received without modifications.
Then I tried to play album B through my network share, that also worked perfectly.
So it seems that something is wrong with Jellyfin.