2025-04-17, 09:44 AM
When I play a multichannel FLAC album on Jellyfin 0.18.8 on my NVIDIA Shield TV Pro through a Denon AVR-X2800H receiver, the input signal on the Denon shows FL and FR (i.e. stereo) as the only active channels. All of my speakers (SW, FL, C, FR, SL, SR) show as active. Movies and TV shows played on the Jellyfin Android TV client do not have this problem and display the correct input signal. Other apps on the Shield (e.g. Netflix, Disney+) also do not have this problem.
In the Jellyfin app settings, Playback -> Audio -> Audio output is set to Direct and Playback -> Advanced playback preferences -> Audio -> Bitstream Dolby Digital audio is enabled. Developer Options -> Prefer FFmpeg for audio playback is disabled. What's preventing Jellyfin from passing through the multichannel FLAC audio correctly and how can this be rectified?
In the Jellyfin app settings, Playback -> Audio -> Audio output is set to Direct and Playback -> Advanced playback preferences -> Audio -> Bitstream Dolby Digital audio is enabled. Developer Options -> Prefer FFmpeg for audio playback is disabled. What's preventing Jellyfin from passing through the multichannel FLAC audio correctly and how can this be rectified?