Unable to Play DTS:X Passthru via AndroidTV

[allaboutsound]

I'm struggling a bit here. I have 8-mile on UHD 4k. The film plays great on my atmos soundbar via the PC but if I move it to my NAS running Jellyfin via a docker container the film is silent and the video playback seems slower, around 0.5x. My NAS resource is at 5% cpu and and 50% memory utilization, no other 4k content has given me troubles thus far. I'm watching on an AndroidTV

Android TV 0.16.1

Media Info on audio track:

ID                                      : 2
Format                                : DTS XLL X
Format/Info                         : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                 : DTS-HD MA + DTS:X
Codec ID                              : A_DTS
Duration                               : 1 h 50 min
Bit rate mode                        : Variable
Channel(s)                            : 8 channels
Channel layout                      : C L R LFE Lb Rb Lss Rss Objects
Sampling rate                        : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                            : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                              : 24 bits
Compression mode                : Lossless
Title                                     : DTS-HD MA Surround 7.1
Language                              : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Any ideas on what I can do to fix this issue? Is this a limitation with the AndroidTV codec support?

[TheDreadPirate]

Are you using ExoPlayer or libVLC or auto? Do you have DTS/Dolby passthrough enabled/disabled?

[allaboutsound]

Thanks for the reply!

I am using ExoPlayer, Max streaming bitrate 120 mbit/s, Audio Output: Direct, Bitstream Dolby Digital Audio checked, Bitstream DTS audio checked on the AndroidTV.

Here are some log outputs:

[2023-12-31 22:31:13.945 -06:00] [INF] [80] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: User policy for "REDACTED". EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True
[2023-12-31 22:31:13.945 -06:00] [INF] [80] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: StreamBuilder.BuildVideoItem( Profile="AndroidTV-ExoPlayer", Path="/data/media/movies/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203]/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203].mkv", AudioStreamIndex=null, SubtitleStreamIndex=null ) => ( PlayMethod=DirectPlay, TranscodeReason=0 ) "mediavideos/c558cb8d-62be-2397-5b7f-b1103799c467/stream.mkv?MediaSourceId=c558cb8d62be23975b7fb1103799c467&Static=true&VideoCodec=hevc&AudioCodec=dts&AudioStreamIndex=1&api_key=<token>&SubtitleMethod=Encode&Tag=80e931f689f7f72184f874629d77d0a0"
[2023-12-31 22:31:35.382 -06:00] [INF] [75] Emby.Server.Implementations.Session.SessionWebSocketListener: Sending ForceKeepAlive message to 1 inactive WebSockets.
[2023-12-31 22:32:11.881 -06:00] [INF] [80] Emby.Server.Implementations.Session.SessionManager: Playback stopped reported by app "Android TV" "0.16.1" playing "8 Mile". Stopped at "899264" ms
[2023-12-31 22:32:19.715 -06:00] [INF] [82] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: User policy for "REDACTED". EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True
[2023-12-31 22:32:19.716 -06:00] [INF] [82] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: StreamBuilder.BuildVideoItem( Profile="AndroidTV-libVLC", Path="/data/media/movies/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203]/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203].mkv", AudioStreamIndex=null, SubtitleStreamIndex=null ) => ( PlayMethod=DirectPlay, TranscodeReason=0 ) "mediavideos/c558cb8d-62be-2397-5b7f-b1103799c467/stream.mkv?MediaSourceId=c558cb8d62be23975b7fb1103799c467&Static=true&VideoCodec=hevc&AudioCodec=dts&AudioStreamIndex=1&api_key=<token>&Tag=80e931f689f7f72184f874629d77d0a0"
[2023-12-31 22:32:19.771 -06:00] [INF] [83] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: User policy for "REDACTED". EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True
[2023-12-31 22:32:19.771 -06:00] [INF] [83] Jellyfin.Api.Helpers.MediaInfoHelper: StreamBuilder.BuildVideoItem( Profile="AndroidTV-ExoPlayer", Path="/data/media/movies/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203]/8 Mile (2002) [tt0298203].mkv", AudioStreamIndex=null, SubtitleStreamIndex=null ) => ( PlayMethod=DirectPlay, TranscodeReason=0 ) "mediavideos/c558cb8d-62be-2397-5b7f-b1103799c467/stream.mkv?MediaSourceId=c558cb8d62be23975b7fb1103799c467&Static=true&VideoCodec=hevc&AudioCodec=dts&AudioStreamIndex=1&api_key=<token>&Tag=80e931f689f7f72184f874629d77d0a0"

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FFMPEG Transcode Log:

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[TheDreadPirate]

Ok. So Android TV is built into the TV. I'm assuming you are trying to passthrough to a receiver or soundbar that, I'm assuming, supports those formats. Is the receiver/soundbar connected to the e-ARC port on your TV? Or just a standard ARC port? Standard ARC doesn't support DTS-X/MA or Dolby TrueHD.

[allaboutsound]

Ya that is correct. I have a Sony Bravia XR55A80L TV that runs Android TV and Jellyfin.

On that TV it has an E-Arc output which I connect to my Sony HT-A7000 7.1.2 soundbar.

Everything has worked great so far but it seems like DTS:X and DTS-HD are giving me trouble. I only have 8-Mile and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood with 4K DTS-HD or X and both have some playback audio issues or visual stutter.

The rest of my 4k library are in TrueHD and that works great. Just watched Barbie this morning with no hiccups.

My TV is over wifi, could it be network speed? Should I run an ethernet connection to my router?

Additionally I am considering getting an Intel NUC for transcoding in the near future if that will improve playback.

[TheDreadPirate]

Make sure in the TV settings (not Jellyfin) that all the passthrough options are set correctly.

[dinosm]

ExoPlayer can't do DTS:X (or -HD), it just gives DTS. Try with libVLC.

My setup is similar, but my JF is on a Shield, which goes to a soundbar via HDMI, which then goes to the TV. With ExoPlayer, no DTS:X, with libVLC yes DTS:X (but then, libVLC can't do Dolby Vision...).

[allaboutsound]

Dinosm, nailed it on the head for me. LibVLC at least fixed the no audio and frame rate issues so we can still watch the film. Thank you! Sad we can’t have Dolby Vision on top of it.

I tried setting jellyfin to automatically choose a player but it didn’t switch from exoplayer to LibVLC, you’d think a check would be programmed for DTS:X -HD to automatically switch from Exoplayer.

Anyway, thanks again, found a workaround.

[allaboutsound]

Actually I take it back, so the audio will play, but it is 4-6 seconds delayed consistently :-(

[dinosm]

There is a setting somewhere in JF client to adjust audio delay I think.