Hey all,

Got a soundbar that supports HDMI ARC or optical audio. Optical audio requires I control with its remote but I’d rather only use the TV remote but all of my videos are encoded AAC which HDMI ARC doesn’t support. Is there a way to do a device specific custom profile to transcode audio to DTS for example?

  • notfromhere@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Under my TV’s audio digital output format selection it says “select pass through to hear unmodified dolby or dts audio using ARC. If dolby or dts passthrough is not possible, you’ll hear stereo.” It lets me choose custom but can’t get it to use the AAC surround unless I use optical.

    • mmmmmsoup@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That makes sense, the TV won’t convert it for you only pass through what it can. You would either need to convert the AAC to AC3 so it can pass through properly, or use a set-top-box that can force/convert it on the fly

      • notfromhere@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        So back to my origin question. Jellyfin supports transcoding so can it support device specific profiles where I can force it to transcode all audio to ac3 for specific decices?

        • Catsrules@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I know there are some device profiles under the DLNA settings.

          I don’t know if those just apply to DLNA or not. I haven’t played with it myself.