Hello,
does the Apple TV only support up to 6 channels for the Apple Lossless Audio Codec?
I have many mp4-containers with 6 channel (5.1) ALAC and they play fine.
If the container has an audio stream with 8 channels (7.1) I even cannot see the stream.
Best regards,
Felix
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My Apple TV 4K plays .mp4 files with H.264 video and ALAC 7.1 through iTunes Home Sharing just fine. (Note that files that are not tagged for Media Kind, show up under Home Videos (not Movies).)
My iTunes won’t add the audio-only ALAC 7.1 .m4a file from the same source to its library, though. No error, just nothing. That would make it an iTunes issue, not an Apple TV issue.
I did some further testing.
Strange things going on here with ATV 4 (not 4K):
Can someone do the testing on an ATV 4K please.
I tested on ATV 4 (4th gen.).
Maybe only ATV 4K supports it.
I really din't test it with iTunes.
My bad.
Will try it immediately when I'm at home.
When iTunes works and ATV don't, maybe I need to upgrade to ATV 4K.
When both don't work, something is wrong with my files.
Sorry for the late response.
I tested today and 8 channel worked with iTunes but not with Apple TV 4.
So I need to upgrade to Apple TV 4K.
Apple TV ALAC only 6 channels?
