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Please Help. how to Dolby TrueHD (pass-through).

Is there anyway to set Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (pass-through)?

Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)

Posted on Sep 28, 2023 12:44 AM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2023 2:01 AM

Dolby TrueHD is not supported on the Apple TV box with the default apps. There is no passthrough option.

Select third party media player apps for Apple TV (VLC, Plex, Infuse, etc.) can decode this to PCM Multichannel, which would be lossless (limited up to 48 kHz).

Find apps in the Apple TV App Store - Apple Support

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Please Help. how to Dolby TrueHD (pass-through).

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