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Q: AppleTV 4 surround sound issue

i just acquired an AppleTV 4 to replace my AppleTV 3. Since I used to connect the optical audio out to my Yamaha surround sound receiver, I am forced to use only hdmi. That would not be a problem for two reasons:

 

1. All AppleTV content plays with the receiver showing PCM and not DTS or some other form of surround sound.

2. All my movies i encoded are strictly playing in stereo only. The DTS stream is seemingly not being passed through hdmi.

 

Routing hdmi to tv then optical from tv to receiver does not change anything.

 

How can I fix this?  Surely I should be getting DTS with a Yamaha rx- v1900 receiver?

Posted on Nov 1, 2015 1:32 AM

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  • by michelfromgroningen,

    michelfromgroningen michelfromgroningen Apr 19, 2016 12:57 PM in response to pwnell
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    Apr 19, 2016 12:57 PM in response to pwnell

    Have the same problem but think is found the problem, this is the the situation at home.

     

    • Philips LCD tv (from 2009)
    • Onkyo NR-TX535 5.2 reciever
    • JBL Cinema 610 5.1 speakers
    • TV4
    • Infuse Pro

     

    I have my complete DVD collection on a NAS and i'm be able to watch it with InFuse Pro, everything works just great.

     

    Everything is connected through the Onkyo receiver with a HDMI cable, i ripped all my DVD's with the best sound option. Most DD5.1 but some DTS 5.1, is have problems with some music DVD's (for example Greatest Video Hits 1 & 2). The problem is that Infuse won't be able to play any audiotrack with 96KHz and 192KHz, it supports only at a max of 48KHz.

  • by ruggerman15,

    ruggerman15 ruggerman15 Aug 9, 2016 5:28 PM in response to pwnell
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    Aug 9, 2016 5:28 PM in response to pwnell

    I just bought my Apple TV 4th Gen. and was freaked when there was no optical out!  I have a newer Vizio surround sound system and it works great.  Anyway, cutting to the chase...if your surround sound system has Bluetooth capability, or you have Bluetooth headphones, you can connect your system using that (instruction link below).  Perfect!

     

    Use Bluetooth accessories with your Apple TV (4th generation) - Apple Support

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