Do all Android TV boxes support the 192Khz/24bit resolution audio by HDMI?

by latinriky78

I have a bunch of 192Khz/24bit FLAC music and I was wondering if my Android TV box was able to output that resolution or if it was limited to a lower one.

How to know?

By sideloading an Android mobile app called "Sample Rate Checker", I was able to find out what sample rate and bit depth my Android TV box supports, it also shows the audio codecs the AV receiver supports (Note: The fact that it shows DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD doesn't mean the device also supports them, it actually needs an additional implementation when the licence is achieved by the OEM):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.vixti.samplerate

The app shows on one of my devices (Formuler GTV) that it supports up to 192Khz sample rate but it appears limited to 16bit, though I'm not sure if it's a limitation of the box:

https://preview.redd.it/4th5lp41f1771.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a390b368ed5d769d07cc2499112b79458bd8e6ac

Floydy007

I've got my music 24bit 96k Flac .using a X88king and it's been ok on X96+ . Had to run it via optical as new Sony 4k routed through the ARC back to the AV as 48k..lol.. Something I still gotta check out why ..

lukatheskiwalker

Afaik, Android will resample all audio to 16bit 48kHz, unless get passthrough.

This is why:

Obviously you have to choose ONE, that every source will be up/down sampled to in order to be mixed into a single audio stream to be output, unless it already matches it. Android just happens to choose 48KHz for this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/73v3o6/this_is_how_you_change_the_sample_rate_to_441_khz/du2vvvc/

Edit: add an explanation.