CCw/GTV - 5.1 audio not playing on local files

by DevenStonow

Hi all,

I just got rear speakers for my soundbar and am having some issues getting 5.1 audio to play correctly (files stored on a harddrive connected via USB hub to my CC).

Given the FAT32 4GB limit, most of these videos have AAC audio, but the videos show up as having 6 channels (not sure if that's me misinterpreting the specs, but I assume that means it's 5.1? Kodi also shows them having 5.1)

I've enabled passthrough, manually selected formats in the CC settings, but I'm still only getting 2.1 (seemingly, even when it's just set to 2.0 in Kodi). When I set it to 5.1(or higher) I get no sound at all. I have my soundbar set to standard. I'm successfully getting 5.1 in that setting with both regular live TV (via antenna), HBOMax, and Netflix. It seems to only be Kodi and VLC that I'm having issues with.

Soundbar is Samsung HWA650 connected through ARC. TV is a TCL 55P605.

pawdog

Are they AAC 5.1 or AC3 5.1? Big difference.

Kodi_Fan_Omicron

If selecting SurroundSound formats "Manually" in GTV for Passthrough, don't select AAC, some TV's and/or Soundbars don't process the audio correctly when receiving raw AAC 5.1 via passthrough.