AndroidTV refuses to play stereo sound after playing 5.1 video file with VLC

by netcrack

Hi guys,

I got a weird problem with my AndroidTV Stick (Epson STI 6110). It generally works great but when I play a 5.1 video file using the VLC media player, AndroidTV loses the ability to play 2.0 sound. That goes for any app as well as the menu and also VLC itself. 5.1 files still play normally however.

So far I was only able to resolve that problem by rebooting the device. Both AndroidTV as well as the VLC app are fully updated.

Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this since it is kinda annoying? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you :)

ianrobbie

I have the same issue in that, when I play something through Kodi and go back to normal TV without exiting the app properly, Kodi will still keep control of the audio channels and I don't get any sound.

If I exit the app properly or force stop it, I get the sound back.

latinriky78

So far I was only able to resolve that problem by rebooting the device.

I also noticed this, I guess it's something we need to report to VLC devs since it's a problem only present with the app.