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DarkQuark
Binge Watcher
9 months ago
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New Roku Ultra - Lossless sound capable?

Does the new Roku Ultra (2024) passthrough lossless sound like TrueHD?  As far as I know the Nvidia Shield was the only one that did this and I have been waiting for Roku to follow.  As of now, even on passthrough, lossless sound codecs have to be transcoded.   Thanks.

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  • RokuReynan-L's avatar
    RokuReynan-L
    9 months ago

    Hi, DarkQuark.

    Welcome and thank you for posting here in the Roku Community!

    We understand that you have a question about the audio quality of our new Roku Ultra 2024. No worries, we're here to help.

    Please be advised that the new streaming device does not support TrueHD/Lossless audio through passthrough. The highest is PCM/MAT which is via passthrough.

    Furthermore, you may visit this support article on getting to know your Roku Ultra

    If you need further clarification and assistance, please don't hesitate to let us know.

    Regards,
    Reynan

  • Timbiotic's avatar
    Timbiotic
    9 months ago

    Amazon fire stick max 4k supports it 😊 just replaced my shields with it. Wish roku would catch up in hardware world , even wifi 6 is antiquated with 6ghz on 6e and 7. Roku is losing audiophiles

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  • andyross's avatar
    andyross
    Roku Guru
    9 months ago

    It probably depends on the chipset used. It sounds like this is really only a minor update. Slightly faster with Wifi 6. Even the Ethernet is still only 100Mbit.

    • DarkQuark's avatar
      DarkQuark
      Binge Watcher
      9 months ago

      Yeah I noticed the 10/100 and I thought, meh.  Minor update, probably 85% the exact same hardware.  Even Wifi6 itself is fairly minor.  6E would be the big jump.

      But still, they have been dinking with the sound. We will see I guess.

      • RokuReynan-L's avatar
        RokuReynan-L
        Retired Moderator
        9 months ago

        Hi, DarkQuark.

        Welcome and thank you for posting here in the Roku Community!

        We understand that you have a question about the audio quality of our new Roku Ultra 2024. No worries, we're here to help.

        Please be advised that the new streaming device does not support TrueHD/Lossless audio through passthrough. The highest is PCM/MAT which is via passthrough.

        Furthermore, you may visit this support article on getting to know your Roku Ultra

        If you need further clarification and assistance, please don't hesitate to let us know.

        Regards,
        Reynan