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decyphersmc
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3 years ago
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Soundbar + 2 Wireless speakers but not getting 5.1 rear audio with Blu-ray player

I have a TCL Roku TV, Roku soundbar and 2 wireless speakers set up as rear surround. I noticed when using my Blu-ray player (LG UBK80) that if I select the Atmos track surround works fine, but if I s...
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    decyphersmc
    2 years ago

    Kind of answered my own question in the last reply. It's the lack of DTS audio support that is the issue here, nothing really technical. Since it's not supported, any DTS audio is changed to PCM 2.0. I have since replaced the soundbar and speakers with a different product, which is a bit of a shame as these speakers sounded great.

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decyphersmc
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2 years ago

Just following up on this. I noticed recently that I had a bluray that would have surround audio in the disc menu screen, and checking on the TV would say it was receiving Dolby Audio. I would then play the movie itself and the audio would just go to PCM and appear to be stereo (when the audio track says it should be DTS 5.1). 

Other threads suggest turning of volume leveling or dialogue enhancement, but I'm getting surround on the disc menu, on discs that have atmos, on old DVDs(!), on streaming apps with leveling and dialogue enhancement turned on, but not on blurays or 4K discs that have 5.1 DTS. 

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decyphersmc
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Kind of answered my own question in the last reply. It's the lack of DTS audio support that is the issue here, nothing really technical. Since it's not supported, any DTS audio is changed to PCM 2.0. I have since replaced the soundbar and speakers with a different product, which is a bit of a shame as these speakers sounded great.