passthrough to soundbar

    Hi,

    I recently change my tv and found that LG and Samsung doesn't support DTS since 2018 :(

    So I setup libreelec on RPI3B to try play DTS media files but with no success. I have previously used this setup to play dts media files with my old tv and same soundbar.

    RPI3B <-HDMI-> Yamaha YAS-207 <-HDMI ARC-> TV Samsung QN90A

    Yamaha YAS-207:

    On Libreelec audio settings these are the audio output devices:

    1- ALSA: Default Audio Device()

    2- ALSA: vc4-hdmi (), MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0

    3- ALSA: vc4-hdmi (vc4-hdmi), MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0

    4- ALSA: vc4-hdmi (vc4-hdmi), SAM Q90A on HDMI

    5- PULSE: Default, Bluetooth Audio (PULSEAUDIO)

    I can't change the output passthrough device:

    How should I configure libreelec to be able to play DTS audio files?

    Thank you

    Quote from Pretoriano

    Libreelec/Kodi configuration looks good and passthrough settings also confirms that DTS is available.

    Do you also have CEC enabled ?If so,try also with CEC disabled .

    I'm going to try with CEC disabled. Can you identify which hdmi is soundbar and tv? It looks like q90a is the tv.

    Yeah,that's how it shows on my RPi4 too,HDMI Phillips Tv,even if it's connected thru the soundbar .

    And usually ,if a passthrough audio format isn't available ,then it won't show up in passthrough settings .

    On TV I set sound to tv speakers, disable HDMI ARC and CEC.

    The output devices shows the same devices as before and the sound outputs from tv speakers instead of soundbar :s

    In your case your TV should be using HDMI ARC to passthrough.

    Yes,i'm using ARC because both RPi4 and TV output audio to the soundbar .

    I also have CEC enabled and it switch automatically to ARC when i switch to Live TV ,or to HDMI when i switch to LibreELEC.

    BTW,in CEC settings there's an option to set the connected device (TV or AVR).I don't know if it will make any difference ,but you can try .