Tips: A higher bit rate normally guarantees a better quality. AAC: 8-529 kbit/s (stereo) AC3: 32-640 kbit/s. Using audio or video files as input Convert an AC3 track to a 384 kbps AC3 one, using Nero AC3 decoder (default) and Aften AC3 encoder: Convert an E-AC3 track. I'd rather not go back to my 150+ movies that use AAC and convert to AC3, but I'd rather do that than upmix a stereo signal. Tips: The higher the sample rate the greater the dynamic range, which means more detail will be captured and the quality of the audio will be better. AAC: 8-529 kbit/s (stereo) AC3: 32-640 kbit/s Tips: A higher bit rate normally guarantees a better quality. How do I get Plex (and Kodi if possible) to be able to pass all AAC 5.1 channels through to my receiver over ARC? Is it because it is not compressed enough and doesn't have the bandwidth needed? AAC: 8 to 192 kHz AC3: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz Tips: The higher the sample rate the greater the dynamic range, which means more detail will be captured and the quality of the audio will be better.
Why, then, do I not get pass through "multi-channel in" from a video that has 5.1 AAC? I get direct play, but am only getting stereo to my receiver, which means Android TV or my TV is downmixing it to stereo signal rather than passing it through, correct? At least this way I can get dolby digital pass through to work to my receiver and upmix from 5.1 to 7.1 from there. I have Mad Max Fury Road in 4K in an M4V container that is flawless in both video and audio playback. The AC3 file sounded noticeably worse than the mp3. I currently only have a 2 speaker setup to test these. ARC channel to Marantz SR5009ĪC3 works fine, besides the fact I get a slight, almost unnoticeable video "slow-down" every 2 seconds or so only on videos converted from itunes m4v to mp4. Starting from the original AC3 from the DVD (Sleepy Hollow) which was 448 kbps 5.1 (2 channel track on DVD), I tried re-encoding the AC3 as 5.1 at 256 kbps using soft encode, and also using lame abr 128 (which averaged out at about 115).
Setup : Plex media server with transcode capability (try to direct play as much as possible) Sony X850C Android TV with Play Store loaded Plex App.