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VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 08 Nov 2021 13:57
by Yariv_Menchel
Hi

I have a Sony TV XR65A90J with a 5.1 amplifier (Yamaha RXV4A)

When using the pre-installed video player, I get 5.1 sound, perfect, no problems.

But when using VLC with the same files obviously, I get only 2.0 sound, no matter what settings I use for VLC and for the TV (obviously passthrough etc)

Please help

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 06 May 2022 14:51
by obibann
Hi,

Same TV, same problem. This TV hosts Google TV. I've updated to latest firmware.

Option passthrough checked in VLC preferences.
Option to stretch audio is disabled in vlc preferences.

Problem : no passthrough . Sound is transcoded to Dolby Digital Plus 2.0, whatever the audio source is.
I can get passthrough using Kodi or the pre-installed multimedia application.

However VLC is better to handle video playing through network and I would really like that passthrough works.

I'd be happy to provide any logs or anything helpful if you tell me what.

Looking forward any help,

Thank you

Benjamin.

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 06 May 2022 17:50
by obibann
Hi,

I was able to get logs from the TV : http://ix.io/3X7E

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05-06 17:26:41.528 D/VLC (21276): [c0f7e7b0/6970] libvlc audio output: VLC is looking for: 'dts ' 48000 Hz 3F2R/LFE frame=512 samples/2012 bytes 05-06 17:26:41.528 D/VLC (21276): [bf0b9030/695e] libvlc input: Buffering 12% 05-06 17:26:41.531 E/IAudioFlinger(21276): createTrack returned error -38 05-06 17:26:41.531 E/AudioTrack(21276): createTrack_l(1): AudioFlinger could not create track, status: -38 output 0 05-06 17:26:41.531 E/AudioTrack-JNI(21276): Error -38 initializing AudioTrack 05-06 17:26:41.532 D/AudioTrack(21276): gather(): no metrics gathered, track status=-38 05-06 17:26:41.532 E/android.media.AudioTrack(21276): Error code -20 when initializing AudioTrack.

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 09 May 2022 07:43
by Aza
@tguilem do you have an idea?

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 09 May 2022 09:28
by tguillem
The issue was also reported here https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/25302

I will have a look this week at the office that have a Sony TV.

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 21 Sep 2022 10:48
by sadeeshkk
Hi Team, any updates on this? My SONY TV runs on latest Google TV updates and latest VLC player. I still face the same issue, no 5.1 output while other apps Netflix, amaon prime sends 5.1 output to my Yamaha AV receiver.

PLEASE HELP resolving this problem. I don't have any other player except VLC that works like charm with network / smp content.

Re: VLC on Sony XR65A90J, no 5.1 sound

Posted: 22 Sep 2022 06:46
by Aza
What is your VLC for Android version? You can find it in the about card at the bottom of the main screen.