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XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - denz13 - 2013-02-17
I'm looking at getting a Android TV Box running XBMC to replace my Win 7 HTPC due to aging/failing hardware.
My aim is to playback MKV, AVI, MPEG files over the network from a NAS box to the Android TV box - how well does this work in your experiences?
What appears to be the biggest flaw in the Android/XBMC solution is that there's no native DTS/DTS-HD Passthrough capability to a AV Receiver within XBMC.
I've seen some threads that use external players (MX Player) to playback media content from XBMC which claim to support DTS/DTS-HD passthrough. Firstly, how true is this?
How does using an external player effect the experience of XBMC? Does it have a delay in initial playback whilst the external player app starts up?
If anybody has had any experience with this please let me know.
RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - Ned Scott - 2013-02-17
1-
2-good
3-they lied
4-no idea
5-it's about as fun as throwing up while someone kicks you in the nutts
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RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - denz13 - 2013-02-17
Sounds pretty bad, well if dts pass through isn't possible on Android then it's not a good alternative to windows for me.
RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - Ned Scott - 2013-02-17
Why does it sound bad? XBMC for Android will do DTS passthrough.
RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - denz13 - 2013-02-17
I've read there were licencing issues with Android and DTS? Hence no native support for DTS passthrough in XBMC?
RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - fma965 - 2013-02-18
yes but i think what ned means is it WILL but doesn't CURRENTLY
RE: XBMC & External Players to allow DTS-HD Passthrough - denz13 - 2013-02-19
I see, I'm guessing there's no timescale for its implementation though?