[denz13]

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.

[Ned Scott]

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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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[denz13]

Sounds pretty bad, well if dts pass through isn't possible on Android then it's not a good alternative to windows for me.

[Ned Scott]

Why does it sound bad? XBMC for Android will do DTS passthrough.

[denz13]

I've read there were licencing issues with Android and DTS? Hence no native support for DTS passthrough in XBMC?

[fma965]

yes but i think what ned means is it WILL but doesn't CURRENTLY

[denz13]

I see, I'm guessing there's no timescale for its implementation though?