Sound quality would naturally be affected by the quality of the DACs). My ears are not well trained enough to hear the difference between TrueHD and DD+, and I dont have top tier equipment. It is a major step forward without consuming too much hard drive space.
Multi-channel rca analogue could be an option, if available on the particular hd dvd player model (with the player decoding the Dolby Digital plus soundtrack before converting it to analogue. Dolby Digital Plus is also lossy audio, but is much more modern and double the quality of AC3 at the same bitrate. Again, dolby digital plus can't be sent over optical digital - depending on the player you might either get standard Dolby Digital AC-3 or possibly even DTS. Hd dvd is a little bit different, in that it's treated as a soundtrack in itself as opposed to the core plus exension approach used by blu ray. Depending on the the player, you may be able to use the amp's multi-channel analogue outputs - the player does the decoding and then converts it to analogue. The Dolby MS10 Multistream decoder is a multi-format audio decoding technology that supports Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Pulse in a single package for.
If you're talking about blu ray then Dolby Digital plus is encoded as an extension to the standard Dolby Digital 'core' soundtrack - if you're using an optical digital connection, then the core version is what you'll be getting (which is still a bit better than DVD as it has a higher bit rate). Is it possible to configure Kodi so that it would automatically transcode E-AC3 audio to AC3 or DTS whenever I would play back a video with E-AC3? Then my Audio receiver would be able to play back 5.1 surround properly (instead of stereo).Dolby Digital plus uses a higher bit rate and more efficient compression - technically, it also allows for 7.1 discrete channels (even if the majority of movies are probably still mixed for 5.1). If I enable the the “Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) capable receiver” in Kodi System Audi Settings and play back a video file with E-AC3 audio, then the audio is just annoying noise - again, as expected. The Dolby MS10 Multistream Decoder supports simultaneous decoding of main and associated audio for. Compared to Dolby Digital, DTS compresses audios at greater. It compresses DVDs, however, at a slightly lower bit rate of 448 Kb/s. 50mA) Digital audio (coaxial) AV (3.5 mm) DC IN (12 V 1 A) General data. To compress 5.1 digital audio for Blu-ray discs, Dolby Digital uses a bit rate of 640 Kb/s. 720p, 576i Audio decoding:Dolby Digital Plus Ports Antenna input HDMI USB.
This provides a two-channel downmix for decoded outputs while converting Dolby Digital Plus streams to Dolby Digital in order to provide maximum compatibility on the S/PDIF output. Another important factor in separating the two is compression rates. This makes sense as my Audio receiver does not support E-AC3 and as I have disabled the “Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) capable receiver” in Kodi System Audi Settings. Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus inputs are handled by the integrated Dolby Digital Plus decoder/converter. However, when I attempt to play back a video file with Dolby Digital Plus (aka DD+ or E-AC3) then I only get stereo.
When I play back video files with 5.1 surround audio encoded in Dolby Digital (AC3) or DTS, then passthrough works great and my Audio receiver lights up the respective logo (AC3/DTS) and decodes/plays back respective 5.1 surround perfectly. In addition, under passthrough settings I have enabled the “Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver” and “DTS capable receiver” (as this is what my Audio receiver is capable of). In Kodi System Audio Settings the Audio output device is “PI: HDMI” and “Allow passthrough” is enabled.