I have been using my new 5.1.2 sound system with my pioneer AV receiver almost for 6 months. I downloaded some sample files with Dolby Atmos enabled sound. I tested them on my Linux box and they sounded great. However, recently I noticed that my Linux box actually doesn't support Dolby Atmos. So I realized that what I was listening wasn't really Dolby Atmos. After spending hours of research and trial and errors I was finally able to enable passthrough in Kodi to get my AV receiver handle Dolby stuff.
So I tried to watch a DTS movie using passthrough mechanism. It was successful. Because I could see a red DTS icon in my AV receiver panel. Also, when I pressed "Surr" button on the remote, it started navigating between different DTS scenes such as drama, action, etc.
Next I tried to play a few sample videos with Dolby Atmos 5.1. These files were shown in Kodi as "Doby". I could see a red dolby sign showing up on my AV receiver. After pressing "surr" button on the remote, I could switch between different mode, while label on the screen said "Dolby Atmos/DD+". So I was very pleased.
However, I tried to watch 7.1 Dolby Digital TrueHD, marked as Dolby HD in Kodi), I can see the red Dolby sign in my AV receiver, but when I press on the "Surr" button in remote control, it only displays the label as "Surround Dolby DD", when selecting different modes. I see no sign of Atmos with these 7.1 Digial TrueHD files.
Pioneer VSX-934 claims that it supports Dolby Digital TrueHD on the website:
Specification | VSX-934 | AV Receivers | Products | Pioneer Home Audio Visual
Also, my HDMI cable claims the same, even though it's HDMI 2.0: Amazon product
I'm now very confused what's happening now. I can clearly see that the AV receiver is receiving the signal using passthrough settings in Kodi, however, not too sure why it's not displaying Atmos info. I checked the firmware version and it is the latest version too.
Any idea what's going on with my setup?
So I tried to watch a DTS movie using passthrough mechanism. It was successful. Because I could see a red DTS icon in my AV receiver panel. Also, when I pressed "Surr" button on the remote, it started navigating between different DTS scenes such as drama, action, etc.
Next I tried to play a few sample videos with Dolby Atmos 5.1. These files were shown in Kodi as "Doby". I could see a red dolby sign showing up on my AV receiver. After pressing "surr" button on the remote, I could switch between different mode, while label on the screen said "Dolby Atmos/DD+". So I was very pleased.
However, I tried to watch 7.1 Dolby Digital TrueHD, marked as Dolby HD in Kodi), I can see the red Dolby sign in my AV receiver, but when I press on the "Surr" button in remote control, it only displays the label as "Surround Dolby DD", when selecting different modes. I see no sign of Atmos with these 7.1 Digial TrueHD files.
Pioneer VSX-934 claims that it supports Dolby Digital TrueHD on the website:
Specification | VSX-934 | AV Receivers | Products | Pioneer Home Audio Visual
Also, my HDMI cable claims the same, even though it's HDMI 2.0: Amazon product
I'm now very confused what's happening now. I can clearly see that the AV receiver is receiving the signal using passthrough settings in Kodi, however, not too sure why it's not displaying Atmos info. I checked the firmware version and it is the latest version too.
Any idea what's going on with my setup?