topic Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound in Stadia on TV

No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

d0xs — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:36:00 GMT

Hello,

i havea issue to get 5.1 sound on my Soundbar.

I have a LG OLED B7D, connected with ARC to a LG SK9Y Soundbar. (Every device work fine with Dolby Atmos, DD etc.)
The Chromecast is connected to the TV, i get only Stereo sound.

Can someone tell which configuration is wrong with my chromecast Ultra?

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

DerSaSa — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:55:13 GMT

Welcome to google they give a f u ck about your problems

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

JohnZoidberg — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:51:41 GMT

Stadia multi-channel audio is not encoded in Dolby Digital or Atmos. It uses another encoder optimized for low-latency. So, the audio coming out of the Chromecast has been decoded into uncompressed PCM, which doesn't fit in the ARC channel. In short, to get surround sound from a Chromecast Ultra, you will need to connect it directly to the Soundbar and feed the HDMI video from there to the TV.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

basvo83 — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:48:41 GMT

Since a couple of days 5.1 doesn’t work anymore with a lot of receivers including mine. Multiple threads on Reddit. The chromecast just serves PCM 2.0 and the status in Stadia says that the device is unsupported.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

Broncanius — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:19:09 GMT

Exact same problem for me. 5.1 was working fine yesterday with my Denon AVC-X3700H. Since today I only receive PCM 2.0 when using Stadia. Usually Stadia gives me PCM 5.1.

When I check my connection it says "5.1 Surround Sound: Unsupported Device". 4K and HDR is fine.

No problems with Netfilx, which passes through DD+ just fine. So I assume the problem is within the Stadia app.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

JohnZoidberg — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:47:29 GMT

@basvo83 and @Broncanius can you use the "Feedback" feature in the Stadia app to report this issue to the Google team? This isn't a great time of year for quick resolution, but more reports will help get it surfaced.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

Broncanius — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:11:27 GMT

done!

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

basvo83 — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:37:03 GMT

Ok also used the feedback option.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

ChrisFromGoogle — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:37:13 GMT

Hi @Broncanius @d0xs @basvo83 @JohnZoidberg @DerSaSa !

Update from the product team: We need a bit more information. I realize @JohnZoidberg has helpfully asked some of you to file feedback, but I must ask that you try once more. Please make sure to check the box which says "system logs," then include the following hashtag in the body of the report: #5.1issues

Here's a screenshot of what that would look like:

Doing so makes tracking reports on this particular issue much easier. We are looking into this and may be able to sneak a fix in before the end of the year. I can't promise that, but we're working hard to try.

Thanks!

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

Broncanius — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:19:30 GMT

OK, I will do so. But will this include only loggings from the Stadia app on my phone or from my chromecast as well? As I have the problem when using Stadia with my chromecast ultra.

Re: No 5.1 Sound / Kein 5.1 Sound

basvo83 — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:27:03 GMT

Hi @ChrisFromGoogle, thanks for responding to this issue. Wanted to follow your steps right now but I am happy to say that 5.1 works again. Just tested it with Cyberpunk. I guess the fix has just been pushed? Thank you.