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Re: Google TV. Sonos Arc. 5.1 Issues

Techygeek82 — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:15:04 GMT

Finally had a chance to try some things to me ivbt Sadly, no. I still only get Stereo PCM 2.0. And connecting the Chromecast directly to the Sonos just caused the Chromecast to lock up as I expected it would.

Re: Google TV. Sonos Arc. 5.1 Issues

Techygeek82 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:53:34 GMT

I haven't thought about connecting the Google TV to the soundbar directly. I'll have to give it a shot to see. Since it's the Sonos Arc, it does not have an optical in, like the previous Sonos Playbar did. Since 5.1 works in various formats for other media, it leads me to believe that the TV, Google TV and Sonos Arc are talking properly under automatic.

Re: Google TV. Sonos Arc. 5.1 Issues

Techygeek82 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:49:02 GMT

Sonos Arc does support Multichannel PCM 5.1, I have seen it before streaming Netflix before so I know the TV is also passing it through. Now if that's different than just PCM 5.1, then that could be part of the issue. It's all so darn confusing!

Google TV. Sonos Arc. 5.1 Issues

Techygeek82 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 03:21:47 GMT

Oh great. Another post with Dolby Digital 5.1 issues. I know, I have poured over the community and nothing out here seems to answer or help!

I have a Vizio OLED TV with eArc support connected to a Sonos Arc external soundbar with 5.1 support (2 satellite speakers and sub). The TV is configured for eARC output. Audio settings are, by default, set to Auto (options being PCM or Dolby. Yes, I have tried every. Single. Combination).

Google TV advanced audio settings are set to Auto (Though I have gone through and toggled each available format one by one manually to see if that helped. My options are Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus. AAC is unsupported).

In Stadia, I can get 4K, HDR and 5.1 all listed as OK (5.1 only seems to be OK if either of the DD or DD+ options are selected manually, not when Atmos is enabled). While that's great, the Sonos app only reports PCM Stereo 2.0 and I'm missing audio. For example, in Watch Dogs Legions, I can hear about everything EXCEPT spoken dialogue.

In Netflix, Disney+, and other media apps, I get the appropriate sound output. Sonos will reflect Dolby Atmos or even multi-channel PCM depending on the source content, so I KNOW it's configured and setup properly.

Any help or feedback would be amazing. Before you ask, after each setting change I did restart the Google TV and TV to make sure it was a clean connection.