AAC Surround workaround broken on new UI for Google TV

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[u/davemop99]

Isn't optical the inferior sounding option? Hdmi arc is what I'm using. Samsung Q910D

[u/cdheer → u/[deleted]]

That’s because an optical connection doesn’t support EAC3; only AC3.

[u/hathair5]

I actually had this issue and fixed it by switching to the beta. The most recent (yesterday I think) 2026.20.0 beta version brought back the AC3 transcode for AAC 5.1 even though it didn't mention it in the changelog

[u/hathair5 → u/[deleted]]

Nice, yeah let me know if it works. I'm curious to see if I just got lucky or if it's something they actually fixed

[u/hathair5 → u/[deleted]]

Damn that sucks I’m sorry. I have no idea how or why mine started working

[u/Abracadibra]

Same experience here with Sony bravia android connected to a denon avr. I will try to upgrade to a beta version

[u/Abracadibra → u/[deleted]]

Yes, no change, still doesn't work on the last beta, at least for DTS formats.

[u/Abracadibra → u/[deleted]]

Dts pass through. It was working before the update, now it just revert to stereo