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HD Video and Audio Support
I am interested in getting a Netgear ready nas for media storage and backup. I wouuld like to know if there are any limitations on HD audio passthrough to a Yamaha RXV1075 for audio decoding. My Sams...
millerb wrote:
I'd like to get away from using my Mac Pro as a Plex server.
Understood. But if you can't get DTS-MA and TRUE-HD running using the Mac Pro as the plex server, it won't work with the NAS either.
millerb wrote:
Right now i have a usb hard dive connected to the WDTV and feed the HDMI from my WDTV to my Yamaha, which decodes the audio, and sends video directly to the tv. The WDTV Live passes all audio to the receiver, including HD audio.
So one test that is relevant here - set up the plex server, and use the WDTV as a DLNA client instead of accessing file shares. See if you still get the audio passthrough. My guess is that you will.
Then do the same test with the BluRay player as the DLNA client. My guess is that will fail.
Generally all servers do passthrough well - the challenge there is to get them to transcode when needed. I think your issue is that your BluRay player's DLNA client mode doesn't advertise support for DTS-MA or TRUE-HD.
But it could be something else. You do need to use HDMI between the player to the Yamaha - toslink can't carry DTS-MA or TRUE-HD. Also HDMI return can get in the way, so if you are using that, you should try a test w/o it.
That is likely an "anti piracy" limitation. My Panasonic BR player has similar limitations. I know some of that is imposed by Netflix on any device that has direct Netflix access. There may be other drivers as well.
Your best solution is to replace the WDTV with a newer box that can do the same. I use a Medi8er MED600X3D though it, like your WDTV, is getting a little long in the tooth. An Android box that runs Kodi (aka XBMC) or a mini PC would be likely candidates. Their interfaces are a little clunky with just a universal remote, though.
I looked at some media boxes including Mede8er, but there is no H.265 video support. Started running into this lately, and expect to more and more. The WDTV doesn't support it, and i suspect most other media boxes won't as it's a chip limitation and not firmware upgradable. The new Nvidia Shield seems to tick all the boxes for me at this point.
Sandshark wrote:
That is likely an "anti piracy" limitation.
Both these codecs normally only appear on BluRay disks, so that is possible. It might also be a sloppy (or outdated) DLNA implementation.
millerb wrote:
I looked at some media boxes including Mede8er, but there is no H.265 video support. ... The new Nvidia Shield seems to tick all the boxes for me at this point.
H.265 patent royalties are sharply higher than H.264, and that has slowed its adoption. I think any 4K player will support it though, so maybe look specifically for those.
Nvidia Shield does seem like a reasonable choice though, as it also supports the passthrough modes you want.
Unfortunately, anti-piracy protections are often more painful to the people with genuine medias than to people with pirated versions! Because of restriction issues, but not just. Like, I hate how I'm forced to watch that anti-piracy ad before watching the BluRay I purchased...
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