Currently, I am utilizing the Zidoo Z9X as my primary player for my Blu-ray disc collections, which I streamed from my NAS device. While the Zidoo Z9X performs admirably for my Blu-ray playback, it lacks the capability on streaming contents such as Netflix. I am using Trakt.tv and Plex as my primary monitoring applications for tracking my watched content. My streaming device of choice is the Apple TV 4K using InFuse application to play Atmos-encoded files. Conversely, DTS and TrueHD audio formats are still handled by the Zidoo Z9X. I prefer Apple TV’s UI compared to the NVIDIA Shield Pro and retained it as my primary streaming device. However, I recently encountered an issue while testing a Dolby Atmos Object Demo by Listen to 360.mp4 on my Apple TV via the InFuse application. On my 7.2.4 sound system, the Marantz receiver correctly indicates that the file is in Atmos format. Nevertheless, the back and ceiling speakers fail to function. The testing file is working perfectly on Zidoo. Initially, I believed that the InFuse application had already handled Atmos formats for Apple TV. However, my testing revealed that this assumption was incorrect. Could you please provide your insights into the potential reasons behind my experience?
Unfortunately, the Apple TV does not allow for unrestricted passthrough audio at this time, but does allow for passing of Dolby Atmos (when used inside E-AC3 audio tracks).
More details on the audio options currently available can be found in this guide.
We remain hopeful Apple will eventually provide more flexibility with regard to audio output in the future, and additional info can be found in this thread.
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