Jean-Luc Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Hi, is there a reason that I CAN play a truehd movie using Kodi with the buzztv 4900 but CANNOT with the P6 Powerstation? Just wondering... thank you Quote
Jean-Luc Posted April 3 Author Posted April 3 (edited) On 4/3/2025 at 9:46 PM, Jean-Luc said: This is the sound I get when I try to play a truehd movie Expand PXL_20250403_220423420.mp4Fetching info... Edited April 3 by Jean-Luc Quote
Emporium Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Don't know what you are trying to show in the video above. Does the movie play at all on the P6 ? Like do you have video, but the Audio is not recognized or passthru ? Or does the video give an error when you try to play it ? Have you tried playing it with any other video player, like VLC ? Just trying to understand why you assume it is a truehd issue, since that is just audio codec. Quote
Jean-Luc Posted April 3 Author Posted April 3 On 4/3/2025 at 10:23 PM, Emporium said: Don't know what you are trying to show in the video above. Does the movie play at all on the P6 ? Like do you have video, but the Audio is not recognized or passthru ? Or does the video give an error when you try to play it ? Have you tried playing it with any other video player, like VLC ? Just trying to understand why you assume it is a truehd issue, since that is just audio codec. Expand Doesn't the movie play in the video I uploaded? Quote
Jean-Luc Posted April 3 Author Posted April 3 Don't you hear how it plays? I hear how the audio sounds with the video I uploaded.. sorry I can't explain the sound, the movie plays but the audio is like a screeching sound... Quote
Jean-Luc Posted April 3 Author Posted April 3 On 4/3/2025 at 10:44 PM, Emporium said: Oh it plays, but if it plays, what's the issue ? Expand Don't you hear how it plays? I hear how the audio sounds with the video I uploaded.. sorry I can't explain the sound, the movie plays but the audio is like a screeching sound... Quote
Emporium Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Sorry, I don't hear a screeching sound.. I hear what sounds like a "marching" sound. Like we are supposed to know if that is a normal movie intro ? Maybe a roaring tiger soon will be considered abnormal also during an intro Like I mentioned earlier, have you TRIED playing the same movie with something like VLC, MX Player, HB Player, etc.. ? Could just be a codec issue with Kodi. Keep in mind that your 4900 runs on Android 9, and the P6 is Android 13. So Kodi surely uses different logic on which codecs take priority. I have not used Kodi in nearly a decade (shortly after it got renamed from xbmc), so it is anything BUT a reference. Try removing certain aspects from the equation by trying different players. Quote
Jean-Luc Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 On 4/3/2025 at 11:58 PM, Emporium said: Sorry, I don't hear a screeching sound.. I hear what sounds like a "marching" sound. Like we are supposed to know if that is a normal movie intro ? Maybe a roaring tiger soon will be considered abnormal also during an intro Like I mentioned earlier, have you TRIED playing the same movie with something like VLC, MX Player, HB Player, etc.. ? Could just be a codec issue with Kodi. Keep in mind that your 4900 runs on Android 9, and the P6 is Android 13. So Kodi surely uses different logic on which codecs take priority. I have not used Kodi in nearly a decade (shortly after it got renamed from xbmc), so it is anything BUT a reference. Try removing certain aspects from the equation by trying different players. Expand Thank you... Okay then "marching" sound... And no that isn't normal movie intro... it does the same marching sound when playing ANY TRUEHD movie... yes I am aware that the 4900 uses android 9 compared to android 13 for the P6 Powerstation... Kodi movies using a specific repository have to use the Kodi media player.. Thank you for your help... I'll just play NON TRUEHD movies that's all... because they sound so much clearer, louder and awesome with my Sonos system... Just thought there was an easy fix... Quote
Emporium Posted April 4 Posted April 4 If you can not test it WITHOUT kodi, then there is no way to confirm if the problem is KODI on android 13, kodi codec issues, the plugin on Android 13, or something on the P6. Buzz does not provide support for 3rd party apps, unless the issues is actually specific to the Buzz box or BuzzTV app itself. If you had download the Mp4 file locally, you can have ran more tests to be able to pinpoint what is causing the issue. 3 Quote
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