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Question

my question is about usb playback in 5.1 htib's and sounbars

by Aug 20, 2015 9:23PM PDT

If i play bluray rip files which contains 5.1 channel audio via usb playback, will i be able to get 5.1 cannel audio output from 5.1 htib or 5.1 soundbars

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That's maybe.
by Forum moderator Aug 20, 2015 11:36PM PDT

First, soundbars usually have 2 or at best 3 speakers so that's an easy no, it's not 5.1.
Since you didn't share the exact models, no one can see if they play such, HOWEVER....

The biggest hurdle seems to bt encoding. You can find forums full of folk very upset their rips and downloads don't play on many HDTV, BD players and such. It's all about encoding. I'm finding folk do not want to learn this area.

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my question is
by Iitbhuved Aug 21, 2015 11:49AM PDT

Lets say if i buy a sony home theater bdv-E4100 then if i play a blurayrip file which contains 5.1 channel audio via its usb then will i be getting 5.1 channel audio. My question is if any 5.1 channel bluray home theater which is able to produce 5.1 audio output while playing a bluray disc in its bluray player, will it also produce same audio output if i play that blurayrip file via its usb playback.

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Sony did not document this.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 21, 2015 12:18PM PDT
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4446734151.pdf does not document 5.1 support from USB playback. Page 62 and 63 only call out 5.1 on BD and less encodings on the TV source. Strangely absent is a column for USB which is code for unsupported.

You'll have to see if your encodings will work. Or call Sony for clarification.
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Surprisingly no brand documents this i think
by Iitbhuved Aug 21, 2015 5:46PM PDT

Thank you for your reply sir, I am surprised that no brand mentions or documents about 5.1 out via usb playback. Its strange but if you find anything that fulfil my requirment then please let me know. Thanks a lot!

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Some do.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 21, 2015 8:57PM PDT

I did see some Sams that did that.

However, I use a WDTV Live that does some 100 times better that I would never go back to playing on the HTIB or Smart TV.

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Great
by Iitbhuved Aug 22, 2015 1:16AM PDT

i want to know which speaker set you are using with wdtv live. Or suggest me which 5.1 speakers to use with it. Now i am thinking to buy one. Thanks sir

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It was some receiver, not speaker set.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 22, 2015 11:20AM PDT
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Reciever also required?
by Iitbhuved Aug 24, 2015 1:29AM PDT

Does that means a reciever is also required to get desired output? What if i play the brrip content on usb port of reciever. WDTV live wont be required then.

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Sorry
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 24, 2015 10:24AM PDT

But it appears you are searching for something I can't quite put a finger on. I can share what works for me, what may work but there are folk that want, well at this point I'm not quite sure.

The WDTV Live I bought was from memory 70 bucks (I got one from WD refurb) and the receiver was something a roommate abandoned so I lucked into that. It's not the best and since then I changed it all again.

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Please suggest any system that serves my purpose
by Iitbhuved Aug 24, 2015 11:46PM PDT

I just want to play my movies directly from my hdd via usb. I want a system that can decode 6 channel Audio from any brrip file. It can be any htib or sounbar or a media player or av reciever. Personally i want to buy a philips soundbar htl 9100. So for that what do i do to watch my movies i m confused because i m not gettin any answer to that. Please suggest any system that can solve my purpose.

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