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Yes, people keep saying this. I have run several models of Chromecast with Netflix direct to receiver units, through newer HDMI cable, into my very nice splitte
by XorNot 5y ago
Yes, people keep saying this. I have run several models of Chromecast with Netflix direct to receiver units, through newer HDMI cable, into my very nice splitter box which will give me 7.1 analog outputs...it doesn't work.
It is specifically the Chromecast, because my Sony Blu-Ray player can do it just fine without so much BS. Near as I can tell, the Chromecasts manage to completely evade outputting anything useful and this is a well-reported problem.
At this point, I have no idea what signal they imagine they send, but somehow it's never any of the rather diverse set I can receive.
- nitrogen 5y agoI had the same problem with a Roku. The Roku claims to support 5.1 passthrough, but in every conceivable hardware and settings page configuration it only outputs stereo for all the streaming services, even if the movie shows "5.1" on the purchase screen. This includes trying a fully HDCP and Dolby licensed AVR, or a splitter like you mentioned, etc.
- izacus 5y ago> At this point, I have no idea what signal they imagine they send, but somehow it's never any of the rather diverse set I can receive. I'm pretty sure they imagine to send the signal that's specified in the specs and I mentioned - Netflix/Prime use a Dolby Digital+ (EAC3) stream which gets output from the Chromecast and your box most likely doesn't support. Not sure what your BR player can do, but it most likely doesn't send that. Complaning that Chromecast doesn't support outputting a signal in a format compatible with your other hardware is fine, but that does not mean it doesn't support 5.1 output at all.