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The oen thing no device currently has that the shield does that I'd need to see to replace mine is support for HD audio codecs. I play blu-ray rips on my shield
by entropicdrifter 2y ago
The oen thing no device currently has that the shield does that I'd need to see to replace mine is support for HD audio codecs. I play blu-ray rips on my shield through my Jellyfin server and it supports bitstreaming DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD without any decoding on the streaming device.
The Shield is literally the only streaming device on the market that I'm aware of that does this. Without it, I wouldn't get the Atmos/DTS:X information passed on to my receiver when watching blu-ray rips.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 2y agoI'm in a similar boat. For audio it says it supports "Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos", so I guess we can only assume that means DTS-X is missing. But supporting HDR10+ a nice win over the shield, and it also does support the necessities like HLG, H.265, H.264, VP9, and AV1.
- entropicdrifter 2y agoDolby Atmos support without Dolby TrueHD means TrueHD tracks with Atmos will play without it. If those are the codecs it supports that means it'll only stream Atmos when it's Atmos encoded over Dolby Digital Plus, which to be fair is what e.g. Prime, Netflix, and Disney will stream to you anyhow, but it doesn't help with watching my rips.