Years have passed since they dropped support. Samsung doesn’t seem to care about DTS anymore, even though it is one of the most used surround sound codecs ever used.
So having an NVIDIA SHIELD PRO can solve the problem if it is within your budget. Playback from an Nvidia SHIELD PRO is not only able to stream DTS sound channels, but it also supports the newer DTS codec called DTS-X. Playback using the Plex app on NVIDIA SHIELD TV PRO Not really a huge problem, but that means going from lossless to lossy sound again. This resulted in Plex transcoding the audio to AAC because it detects that the TV doesn’t support DTS. Since the Q65T supports the Plex app, I tried to stream a video with DTS over the network to see how Plex would handle the audio stream. Although I have to admit that probably most people can’t tell the difference with if you use AC3 in 320kbps. Note that the Dolby formats AC-3, E-AC-3 and AC-4 all works fine too, but they are lossy formats. The only drawback is that PCM format takes a lot of space on the hard drive. This file played fine on the TV from an external drive ???! Information screen on Samsung Q65T showing an MKV file with a 24 Bit PCM audio track. ffmpeg -i "input.mkv" -c copy -c:a s24be -acodec pcm_s24b "output.mkv" If you don’t know what PCM is, it is basically the codec used in WAV files, if you are familiar with that.
#DTS SOUND NOT WORKING MOVIE#
Using the super handy conversion tool FFMpeg I converted a movie in DTS-HD Master Audio (DTS-HD MA) to PCM 24 Bit. But does anyone seriously still use WMA though…? ? I have also read elsewhere that 5.1 FLAC does not work well in an MKV container.
#DTS SOUND NOT WORKING MANUAL#
Not surprised, since the user manual says FLAC is only supported up to 2 channels.
Since I don’t want to deteriorate the audio quality by choosing a lossy format, WMA and LPCM seem like the only viable options.Īlthough it is not officially supported, I tried converting a 5.1 surround audio track to FLAC (24 bit/48.0 kHz/6 channels).
Samsung Q65T TV showing error message when trying to play an MKV file with DTS audio. Playback works fine however on my four-year-old LG TV. When I try to play MKV videos with DTS audio tracks from my external drive, I get an error message saying “ audio not supported“. So this has been going on for some years apparently.
#DTS SOUND NOT WORKING MANUALS#
The weird thing is that user manuals from 20 say exactly the same, (except they have changed the year date). Samsung Q65T e-Manual page 137 – Limitations to the use of photo, video and music files The DivX and DTS codecs are not supported by the Samsung TV models released in 2020. So I even checked the user manual for more information and found this: Promotion picture of Samsung Q65T QE55Q65TAUXXC DTS is an audio format used in most Blu-Ray discs today. I just bought a shiny new Samsung Q65T TV (QE55Q65TAUXXC), only to realize that it doesn’t support the DTS (Digital Theater Systems) sound codec.