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Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, SDDS, and THX are all common 5.1 systems. It uses five full bandwidth channels and one low-frequency effects channel (the 'point one'). 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home theatres. So something is wrong with Roku at the moment. 5.1 surround sound ('five-point one') is the common name for surround sound audio systems. I get beautiful Dolby Plus 5.1 on the WDTV, but only PCM 2.1 on the Roku under the same Netflix account, via the same AV system, with both media players hooked up in the exactly same fashion.
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Voila.everything in my Netflix account that should play as 5.1 *does* play 5.1 on the WDTV, whereas these same videos only play with PCM 2.1 on the Roku.Īn example is the new movie "The 2 Popes". So I signed into my Netflix account on this old WDTV. This old WDTV doesn't support most streaming services anymore, but it does support Netflix. So I hooked it up to my system in precisely the same way as the Roku is hooked up. The proof? Well, I have an old Western Digital LiveTV (WDTV) media server that I used years ago before I got the Roku.
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So the problem has to be with how the Roku is providing an AV stream from these services (other than Roku Free and VUDU).Īs further "proof", nothing in my Netflix account (including recent movies with surround audio) plays surround if I use the Roku it is ALL being inputted to my receiver as PCM. However, I have 2 services that *do* play 5.1 surround on the Roku 4200: my purchased movies on VUDU, and anything in 5.1 on the Roku Free channel. I only get PCM 2.1 (or 2.0) from nearly all services on my Roku even though the source material is some version of 5.1. IMO, my testing has "proved" that this is a Roku problem: either firmware or a contractual change with Roku's providers (e.g., Netflix). My TV and receiver are just a couple of years old, and they support all the formats discussed in this thread.so none of that is an issue on my system. Yesterday I spent most of the day doing extensive testing with my Roku 4200 (Roku 3). This is NOT a problem of settings or the user's configuration, it is a ROKU problem.period.