Got a soundbar that supports HDMI ARC or optical audio. Optical audio requires I control with its remote but I’d rather only use the TV remote but all of my videos are encoded AAC which HDMI ARC doesn’t support. Is there a way to do a device specific custom profile to transcode audio to DTS for example?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Under my TV’s audio digital output format selection it says “select pass through to hear unmodified dolby or dts audio using ARC. If dolby or dts passthrough is not possible, you’ll hear stereo.” It lets me choose custom but can’t get it to use the AAC surround unless I use optical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense, the TV won’t convert it for you only pass through what it can. You would either need to convert the AAC to AC3 so it can pass through properly, or use a set-top-box that can force/convert it on the fly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So back to my origin question. Jellyfin supports transcoding so can it support device specific profiles where I can force it to transcode all audio to ac3 for specific decices?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know there are some device profiles under the DLNA settings.

I don't know if those just apply to DLNA or not. I haven't played with it myself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That’s what I had heard as well. Maybe this is a new feature request for the project developers.