5.1 AC3 in .M2V container? Only getting stereo downmix

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live & Live Plus
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Hi!

I’m trying to play H.264 videos I’ve made with AC3 5.1 audio on my new WDTV Live player- they are in MPEG-2 stream files (.M2V). The files are generated from Adobe Media Encoder using a Blu-Ray profile. When I try to play them, I get a stereo downmix out the HDMI or the optical digital out. I know the files are OK, they work fine in 5.1 on a Sony PS3 or if I make a Blu-Ray disc from them.

Will the WDTV live play 5.1 AC3 in anything but a MKV container?

Thanks!

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I had it play h.264 video with AC3 5.1ch audio in a *mp4 container and it worked well. I could select in the WD if I want the aac or ac3 track to be played. How did you create your files? Could you select the ac3 track in your WD? Best, Tim

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The only audio track in the file is the AC3 track, and I have “digital out” selected in the settings menu. I guess I’ll try a MP4 container, instead - I’ll have to remux, though. I’m creating the source fiules with Final Cut Pro, 23.976 or 29.97 framerate, with a 5.1 audio track, and compressing to H.264, High Profile Level 4 / 5.1 AC3 640K with Adobe Media Encoder, which muxes into a .M2V container.

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Yes, same here also with MPEG4 (H.264) .TS files AC3 /5.1 is downmixed to two channels. Hoping to get this solved in next upgrade.

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Is it that WD TV does not like AC3, I get PCM out!

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One of the problems might be that .m2v is meant to be a video only stream and not a container.