Supported 7.1 Formats on Live Hub

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live Hub Discussions
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I just bought a 7.1 receiver and I’m looking for some guidance about what formats my WDTV Live Hub can support.  The receiver is a Pioneer VSX-921-K and it is connected to the Live Hub using HDMI. 

I’ve searched the forum already, and I know it can play TrueHD and PCM on Blue-Ray Rips.  But I’m wondering about more compact file formats like MKV.

Can the Live Hub play TrueHD in MKV files?  What about DTS-HD/DTS-MA in MKV files?  

If I’m looking at a bunch of MKV files that I already have, is there an easy way to tell which files have 7.1 sound and will play on my Live Hub?

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True HD in MKV is passed through.

DTS HD and DTS HD MA passes only the DTS 5.1 core.

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TonyPh12345 wrote:

True HD in MKV is passed through.

 

DTS HD and DTS HD MA passes only the DTS 5.1 core.

 

 

Shouldn’t “pass-through” leave the signal untouched by the Hub? If the Live Hub is suppressing any signals then it really isn’t pass-through, now is it?

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I didn’t say it was.  I said it passes only the 5.1 core.   It’s not pass-through of the original audio bitstream.

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I found a huge list of all the movies available with 7.1 audio:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=159814

It’s really disappointing to see how few movies have been release with Dolby TrueHD or Linear PCM. DTS-HD/MA is really dominating.

Why can’t WD pass through DTS-HD/MA? I thought licenses were only needed for decoding, not pass-through?

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TonyPh12345 wrote:

I didn’t say it was.  I said it passes only the 5.1 core.   It’s not pass-through of the original audio bitstream.

 

 

 

I didn’t say you did. The Hub setting calls it pass-through, giving the obviously mistaken impression that it is exactly that.

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Yeah, good point.

I guess it’s a little wordy to say “Digital Passthrough via HDMI Only (Except for DTS-HD and unknown others.)”  :smileyvery-happy:

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Still, it would be nice if they documented it somewhere instead of mistakenly leading people to believe it is just a pass-through.