Hi. I have an airport extreme and airport express.
I use VLC on an old iPad connected to a projector at one side of the room, which uses airplay to stream the audio across to the other side of the room to the airport express connected to a Sony BDV-E370 via an optical cable.
The best I can get is LPCM Stereo, even with AC3 soundtracks. So, for some reason, VLC is not passing through AC3, or the airport express is converting it to a Stereo LPCM stream.
I tried using an Apple TV HD set to output Dolby Digital 5.1 and a Macbook, but using VLC or any other app, it will only play LPCM stereo over Airplay.
If I connect the Macbook direct using an Optical cable, I can get Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. So the amp does recognise the audio streams.
So, from my investigation, I think airplay is the weakest link.
Any suggestions or apps that may stream 5.1 over Airplay?
Thanks in advance!
I use VLC on an old iPad connected to a projector at one side of the room, which uses airplay to stream the audio across to the other side of the room to the airport express connected to a Sony BDV-E370 via an optical cable.
The best I can get is LPCM Stereo, even with AC3 soundtracks. So, for some reason, VLC is not passing through AC3, or the airport express is converting it to a Stereo LPCM stream.
I tried using an Apple TV HD set to output Dolby Digital 5.1 and a Macbook, but using VLC or any other app, it will only play LPCM stereo over Airplay.
If I connect the Macbook direct using an Optical cable, I can get Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. So the amp does recognise the audio streams.
So, from my investigation, I think airplay is the weakest link.
Any suggestions or apps that may stream 5.1 over Airplay?
Thanks in advance!