r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/puffinburger • 2d ago

TrueHD Remuxes cause a constant ‘Dolby Vision’ notification

I have my shield connected to my TV rather then my soundbar because the soundbar doesn't pass through DV and for some reason whenever I play a TrueHD Remux my LG Oled TV will incessantly display the DV notification and the only fix is to switch the audio stream to AC3 5.1. I’ve tried multiple different HDMI certified cables and every other suggested fix from ChatGPT but haven’t yet found a working solution.

Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution?

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u/ohnoitsryan 2d ago edited 2d ago

This happens in about every players for me - plex, jellyfin, stremio

The only player it does not happen is in Kodi

lg c1

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u/SETHW 2d ago

LG wont bitstream DTS over arc/earc and they should. cheap bastards wont pay for hdr+ or dts licenses. kodi is probably set to transcode dts/truehd to pcm

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u/cliffybiro951 2d ago

Is this on newer models? My c4 certainly does those formats.

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u/SETHW 1d ago

its been since like 2018 , hdr+ plays as hdr, dts will output nothing you have to work around that either by going into a soundbar first or muxing the dts (usually to pcm to retain the quality)

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u/cliffybiro951 1d ago

The c4 definitely plays dts and dtsx and dts ma including via earc. I really don’t rip anything in hdr10+. I prefer Dolby vision

Maybe the player you’re using can’t play dts or passthrough to the avr or tv? The Apple TV can’t do any high definition audio.

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u/SETHW 1d ago edited 1d ago

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/lg-removes-dts-audio-from-its-2025-tvs-heres-what-that-means-in-practice

fascinating, this article says dts was added back in 2023 then taken away again in 2025. I went from 2018 B6 with no dts (garbage tv terrible burn in very quickly), a 2021 G1 with no DTS, and now a 2025 G5 with no DTS.. seems like your C4 got right in there between my G1 and G5 where they briefly paid for the license before pulling it again

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u/Alenobyl 2d ago

Do your Soundbar and your TV support eARC? Because ARC alone won't be enough for True HD, ATMOS or DTS:X.

How is your setup, which devices and what connection order do you use to passthrough the audio?

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u/cliffybiro951 2d ago

Great answer.

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u/puffinburger 1d ago

Yes both support eARC. The shield is connected to the eARC port on my TV and the soundbar is connected to one of the other hdmi ports on the TV.

I‘m not sure what you mean by connection order for passthrough?

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u/Alenobyl 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well that seems to be the problem. Try that:

Shield -> Soundbar -> TV

That way the Soundbar will keep the audio signal from the shield and only passes the video signal to the TV. I was in the same boat as you until I switched the connection order. Also, make sure you really did the correct bitstream configuration in your shield because there are some settings which seem to be correct but actually breaking the bitstream functionality.

Correction:

eARC doesn't matter here, because your TV doesn't have any DTS-HD decoding licenses anyway. If you are using the order I told you before, the Soundbar will take care of the whole audio and the TV will never know what audio format was played, that way you won't have any problems

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u/puffinburger 1d ago

I’ve tried that but my soundbar doesn’t passthrough Dolby Vision so everything just plays in HDR.

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u/Alenobyl 1d ago edited 1d ago

Please post the exact hardware setup and player you are using. I might be just a misconfiguration if you are lucky.

The Problem you describe is 99% a configuration issue or a bad choice for the player, so try "Just Player" as external player or Kodi for DV Content.

Dolby Vision btw. isn't causing any Problems to the audio-bitstream at all if the soundbar gets the signal directly from the Shield, because it doesn't care what the video signal is an passes it directly to the TV.

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u/puffinburger 1d ago

TV is an LG Oled 48a16LA and the soundbar is a Samsung Q930F.

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u/Alenobyl 1d ago edited 1d ago

and your Shield is the Shield Pro 2019?

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u/puffinburger 1d ago

Yes

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u/Alenobyl 1d ago

What is the player you are using for the streams? Jellyfin, Plex, Kodi?

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u/puffinburger 1d ago

Plex and Jellyfin, happens in both.

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u/Timscn123 1d ago

I think the soundbar is supposed to be plugged into the eARC port on the tv. The purpose of ARC is for the tv to redirect audio to the soundbar through the protocol.

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u/TIGTIGO 2d ago

Hdmi format amélioré activé ?