Using Vault for movie sound

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ed

• November 24, 2020 09:58

Hi, I tried this config:

- Chromecast, plugged into an audio extractor HDMI -> SPDIF / RCA. 

- vault 2 receives optical input coming from the audio extractor (from SPDIF output, via toslink/mini-toslink cable).

- vault 2 is connected to a pair of Flex (on wifi). The vault + the two flex are grouped into "vault + stereo pair".

When I cast music to the Chromecast (just for testing purpose), it works perfectly.

When I cast a movie to the Chromecast (from Netflix for instance), the sound seems ok, but there are many tiny interruptions, very annoying.

I guess the input format is not ok for the Vault. Any idea how I could get this to work?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

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  Sam R.

  • November 25, 2020 18:05

  Hello Ed, 

  If this setup works fine with music cast to the Chromecast, it could potentially be that the audio format of the movie when Chromecast-ed is incompatible with the VAULT+FLEXs group (Dolby perhaps?) or even the Audio Extractor itself. 

  I would recommend reaching out to Google to confirm what audio format is being sent over when casting a movie (may be dependent on source being cast from, too).

  Regards,
  Sam R.
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  ed

  • November 27, 2020 09:39

  Thank you Sam. Actually, it is a real nightmare to get accurate information on the audio format with all these devices involved... But it is probably Dolby indeed. I will investigate further.

  Anyways, which format(s) would be supported by the Vault+Flex? 

  Thanks again!

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  Sam R.

  • November 27, 2020 13:06

  PCM Audio would be the way to go

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