How are you streaming 5.1 FLAC to your home theater?

[DistantEarth]

On my Nvidia Shield TV, Plex and Jellyfin both only play FLAC 5.1 in stereo, (downmixed). DDP Atmos plays 5.1 in Jellyfin but Plex converts all music to stereo. I ticked the box in Jellyfin to use external player but I did not get any options when I did that, (I have VLC installed). I would love an app on my Android TV that can stream my multichannel music from off site. (I keep my server at work )
Please help,

 

[DuncanS]

I have Plex on my Sony TV and somewhere in the Plex set-up I had to select output as bitstream to get Atmos.

 

[DistantEarth]

I have Plex on my Sony TV and somewhere in the Plex set-up I had to select output as bitstream to get Atmos.

This is for Atmos Music?

 

[DrKlahn]

VLC on the Shield plays 5.1 FLAC. Also plays Atmos mkvs perfectly.

 

[DistantEarth]

VLC on the Shield plays 5.1 FLAC. Also plays Atmos mkvs perfectly.

Thanks. Yes it does but that does not help with my setup. I need to stream from a remote server.

 

[DuncanS]

This is for Atmos Music?

Streaming from a remote server, its video with Atmos.