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.

 

[barfle]

Before it died, I was streaming from my drobo 5N NAS through my Oppo 105. FLAC 5.1 works perfectly. I could also use my Roku Ultra. Slightly different user interface and feature set.

Looking forward to seeing what gives with HomerJAU’s little box - that seems like it’s going to be fun.

 

[DistantEarth]

Before it died, I was streaming from my drobo 5N NAS through my Oppo 105. FLAC 5.1 works perfectly. I could also use my Roku Ultra. Slightly different user interface and feature set.

Looking forward to seeing what gives with HomerJAU’s little box - that seems like it’s going to be fun.

Was this from a remote server? Over internet? My server is offsite.

 

[barfle]

Was this from a remote server? Over internet? My server is offsite.

It's on my home domain. I'm pretty rusty on enterprise (domain-to-domain) networking, not that I was ever well-oiled, but you might try plugging in the IP address of your server into your player and see what happens. There may be subnet mask issues you will need to overcome, and like I noted, it's not one of my strong suits.