Problems playing MKA files

[mandrix]

Maybe a Foobar component that sends the audio to Kodi to play via Passthrough (invisible to the user), for those who don’t like Kodi.

Could that be implemented through a component? I ask because that is more up your alley than mine.
At any rate it hasn't happened yet. From what I've seen/read Peter is not gung ho on implementing bitstreaming, but that's second hand not directly from him.

 

[mandrix]

I did find this but have not took a deep dive:
https://dsync.blogspot.com/2020/07/guide-how-to-enable-perfect.html

 

[himey]

Maybe a Foobar component that sends the audio to Kodi to play via Passthrough (invisible to the user), for those who don’t like Kodi.

Doesn't jRiver do that?

 

[HomerJAU]

Doesn't jRiver do that?

No idea. Foobar may not support external players like Kodi. I had a Quick Look and it seems to only support external decoders, with Foobar playing the decoded audio.

 

[himey]

No idea. Foobar may not support external players like Kodi. I had a Quick Look and it seems to only support external decoders, with Foobar playing the decoded audio.

jRiver will show up as a normal sound device, and use all jRiver sound settings and dsp.

 

[atlantasteve]

Steve - I take it your PC is not connected directly to your AVR then?

Correct. I use plex for everything but atmos.

 

[jberq]

I have created MKA files of my Atmos audio files. The files are stored on an external hard drive connected to a Window PC laptop. I just can’t figure out how to play these MKA files remotely through Apple TV, my LG Oled or OPPO 203.

I actually have two sets of .mka files in my system. One is on a USB-HDD connected to an old Windows Laptop connected by HDMI to my AVR using VLC in bitstream mode. However, I found the two Beatles titles would not play properly in this configuration (so far everything else does). So I got a second USB-HDD and plugged it into the back of my Oppo UDP-203. This solved the problem in a much simpler manner and is my primary means of Atmos playback.