What does enable passthrough mean?

Enable passthrough: With this setting you can enable passthrough Kodi audio output for encoded audio formats. Passthrough output device: Only useful if you enabled passthrough audio, this lets you select the device you will use for audio playback of encoded formats.

What is Dolby Digital transcoding?

The transcode options only applies to audio decoded to PCM and is typically used for formats such as AAC 5.1 or FLAC 5.1 as SPDIF can’t handle more than 2 channels of PCM, thus the audio is encoded (compressed) into Dolby Digital to allow the 5.1 audio to be sent.

What is volume amplification?

Sounds can be made louder or amplified in a number of ways. By providing more energy in making the sound its loudness can be increased. This would be achieved by beating a drum with greater vigour, blowing harder on the recorder or using more bodily energy in shouting louder.

What is the purpose of HDMI passthrough?

The HDMI Pass through feature lets you output the HDMI® signal (audio/video) from a Blu-ray Disc®, cable box, satellite receiver or other source device to the TV even when the receiver is in standby mode. All of the devices used must be connected using an HDMI connection for this feature to work.

What is pass through and PCM?

PCM is applicable to 2.1 stereo content. Pass thru means TV wont upmix/downmix signal and let the sound sys figure it out. This should make a diff if you expect 5.1/7.1/Atmos content to come out.

How do I export audio from Dolby?

Here is a step-by-step guide to saving your Dolby On recordings to your Android device.

  1. Step 1: Open your Library and select the track you’d like to save or export. Just tap on the track you’d like to save or export.
  2. Step 2: Tap the three-dot share icon. To save and/or share, choose from the following options:

What is gain vs volume?

Volume is the actual loudness of the output on the channel. It controls the loudness – but not the tone of the audio. Gain is the loudness of the input on the channel. It controls the tone – but does not affect the loudness.

What is 4K passthrough?

The 4K pass-through feature is High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) 2.2-compatible and allows data to pass through the system without quality loss. The AV receiver with the 4K pass-through feature sends 4K signals from video devices to a 4K TV or 4K projector while maintaining the 4K resolution.