Kodi Auf Amazon Fire Tv 4k

2021-09-09, 15:47 (This post was last modified: 2021-x-08, 10:33 by Kodroid.)

Breaking news!

https://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-announce...d-wi-fi-6/

All proficient on the improved specs, except for that paltry 8GB of storage nevertheless over again!

I pre-ordered it ... (though I have nil expectations to fix pending kodi bug / functionality, e.g. IEC passthrough).

On Amazon page, information technology said the new Fire Stick 4K supports "Dolby Atmos, 7.one environs sound, 2-aqueduct stereo, and HDMI audio laissez passer through up to 5.1". And then I encounter HD Audio or 7.ane LPCM passthrough is still non here?

The content they sell, they support. That easy information technology is.

(2021-09-10, fifteen:41)fritsch Wrote: The content they sell, they back up. That piece of cake it is.

Yes - if you buy a media player from a content provider, only expect it to be uniform with content that provider makes bachelor on their platform, or the content that it allows others to make available.

This is why Apple tree TV, Fire Goggle box devices, Google Chromecast with Google Goggle box etc. are only compatible with the content they are.

Third party media players that don't also run their own streaming services are in a different situation.

(2021-09-10, 15:41)fritsch Wrote: The content they sell, they support. That easy it is.

Yeah but we tin can't look streaming devices to support lossless multichannel audio meant for Blurays. The two mediums aren't the same. Kodi is always going to be facing an uphill battle in trying to go passthrough working on devices meant for casual viewing rather than enthusiast viewing. The only fourth dimension this willl ever change is if the disc format dies out completely and movies get distributed on USB sticks which can be inserted into a streaming box for local high-bitrate playback or literally everything goes streaming and people pay extra to take UHD-Bluray quality streaming when they buy a movie, complete with main audio.

(2021-09-11, 13:24)Kodroid Wrote: The only fourth dimension this willl e'er change is if the disc format dies out completely and movies go distributed on USB sticks which tin be inserted into a streaming box for local high-bitrate playback or literally everything goes streaming and people pay extra to have UHD-Bluray quality streaming when they buy a movie, complete with master audio.

Yep - and broadband and reliable WiFi speeds improve to cope. A PCM 7.1 48kHz/24 bit audio stream is nine.2Mb/s just for the sound, if you go for very high quality video (every bit used on UHD BDs) so y'all could very easily crave >100Mbs for the video at peaks.

(This post was last modified: 2021-09-12, 19:41 by Luke M.)

Sony'southward movie streaming service requires a 115mb/s connection for max quality. They actually say y'all take to use WiFi because their shitty smart TVs just accept 100m Ethernet. They don't bother with lossless audio, but obviously it would be no big percentage increment in bitrate. The simply real hardware impediment is the SPDIF clogging on TVs made earlier eARC.

Couple of questions:

Will this new device support unmolested audio passthru of Dolby Atmos / DTS:X bitstream to an AVR (typically mkv's sourced from blu-ray rips) just like the Shield? Or does it have the aforementioned limitations equally the current 4K Stick?

Volition the current 3rd political party USB Gigabit adaptors that piece of work with the current 4K Stick work with the Max? A shame Amazon oasis't updated their ain adaptor to Gigabit!

Thanks in accelerate to anyone who tin test/answer these.

(2021-10-08, 10:38)pixeluk Wrote: Couple of questions:
Will this new device support unmolested audio passthru of Dolby Atmos / DTS:X bitstream to an AVR (typically mkv'due south sourced from blu-ray rips) simply like the Shield? Or does it have the aforementioned limitations as the current 4K Stick?

Will the current 3rd party USB Gigabit adaptors that work with the current 4K Stick work with the Max? A shame Amazon haven't updated their ain adaptor to Gigabit!

Thanks in advance to anyone who can test/reply these.

1) Nosotros are not sure only OS7 might permit perfect passthru. We can't say this until a dev or somebody technical with a 4K Max stick can confirm it.

2) It seems a gigabit adapter doesn't matter on the 4K Max or the older 4K Stick because:

Quote:All the same, the Burn down Television receiver Stick 4K Max still uses a USB 2.0 micro USB connection for power and data. This means that you still can't reach wired Ethernet speeds faster than around 300-400 Mbps, even if you use a compatible Gigabit Ethernet adapter.

(2021-ten-08, eleven:04)Kodroid Wrote:
(2021-10-08, 10:38)pixeluk Wrote: Couple of questions:
Will this new device back up unmolested sound passthru of Dolby Atmos / DTS:X bitstream to an AVR (typically mkv's sourced from blu-ray rips) merely like the Shield? Or does information technology accept the same limitations every bit the current 4K Stick?

Will the current 3rd party USB Gigabit adaptors that work with the current 4K Stick work with the Max? A shame Amazon haven't updated their ain adaptor to Gigabit!

Cheers in advance to anyone who can test/answer these.

1) We are not sure just OS7 might permit perfect passthru. We can't say this until a dev or somebody technical with a 4K Max stick can ostend it.
2) It seems a gigabit adapter doesn't matter on the 4K Max or the older 4K Stick considering:

Quote:Still, the Fire TV Stick 4K Max still uses a USB 2.0 micro USB connection for power and data. This means that y'all still tin't achieve wired Ethernet speeds faster than around 300-400 Mbps, even if you utilize a compatible Gigabit Ethernet adapter.

Some 4K rips are over 100Mbps so fifty-fifty if a Gigabit adaptor is express to USB 2.0 speeds it's still sufficiently faster than the 100Mbps adaptors to back up smoothen playback. The issue with the Gigabit adaptors is that there are a range of chipsets (typically Realtek) in use and the current 4K stick doesn't back up them all – it tin can be a lottery to detect one that is supported!

(2021-10-08, 11:38)pixeluk Wrote: Some 4K rips are over 100Mbps so even if a Gigabit adaptor is limited to USB 2.0 speeds it'southward nevertheless sufficiently faster than the 100Mbps adaptors to support smooth playback. The issue with the Gigabit adaptors is that in that location are a range of chipsets (typically Realtek) in employ and the current 4K stick doesn't support them all – it can exist a lottery to observe one that is supported!

That'south a skillful point. I do, withal, seem to go a peachy wifi betoken with the former 4K Stick. I do wish we had a box with gigabit ethernet, though.

In other news, 19.2 just came out (almost) in time for the new stick being released yesterday.

https://mirrors.kodi.goggle box/releases/android/arm/