I just bought a new HD TV media player (WDBYMN0000NBK) and updated with the latest firmware (1.02.17). connected to AVR (Harman Kardon BDS 570) through HDMI cable. But no audio can be heard. DTS audio files play fine but NOT DTS-MA files
My previous player (NOT WD) had no problem playing those video files (DTS-MA and DTS)
I tried both auto-detect as well as manual setup (for the Audio output), with no luck
I did a lot of Internet search. It seems that the WD has a licensure problem with DTS MA pass through.
I followed the one recommendation of converting the DTS MA to DTS using “mkvmaker”. The results are successive . But this is cumbersome approach because I have many movies with DTS MA audio.
I hope WD can find a way to solve this problem because many movies recently come with this HD audio format (DTS MA).
That sounds odd. My WD LIVE TV plays DTS MA fine (connected to an Okyo surround receiver) with HDMI.
Did you remember to set this setting
“Digital Pass Through via HDMI Only” in your WD LIVE TV? WD LIVE TV can’t deconde dts ma, that is a job for your receiver.
My unit is WD TV media player and not (WD LIVE TV). I am not sure if that has anything to do with it. And, yes, I have set the Audi to “Digital Pass through via HDMI Only”. But no luck
btw, my AVR (Harman Kardon BDS 570) is supposed to decode DTS-HD MA (as per the manufacturer specifications). So, it seems that the problem lies in the WD TV player itself