I have a 5.1 setup with a Yamaha reciever and am enjoying it, but I want to watch movies from my USB flash drive too, since Netflix doesn't have certain films.
I downloaded Pulp Fiction in a MKV file, with DTS-HD audio. Yet when I plug the flash drive to my Samsung TV and play the content, the TV says the sound format isn't supported, so I can only watch it muted.
I tried converting the MKV files' audio from the original to AC3, and now it works, but the sound is horrible. Also the file size dropped from 10GB to 5.5GB.
Then I remembered my AVR can decode DTS-HD for sure... So I set my TV to "Pass through" (It was on Automatic so I forced it into Pass through anyways), but the message persists. It's like the TV insists on decoding the DTS while it can't, instead of passing it to the reciever.
Using Netflix or any other streaming app, I get proper 5.1 sound. Just this flash drive method is troublesome. Why is it?
Yamaha RX-V373
SanCruzer 32gb 2.0 USB (I know it's not a good flash drive but shouldn't cause this problem)