Unleash the Power of Audio AAC vs. DTS Passthrough for Home Theater Aficionados

AAC generally is not passed through over HDMI, it must be decoded to PCM (or transcoded to AC3 or something as configured). Would Opus provide better sound when transcoding lets say E-AC3 or DTS-HD than transcoding those to AAC? ... passthrough to your audio hardware or ... in general able to passthrough or decode/play digital audio like Dolby or DTS or is it impossible, because of missing license or codecs? Is ... HD TV like LG, Samsung smart TV and WD TV cannot play MKV files with DTS sound problem; VLC on Windows or Mac won't play MKV DTS audio; Any ... In graph edit, this would be like: Capture PCM from device > encode the PCM to a file (or in RAM) > playback file (or RAM data) to bitstream ... It was invented when AAC and Opus multichannel didn't exist. ... For passthru, continuing to support AC3, DTS etc makes sense to avoid re-encoding ... Just beware of early HDMI receivers that only pass-through or only do DD/DTS/PCM; look for the TrueHD and DTS MA on the front panel. $100 ... I would recomend using Handbrake, select High Profile and then select AC3 Passthrough (or DTS passthrough if your DVD has it) for your Audio. In the situation that covers (where an AVR can't decode HD Audio) if you enable DD/DTS passthrough and play DTS HD MA/HRA or Dolby True HD ... ... passthrough: Model: Z11 Pro Max Retail Box or ... DTS, DTS-HD) are greyed out ? Saw this post, so I directly connected the Z11 Pro Max to ...