{"id":720,"date":"2021-11-20T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/kb\/how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:55:39","slug":"how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Optical Out (TOSLINK) On A Device In The T8 Family With Kodi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post covers using an optical digital audio (SPDIF) cable with your DroiX from the T8 range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exact steps depend on which Android version is installed on your device:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lollipop (T8-S Plus & T8 Mini)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Click on the Settings icon (found in Android’s homescreen, an icon of two cogs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> <\/a>Select the “sounds” icon, then the “Digital sounds” entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> <\/a>Ensure that “Auto detection” is set of off by clicking the SPDIF option, this entry should now have a dot next to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KitKat (T8 & T8-S)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Open the Settings (normally one or two cogs) screen and click on the ADVANCED tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now ensure that “Digital audio auto-detection” is OFF, then the line below (Digital Audio Output) set to SPDIF passthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I’ve got an HDMI lead and an optical lead in at the same time, this settings allows the TOSLINK digital audio out (optical lead) to work in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Settings have been configured for either version of Android:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Within the Android app from YouTube, audio is produced from my amp. In Kodi, using default settings with SPDIF passthrough set, 5.1 (AAC encoded, Looper rip from Navi-X) worked, however I couldn’t tell about DD encoding as my hardware predates that. A few people have mentioned in the forum the importance of needing to set Number of Channels: to 2.0 in Kodi’s System area, then System again and Audio Output. Please click “Reset above settings to default” first, then double check channels is (confusingly) set to 2.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/DroidBOXForums.com<\/a> has current advice regarding surround sound AV equipment and Kodi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post covers using an optical digital audio (SPDIF) cable with your DroiX from the T8 range. The exact steps depend on which Android version is installed on your device: Lollipop (T8-S Plus & T8 Mini) Click on the Settings icon (found in Android’s homescreen, an icon of two cogs). Select the “sounds” icon, then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[11,45,17],"kbtag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-720","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","5":"kbtopic-android-tv-box","6":"kbtopic-kodi","7":"kbtopic-windows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}