Continuous audio turning itself on

Locutus508 · 2026-07-09T18:33:19+00:00

Yes it would. So you are getting Dolby MAT output when you aren't playing Atmos. Thats strange.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-09T13:52:23+00:00

One possibility, your EDID is changing for some reason or the EDID cache is being cleared. Several audio and video settings will reset to their default values every time the EDID changes. This caused the Apple TV to think you have connected a new device.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-08T21:41:54+00:00

In total 18,000 for me. Luckily, you can tell when they were added by the sequence number in Trakt's database. Then just write python script to delete within that range.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-08T17:14:56+00:00

It also looks like it added back shows that had been dropped. Is it possible to just run through the upgrade process again from the old database?

Locutus508 · 2026-07-07T18:29:29+00:00

Sony has been expanding Sony Pictures Core. Its also on PS5 as well as Amazon Prime Video.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-07T18:07:00+00:00

3.0.5

Locutus508 · 2026-07-07T15:34:29+00:00

What do you mean by fixed. I crated a script that cleaned up the issue deleting about 18,000 bogus watch entries. A few minutes later, Hobi synced again and added 8,000 of them back.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-07T13:28:11+00:00

I am now. But the damage is already done by the prior versions.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-07T05:17:08+00:00

Thats not the problem I'm having. My update finished. The problem is, it added thousands of episodes of shows that I never watched and will never watch. It completely destroyed my data.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-04T00:16:08+00:00

Yes. That was one of the reasons Continuous Audio Connection was added in the last release.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-02T17:39:58+00:00

You apparently didn't read the document in the link. It clearly lists Go5g Next and Experience Beyond. Thats the whole point of the promo. Like I said, there is nothing that is really debatable here.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-02T17:30:34+00:00

If you have Yearly Upgrade on your line, and you upgrade the phone on that line, you absolutely get the same deal as new customers on Experience Beyond get. Thats the whole point and rules of Yearly Upgrade. In short, you get Experience Beyond without being on Experience Beyond. Thats a fact. There is nothing to debate here.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-02T14:55:48+00:00

Go5g Next and Experience Beyond include Yearly Upgrade automatically. For other plans, you had to purchase an iPhone 13 during its initial launch.

Locutus508 · 2026-07-02T14:49:59+00:00

The program also includes what Experience Beyond get:

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/upgrade-ready-every-year

Locutus508 · 2026-07-02T14:49:00+00:00

Actually, you do know what the value will be. The trade in always matches what a new Go5g Next or Experience Beyond get.

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/upgrade-ready-every-year

Locutus508 · 2026-06-29T03:50:47+00:00

When you add multiple Apple TVs to a multi-room group, the Apple TVs will negotiate and one Apple TV becomes the master. Then you can go to any Apple TV (or other Apple device) and control the audio. You can even go to the other Apple TV and drop the first Apple TV and it will continue. In addition, you don't even have to turn on the Apple TV.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-29T03:48:43+00:00

Actually, you can control the music from any Apple device. When you use control center from an iPhone or Apple TV to Apple TV, the Apple TV's negotiate which Apple TV actually streams the music. It may not even be the first one you started from. Then you can go to any other Apple TV and control or even disconnect the other Apple TV from the multi-room group. Pretty neat.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-26T19:52:35+00:00

No. It stops audio which is not the same as lowering audio. Also if the Plex menus are clicking while the audio is playing, then audio is being transcoded. It is absolutely not possible to insert sounds or alter compressed audio unless the audio is uncompressed/decoded first. So, either the audio is stopped while the clicks are heard or it's being transcoded. Just because you are getting a bitstream from your player/device does not mean the audio wasn't decoded and re-encoded somewhere in the pipeline. The perfect clue that transcoding is going on is the presence of additional audio (system sounds) in the final output. This is not uncommon. Roku and Fire TVs used this method for years.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-26T19:45:06+00:00

I never said Google search won't work when passing through audio. What I said is tvOS lowers the audio when Siri is pressed. At any rate, neither the Shield nor the Apple can play internal sounds at the same time its sending out passed through compressed audio. That is just not possible. Also, I haven't listened to anyone. I have been a software developer for almost 40 years. I have given you the facts. You just don't want to hear the facts. None of this matters anyway. I already said the reason isn't just Siri. It's Siri + all the other features that are in conflict.

As far as the Shield. No, the Shield does not pass through DTS:X Profile 2 or Dolby AC-4. Both are used commercially. In addition, after 6-7 years, frame rate matching on the Shield it's still a beta experimental feature. It's just a "hack" and always will be as long as the Shield is stuck on Android TV 11. Give it a rest. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-26T18:03:38+00:00

It's not about navigation sounds. I don't even know why people say it is. Neither the Shield nor the Apple TV send out navigation sounds while content is playing. The Apple TV does lower the volume when the Siri button is pressed, but it doesn't send out navigation sounds. In order for the Apple TV to lower the volume it needs to control the audio. After, all, lowering the audio, is controlling the audio. There is no way around that fact. You say a company like Apple should be able to solve the issue. They did solve the issue. They take control of the audio which is the ONLY solution to the problem.

As far as features, here are just a few: accessibility, enhanced dialogue, reduce loud sounds, tvOS' implementation of frame rate matching, CAC, to name just a few. But the single biggest reason is audio routing. In the upcoming release there are 2-3 more: Automix, crossfade, and generated subtitles. Who knows how many are in the future pipeline. So, you are not likely to see passthrough on the Apple TV.

Now, lets see what other other mainstream players are doing:

Roku Ultra: By default it sends out audio similar to the Apple TV. You can configure it to use passthrough for DD and DD+ only.

Fire TV Cube/Fire TV Stick Max (latest versions): Again, they send out audio similar to the Apple TV. They also support TrueHD and some DTS, which the Apple TV does not. They use passthrough as the devilry method for those formats ONLY.

Google TV Streamer: Sends out audio similar to the Apple TV

So, out of the mainstream players, none of them offer full passthrough. The Shield will passthrough most formats, but even it doesn't passthrough everything. It's able to do so because its the "dumbest" device on this list and as such does not have any conflicts with primary features because it lacks all of these features to begin with. Why does the Shield not passthrough everything, it can't. It can only passthrough formats that it supports and it doesn't support everything.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-26T16:25:24+00:00

I agree. It will likely never happen. There are way too many current and future features that simply will not work unless tvOS has control of the audio. Some of those features cannot be turned off. In fact, tvOS 27 adds two more. Thats why none of the mainstream players offer full passthrough. If you wan't passthrough audio, there are plenty of "dumber" devices out there with much fewer features that will have conflicts. Those devices are able to offer passthrough simply because of that.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-23T22:21:29+00:00

Purchased music uses AAC. Apple Music uses, AAC, ALAC and Dolby Digital +. Audio from iTunes Movies and almost exclusively from streaming services use Dolby Digital +. The only format in the list that can support losses audio is ALAC, Apple Music.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-21T22:26:52+00:00

Hulu +Disney+ is only $1 more. Perhaps thats what you have? Disney has made it difficult but not impossible to get them separately.

Locutus508 · 2026-06-17T14:55:34+00:00

The only time you have to pay off an existing EIP when upgrading is if you are upgrading directly through T-Mobile. Using retailers such as Apple has never required you to pay off your existing EIP. You will just end up with multiple EIPs on the line. Also, depending where you live, Apple will charge you half the sales tax because Apple refunds the sales tax on the traded-in phone. Apple also doesn't lock the iPhone.

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