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How do I stream Atmos without a display?

tifune

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I've tried with Apple Music and Amazon, not Tidal yet, but they both react strangely when I disable my display. For example, I have an Apple TV 4K -> Denon 6700 -> Display. When I start an album, everything's fine. When I turn off the display, the Denon display switches from "Dolby Atmos" to "Dolby Surround" and my surround back speakers stop working.

Has anyone found a way, or am I the only one with this issue?

Even better, if someone knows how to bitstream Atmos from Win10, you'd be a lifesaver. I really dislike these little boxes when I already have 2 laptops that are 50x more powerful/flexible. Basically the same issue - playack from Tidal, Amazon, iTunes apps only gives me "Dolby surround." Never Dolby Atmos
 
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audio2920

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I *think* this is because they only have Atmos on the 4k stream; if there's no 4k display reported, you get one without atmos.

No easy workaround that I know of I'm afraid.
 
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