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For instance, Plex running on an Nvidia Shield TV can pass through Atmos over Dolby TrueHD, and over Dolby Digital Plus, but Plex on an Apple TV 4K will only handle Atmos over Dolby Digital Plus, and Plex on a 4th-gen Apple TV can’t pass through Dolby Atmos at all.
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Dolby Atmos over Dolby Digital Plus will be the way most people experience Atmos. It’s currently supported by a wide range of devices, including laptops, tablets, smartphones, and streaming boxes like Apple TV and Roku.
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How to install Dolby Atmos ceiling speakers.The combination of Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD is the best possible surround sound you can get at home. Atmos via TrueHD is also supported by some media player apps, like Plex, that run on the Nvidia Shield TV family of streaming devices. It’s transmitted over an HDMI cable, from a Blu-ray player to an AV receiver, TV, or a soundbar that can pass through the video. At the moment, Dolby Atmos can only do this with two types of surround sound signals:ĭolby TrueHD is a lossless, very high-bandwidth format that is currently only available on Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray discs. That information piggybacks on top of existing surround sound signals. So if Dolby Atmos is just metadata, what am I listening to?Īs we said, Dolby Atmos isn’t sound, it’s information about sound.
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Chances are good that if you’re equipped for Dolby Atmos movies, you’re ready for Dolby Atmos Music, but to be sure, check out our full Dolby Atmos Music explainer. It’s impressive when you hear it, but to get it you’ll need a specific combination of apps and Dolby Atmos-capable devices. Though it’s still just getting a toehold on streaming music services, Dolby Atmos Music does for music what Dolby Atmos does for movies. The result is a very convincing 3D placement of sounds for a much more immersive movie experience. With Dolby Atmos, the helicopter is treated as its own discrete object, and a Dolby Atmos receiver can use that information to separate the helicopter sound from the background sounds and move it independently from one speaker to another. How Dolby Atmos works and what it is Hanif Jackson / Digital Trends But so are all of the other sounds you’re hearing. Without Atmos information, the sound of the helicopter is embedded in one, or many, of the surround sound channels. A good example is when a helicopter flies overhead in a movie. It’s metadata that is used by compatible audio gear to control which speakers are reproducing certain sounds. What exactly is Dolby Atmos? Dolbyĭolby Atmos isn’t actually a soundtrack at all. It’s a bit technical, but we’re going to make it as simple as possible. To understand if your Atmos system is delivering true Atmos sound - and not just really good surround sound - you need to understand how Dolby Atmos works with all of your media sources and components. Well, as it turns out, no, not necessarily. So, if you’ve got Dolby Atmos speakers, a Dolby Atmos-compatible AV receiver or soundbar, and access to Dolby Atmos content, you should be hearing Dolby Atmos sound, right?
Though it took some time to catch on, the format is now supported by Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+. With its object-based sound system, Dolby Atmos is now the benchmark for at-home surround sound.