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@@arcadio94pl haha, happy to help. Like I said many times, I'm no RUclipsr but I did my best to put the info out there as I couldn't find anything at the time. My kids wish they could make a tiktok with as many views! :)

@@arcadio94pl it's been a while since I've looked into this stuff so my memory is hazy... But one thing to be careful of is LG TV's don't support some audio formats, I'd check what formats your TV can output via earc. The device won't convert atmos to other formats, is only extracts what the tv is outputting... Basically all it does is discard the video and replaces it with a black 720p picture with the same audio, reducing the bandwidth to something regular hdmi can handle.

@@swingingudders I have TCL C765

@@eddieayesh3677 it needs the tv earc/arc port, that's how your TV sends hdmi audio/video outward... The other ports are inward ports only.

I'll try to help, it's a bit different to my set up. I'm assuming you connected to your avr via hdmi arc or earc? I can say it's important to not use arc or earc on the avr side, just regular hdmi... In fact, don't use an arc compatible hdmi input on the avr if possible. You want your TV to use earc to the device, make sure your hdmi cables are decent (the Ethernet type). I have a feeling your issue is with arc on the avr side though, I know that messes it up

@@swingingudders so my AVR is actually a Samsung Blu-Ray player with the home theater speakers attached. It’s the HT-F600. None of the ports are labeled ARC or not so I can’t really tell if they all are ARC or just a specific one. I also tried connecting my tv directly to the home theater system via optical but I’m getting the same issue of not getting proper surround sound. However, when I have the optical from the sound system going into the audio extractor, I’m getting proper sound. It’s very weird.

@@swingingudders the whole reason why I bought this device was because when watching 4K blu rays on my ps5, movies with HD MA tracks get pushed to stereo and not proper 5.1 however movies with Atmos tracks are fine even though I don’t have an Atmos capable sound system.

@@swingingudders I just noticed too that the device I bought has two inputs and one output so I think that may be my issue! I just bought a device that looks identical to yours so hopefully it will work now. One quick question, do you have the device connected to your AVR in the AVR's HDMI input or output?

Yeah that's the idea, does your TV support earc? Make sure earc is on and you are using an eaec supported hdmi to output, connect that to the device, and then to your AVR. Don't use arc on your avr or it will mess it up, don't use crappy hdmi cables or it won't work. The device should output the full uncompressed audio and a blank video image. I have found there is a small audio delay still when gaming, but it's hard to notice. The device isn't perfect, but it's a good solution at a good price. Glad this helped, I nade/uploaded these to help as there wasnt any info on the device at the time :)

@@swingingudders my TV does support eARC! I’m having the weirdest issue where my ps5 isn’t playing 5.1 properly and is instead playing it in stereo. 4K movies that have Atmos play perfectly fine even though my system doesn’t even support Atmos so I’m hoping that this device will remedy this issue. Thankfully most 4K movies have Atmos but for those that don’t, it’s annoying.

I don't know much about the mac mini, sorry. Hopefully someone else will help mate.

Yeh, was a process... I think it paid off! :)

@@swingingudders great work btw... ;)

It's funny because EDTVs are almost non existent in some regions, North America for example... Yet here in Australia there seems to be plenty. They won't do 240p, you'll get 480i instead so no scanlines. I wouldn't recommend any EDTV for 240p stuff. The Sharp does a better job however as the panasonic has feature where it increases the refresh rate and resolution (I believe) but you get artifacting... The mode is made for analogue TV and movies. The problem with EDTVs is they are fantastic as lag free 480p, but not much else.

@@swingingudders I don't know if PC crts are analogues ? and the EDTV are kind of digital procces tech ? So you can play 240p games from Wii ? It would be interesting to try light guns games and Dreamcast on it

@@mariotorres2326 ED TV will likely line double all inputs faking a 480p image. I just bought one but have not tried it yet.

No the device only has hdmi 2.0, so I would lose all the hdmi 2.1 features my TV is capable of if I did that... The extra bandwidth is needed for full 4k with hdr, 120fps and free sync. The way I have it connected I get all that plus uncompressed Dolby atmos and the audio is in sync.

Dolby atmos can only work if your reciever supports it atmos.

@@swingingudders No it only supports TrueHD 7.1 What is I upgraded my TV to support eARC with Dolby Atmos, will it extract the Atmos and send it to my receiver? Thanks in advance...

Hi. I'm only using the reciever for audio, it does not send video at all. The audio is being sent from my TV via the earc hdmi port, this device basically removes the video as it isn't needed by the reciever (I only want audio for this), the bandwidth is reduced as a result of being audio only... This means standard hdmi will be enough to accept the full uncompressed audio. Any non arc hdmi port can be used.

@@swingingudders well, it seems it Will turn any other hdmi input useless on the receiver

@@uselessidbr why do you need another input in use at the same time? Sorry I don't understand what you need. when I use an input on my reciever I need to have it selected for it to work, and the other inputs are not in use.

Yes I control me AVRs volume with my LG TV remote.

You shouldn't use the arc port, just standard hdmi. If this wasn't working you need to make sure you are using high bandwidth hdmi with Ethernet type cables. Are you outputting from your TV via earc? If so make sure you are using your TV's earc port. If your TV does 120hz and other hdmi 2.1 stuff I'm assuming it does earc.

Yeh without this I would've needed to buy a new receiver, all to get the same result. I hope it works for you!

For me, it does take a couple of seconds before the audio kicks in, which can be frustrating as it happens when I resuma a paused show, of if I skip back/forwards which results in missing some important dialogue at times. I don't get the "Dolby atmos" announcement however, that's probably your soundbar.

@@swingingudders Thank you for your reply. I stopped unnecessary spending. I should just use SHARC.

Not sure about that one mate, sorry. Your issue is quite different to mine, I'm not even sure how this works without earc. Maybe some of the other comments will help?

Hi, I should have openly named the device in the video, don't know why I was concerned... Anyway I was referring to the sharc by thenaudio. The arcana sounds pretty great though, could help people with older TVs

Hi, this is a very different scenario to anything else I've heard in the comments but I'm assuming 100hz might not be possible as this only uses hdmi 2.0, I could be wrong though! Honestly, I think you'd be better off buying a sound card or something for audio and going direct to the monitor for video. Sorry I'm probably not much help with this one

Hi, thanks. Sorry I don't know much about how sonis works. Sorry! All I know is it extracts earc audio to standard hdmi.

Mine is plugged into the TV usb, I only need it when the TV is on I guess.

Yeah the arc port will mess it up, standard hdmi only. Cec should work, it does for me. Also make sure you use good hdmi with ethernet cables. It should work for you.

@@swingingudders hdmi with ethernet cables? why?

This is an interesting one, I can't think of a way to get it all working with this device. You need the TV's earc port for the soundbar, I don't think there is a way for this device to direct the audio to multiple avr/soundbars. Also, I have found LG TV's will pass through Atmos but not other Dolby surround formats for some reason. I think it's worth using an AVR with atmos (a decent speaker set up) for theatre over a soundbar. I use my theatre speakers for tv/music/everything and its a joy. If your avr can't go atmos I would just stick to the soundbar for everything. Try to avoid optical for audio, use your TV's earc port with your soundbar for everything. Sorry if this was little help, I've never had a soundbar.

@@swingingudders is there someway like a hdmi splitter u can drive 2 amps from the device . for example your soundbar and your avr simultaneously? Or is that not possible at all?

For sure, the more info put there the better, a lot of people having issues. Thanks mate

Hey thanks for the kind words! Your TV must do earc, a lot of TV's which support earc will only have one hdmi earc port so check your manual (or it may be printed next to the port itself).

That should be fine, the video output to TV is only hdmi 2.0 so once you get your new TV just run your PS5 directly to hdmi 2.1 TV port. You may need to disable earc on the soundbar for it to work, I don't have a set up like yours but if it isn't working try reverting to normal hdmi on your soundbar. Again, what you are doing is different to me but I did confirm video can be passed through to TV (downgraded to hdmi 2.0) and extracted audio to AVR /soundbar. Remember to use good cables.

@@swingingudders thank you for the quick reply! I might opt for the more expensive option that supports 4k120, just to be sure haha

It's funny as I never noticed those switches, I have not touched them so what you see is how I have mine set. I don't know if it makes a difference. I will say though, do not use arc on your AVR, it messes it all up, just standard hdmi. I hope this works!

@@swingingudders lol thanks... so just as it comes out of the box. Cool I'll turn ARC off on the AVR and use one of the AVR inputs. Thanks again.

@@swingingudders so My Orei Converter arrived today. Had my eARC 18GB HDMI cable from my LG C2 TV into the eARC port on the converter. Next to it had an HDMI cable from the Audio port to my Pioneer VSX-529 AV Receiver going into the GAME HDMI (IN) (also tried in the BD HDMI IN) didn't put into the HDMI ARC (OUT). Turned on the eARC on the LG TV and tried it on and off on the AV Receiver... Nothing. :-( Only good thing that came out of this is when I returned the unit via Amazon AU that process was amazingly easy a courier is picking up tomorrow to take from New Zealand to Australia... no cost to me. Brilliant! This disappointment has also tipped the scales and I am now buying a new latest eARC Sony AV Receiver that should play nice with the LG TV straight out of the box. I'm guessing either I have a faulty converter unit or the LG and Pioneer were never meant to play nice together. Cheers.

I don't think there would be anything out there which will convert optical to hdmi earc. Optical is not lossless, so you are losing quality from the TV, so converting that would not help anyway. You really need earc from the TV for losses audio.

I got mine from ebay Australia, I don't have a link for ankther store, sorry.

Sounds like a similar problem I had, my onkyo was supported atmos and I couldn't justify buying a new AVR with earc (or hdmi 2.1 which is apparently problematic). With this device, you use earc out from your TV, audio is maintained but the video is converted to a black 720p image (reducing bandwidth) so your standard hdmi on your AVR will receive full quality audio. And CEC also works somehow so you can adjust AVR volume with your TV remote. Make sure you use good hdmi cables and don't use ARC on your AVR, just standard hdmi

@@swingingudders awesome, thank you

This won't do anything, sorry... I'm not sure that to try to be honest, maybe there is a sound card out there with higher quality output option?

I don't use it for video as I need hdmi 2.1 for video and this is hdmi 2.0. I did test an a/v source (my xbox from memory) to see how if it would still extract the audio while passing through the a/v and it did that, I didn't take much notice of video quality but I knew it wouldn't be full hdmi 2.1 No idea what set up you have mate, but I didn't try to bullshit at any point. Just trying to help people.

Hi, I have another couple of vids which goes through how to connect the device. But it's just a standard hdmi from the earc extractor to your reciever... You should not use the arc port on your reciever if it has one, just standard hdmi in. Standard hdmi is fine as the video has been removed, and you even get cec features (change volume with TV remote).

@@swingingudders i watched all your videos, but i didn't find a solution.i have onkyo tx-nr555 and hisense 65u8gq tv,onkyo have 6 hdmi in,and one hdmi arc out,and tv have eARC hdmi in.and i'm trying to play a 4k movie from a desktop computer, but I have no sound through the receiver. how do I set it up?

I connected the computer to the hdmi in, in the hdmi earc extractor, and I connected the TV to the hdmi eARC on the extractor in the hdmi earc output. Then I only connected the audio from the hdmi extractor to the avr receiver in the hdmi in, and now I don't know how to play that sound in the receiver

Sorry for the late reply, I somehow missed this. I'm not exact sure what you mean. All you need to know is this device will deliver sound to your reciever via hdmi. Just select the appropriate hdmi source on your reciever menu and you should hear the audio. Sorry if this is not what you mean, I didn't really understand the question.

@@swingingudders thank you. but I found out how to use this device. hdmi earc, from the extractor the hdmi cable goes to the tv to the earc input, next to it in the extractor there is only hdmi audio (that output just puzzled me where it goes) it goes to the receiver (mine is onkyo tx nr555) to any hdmi input, and it is not necessary to hdmi arc output, (nothing is inserted into that) and then it is selected only on the receiver in that hdmi input that hdmi is included, for example in hdmi pc in, and on the other on the side of the extractor, there is a usb for power supply and an hdmi source (lap top, desktop pc, smart android box) and there is an hdmi device that will give sound, and that's all, and it all works very well, you just need to use a certified 2.0 hdmi cables. I'm also very satisfied with this extractor, and now Dolby D, Dolby D+, Dolby Atmos appeared on my TV.. when I play 4k movies on my computer, if I didn't write something well, or if something doesn't make sense, that is because I'm from Serbia and I don't know much English and now I used google translate, sorry for that, but I hope I helped someone, k he struggled like me, because he didn't understand everything about the connection

Brag about it all the time! Thanks for the nice comment mate :)

Yeh I don't know anything about that, sorry.

Not much really, best bet is optical cable (aka toslink) if your TV and soundbar support it.

That isn't what this is for, it won't give your TV earc capabilities. Sorry

Are you saying your amp doesn't work at all with standard hdmi? You should still get standard non ARC/earc audio. This device will basically just accept the earc information, convert the video into a black 720p image and output that video and audio to your standard hdmi amp. But if your TV isn't working with your amp via standard hdmi there maybe another issue or setting to check?

Does your TV have earc? If it does I think this will work with your soundbar as it supports Dolby atmos.

That's the first I've heard of that issue, your hdmi output just no longer works at all? To be honest I don't use hdmi out on my onkyo anymore as I need my xbox to go direct to the TV for hdmi 2.1 features, and everything else I do on the tv. I'd make sure you haven't accidentally wired it up wrong, and I'd also try start over and add one thing at a time. Oh, and make sure this device is not going into the arc port... Just standard hdmi in. Hope you get it sorted.

Unfortunately this will only extract the audio your c1 is sending out, sorry mate... Don't think this would help.

@@swingingudders what if you look the series x up to the extractor and then the extractor to the tv and the audio out to the sound bar?

Heh yeah looks like the thing in the Simpsons intro.

Yes, it will take the Dolby atmos audio and pass that (along with a black 720p video image) out to your audio device via hdmi, removing the video means the bandwidth is low enough for standard hdmi out.

@@swingingudders im using projector source with no earc but I have earc on my tcl ray danz soundbar as my PC is rtx 3070 for dolby atmos

Appreciate the feedback! Its fun to brag to my kids about being a RUclips star, end up getting a lot of views as it's a common problem. I do have height channels installed in my ceiling... Love watching movies with the overhead audio. Cheers!