Sound issues when playing recordings remotely.

[ccs]

I came across this problem when checking out usb wifi when moving from 5.0.013 to 5.0.014

However, this is not a wifi issue.

To cut a long story short, playing a recording of last week's Graeme Norton Show, copied to my pc and using VLC, has very stuttery sound problems.
It plays fine on my ET10K.
It appears to have been recorded with 6 audio channels...

Audio
ID                                       : 6602 (0x19CA)
Menu ID                                  : 17540 (0x4484)
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Muxing mode                              : LATM
Codec ID                                 : 17
Duration                                 : 57mn 59s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -810ms
Language                                 : English
descriptor_tag_extension                 : 6

A recording of Emmerdale on the same night looks like this and a copy on my pc plays fine....

Audio #1
ID                                       : 202 (0xCA)
Menu ID                                  : 17609 (0x44C9)
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Muxing mode                              : LATM
Codec ID                                 : 17
Duration                                 : 37mn 59s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -985ms
Language                                 : English
descriptor_tag_extension                 : 6

Audio #2
ID                                       : 206 (0xCE)
Menu ID                                  : 17609 (0x44C9)
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : HE-AAC / LC
Muxing mode                              : LATM
Codec ID                                 : 17
Duration                                 : 37mn 59s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Channel positions                        : Front: C
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Language                                 : English
Language, more info                      : Visual impaired commentary
descriptor_tag_extension                 : 6

I have AC3 downmix set to yes, shouldn't both recordings have the same audio properties?

I haven't found an option to make VLC work properly, but Audio/Audio Track/Disable followed by Audio/Audio Track/Track 1 makes it work ok!!

Window Media Player plays the file ok, but kodi and dream player on a fire tv have the same stuttering sound.

[ccs]

Am I right in saying that AC3 downmix only affects playback on the ET10K, and that the audio stream in the .ts file is not altered in any way during recording?
ie The recording file is a raw copy of the channel being transmitted on the transport stream.

If so, then the problem is with (some of) the remote playback applications I'm using.

Odd that it's taken me so long to notice that VLC doesn't seem to like some types of broadcast.

[abu baniaz]

Off topic.....
you can stream the 4k channel from receiver to PC. VLC won't play it but MPC will.

[ccs]

Off topic.....
you can stream the 4k channel from receiver to PC. VLC won't play it but MPC will.

...and MPC works fine on the Norton.ts file as well.

Just need to have another look at Kodi and Dream Player on the fire tv.