Skip to content Audio formats, and why sound almost always works
mtivi ships its own audio decoders, so a track your device refuses still plays. Dolby and DTS still reach your receiver untouched.
Unlike video, audio has a safety net. mtivi carries decoders for sixteen formats, so a stream your device cannot handle on its own is still heard.
Covered by the built-in decoders
| Family | Formats |
|---|---|
| Dolby | Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and its lossless base |
| DTS | DTS and its variants |
| MPEG audio | MP2 and MP3. MP2 matters: a great many live channels still use it |
| Open formats | Opus, Vorbis, FLAC |
| Apple | ALAC |
| Windows Media | WMA and WMA Pro |
| Older and rare | RealAudio Cook, XMA |
Everything your device already decodes, AAC included, is used directly.
Dolby and DTS passthrough
When your TV, soundbar or receiver can decode the format, mtivi hands the sound over untouched so Atmos objects and surround layouts survive. The device’s own decoder is preferred, and the built-in ones only fill gaps.
One exception. On devices that cannot do both at once, turning on live captions forces the audio to be processed, which ends passthrough for that session.
Choosing a track
Streams often carry several languages. Pick one in the player, or set a preferred language once under Settings, then Playback. See Audio tracks, preferred language and passthrough.
