Popcorn DTS issue

roonay3k

I recently gave away WD TV "media center" to my dad as a christmas present, and little did I know that it wasn't able to convert the DTS audio to Stereo. I should have checked that out but now I'm in a bad position and I need some help.

He doesnt have an reciever at all he only has a 720p Samsung with no other speakers connected so what I need is to get the mkv files to play Sound on his TV Speakers.

I Did some googling and from what I understand The new Popcorn Hour with the newest firmware will Downmix that DTS track and decode it to his TV Speakers without any external Reciever.. Am I Right ? I know the DTS track can be converted to AC3 with some tools for PC but he doesn't have the Skills to do so. What I need is To play Mkv x264 files with DTS through the hdmi cable..

Is this possible with the newest Popcorn or is the only way to buy a reciever/decoder ?

Thanks for any replies.. It's appriciated!

MediaTank

Yes, it's possible with the latest firmware, but only for the PCH A110 model i.e. the one that supports HDMI 1.3.

MT

GigaByte

You can use the PopCorn Audio Converter to create an additional audio channel (AC3) from the DTS channel. It takes about 2 minutes to do.

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/PopCorn_MKV_AudioConverter