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0 pointsjeffbee1y ago0 comments

Licensing is definitely strangling the market for Atmos decoders. If you have particular requirements you can always do it with ~$2k in Dolby software licenses and also ~$2k in converters. You cannot, unfortunately, DIY hardware for Atmos without an HDCP license. If you have one of those you can actually DIY something around a DSP like the ones Analog Devices sells preloaded with the IP. Then again if you have those kinds of resources you probably already work for Harman or something.

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hedora1y ago

Gee, look what fell out of the back of a truck:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HDMI-1-4-Splitter-1-i...

$25 minimum order (for ten) + shipping and tariffs. No idea if these work, but they’re the top internet hit. The metadata says they do.

jeffbeeOP1y ago

Yes but ADI won't even sell you the DSP I mentioned unless you produce your HDCP license.

iwontberude1y ago

Whenever I try to use these they don’t work with the latest hardware

aidenn01y ago

Someone (Monoprice I think?) sells a box that downgrades HDCP; this is actually allowed in the HDCP agreement. Run the signal through that first.

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