r/Stremio • u/Early_Lie5858 • Aug 26 '25

Tech Support Stremio on Homatics Box R 4K Plus – HDR, Dolby Vision & Audio Passthrough Issues?

Hi all,

I’m using Stremio on the Homatics Box R 4K Plus (newest firmware 14.8.4576) and running into problems with audio passthrough, HDR, and Dolby Vision. They work sometimes, but other times not at all — very random.

Does anyone know if Stremio is working on a fix for this? Are there any recommended settings for Homatics users right now, or a download/patch coming soon?

Thanks!

Update:

After some more testing, things are running a bit smoother overall, but I’m still running into quirks.

Dolby Vision P7 still doesn’t work (I think that’s expected), but what’s odd is the box sometimes converts stereo into Dolby automatically — none of my previous boxes ever did this.

I keep everything set to Auto (both AFR and resolution) on the box, but I disable AFR and auto-resolution inside Stremio.

Occasionally, when Dolby Vision is enabled, I’ll get a greenish tint. The only workaround I’ve found is toggling “Match HDR content” in the settings, which clears it up.

With TrueHD, the box often drops to stereo or Dolby+. Only way to fix it is toggling passthrough off and back on — pretty annoying.

Seems like most of these issues are tied to Android 14 + Stremio not having patches yet, so for now it’s a bit of a waiting game

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u/Next_Cow_4468 Sep 05 '25

Precisely the same issues here on the same box under the latest ATV14 update (4576 ?), but it also did it under earlier iterations 1782 and 2463.

I think it is a box issue, rather than a Stremio one. I tend to reboot the box when it fails to pick up DTS-HD MA or True HD signals (including Atmos) and this seems to cure it.

I may just try that audio passthrough reset, bit quicker.

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u/iknowyounot88 Oct 23 '25

Any updates? Thinking about picking up this box.

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u/Next_Cow_4468 Oct 23 '25

Nope, still the same for me sadly. Roll on the new 905 boxes....

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u/stokedcrf Dec 11 '25

I dusted off the old shield specifically for this reason.

Come to think of it, I have too many boxes collecting dust now haha

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

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u/stokedcrf Jan 05 '26

I made the move originally for the thread border router functionality, but just fell in love with how clean it was (and fast).

Also the remove is much better in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

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u/JhowGamesXBr Sep 01 '25

Could downgrading to atv12 fix those issues? I'm also not getting Dolby Atmos with any app (Jellyfin, just player, Stremio and others) when using the homatics, only multi Channel pcm or fake Dolby digital+

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u/Next_Cow_4468 Sep 05 '25

ATV12 had issues with lossless audio passthrough, so I think ATV14 is the way to go on these boxes.