A lot of the problems I am experiencing seem to be related to how the Aura handles a change from stereo to multichannel audio. I was watching an episode of Fargo recorded from Channel 4 HD the main programme is in multichannel audio but the add breaks are in stereo. If I skip through adds (skip step at default setting of 15 seconds) to just before adds finish when Fargo starts and changes to multichannel the sound will often stop. Sometimes the sound will start after a few seconds sometimes not, sometimes after a few more seconds of playback the picture will freeze. If I rewind the recording to play more of the add break (give more of a run up to the point where the sound transitions from stereo to multichannel) it appears to negotiate the transition more successfully with only a second of silence before multichannel audio starts and no picture freeze. At one instance of this behaviour when the Aura was also recording while I was watching the episode of Fargo the picture froze and the box spontaneously restarted. Causing the recordings to fail.
While watching the Olympic coverage (live not a recording) on BBC1 HD which is in multichannel audio. When coverage stopped and the News which is in stereo started the picture froze at the start of the Olympic coverage stored in the buffer, as if it rewound and paused.
I also recently had my first instance that I can remember of when changing channel getting a black screen and low signal strength warning that needed a restart to fix. This was on changing from a channel showing a programme with multichannel audio to a channel showing a stereo programme. This may have been just a coincidence as the rarity of such an event prevents me suggesting a causal relationship.
Another issue I experience is if a Aura (set to never go into deep standby) is left on standby for approx 24hrs or more when I press the remote power button it seems to be in deep standby. With the start up process lasting longer, with the light on the front of the Aura going off and on and the android splash screen displayed on the TV. I don’t think this could be due to how the Aura handles audio streams.
I have two Auras. One connected directly via HDMI to a TV with the Aura audio output set to TV (internal speakers). The other is connected via HDMI to a multichannel receiver and then via HDMI to a TV with the Aura audio output set to Home Cinema via HDMI [Aura-Audio Equipment-TV] (up to 7.1ch). Both Auras exhibit these problems when on a channel or playing back a recording (not just the one episode of Fargo) when the audio stream changes between stereo and multichannel. Both have Firmware version 00.09.21 and Application version 1.01_90_210617_a9f0ae58c
This behaviour seems similar to problems several people are reporting. Is anyone else attributing problems to how the Aura handles a change between stereo and multichannel audio?
