I think this is a feature suggestion, but if I can cobble together a solution now via optical or analog with a Wiim Pro Plus, that's great.
Could we please have simple volume control for movies? Specifically, I'd like a WiiM device to be downstream of an Apple at TV but upstream of a video display. Specifically, for movies, I'd like to use Apple TV controller, this would encode volume in the primary HDMI signal. Ideally, the WiiM device would have an HDMI output and could have an option to drop the sound altogether as it heads to my dumb video display (that I wish to keep dumb).
Reliance on HDMI ARC has been problematic. While promising, it is also complex, hard to rationalize, difficult to work due protocol/codec incompatibilities, etc. It also works against my need for privacy -- there is no need for my dumb projector to change. I do not want a "smart" TV as this is more intrusion into my life from unscrupulous vendors. Finally, all this complexity won't ages poorly as it really requires an entire AV system be tested/upgraded as a whole rather than component by component.
As a side note, Air Play 2 is lovely for family members and visitors, I know it's a pain, but it is important. That said, proprietary vendor components could be physical devices, with HDMI output (for volume control).
Also, thanks so much for WiiM Pro Plus, it works great with the Fosi Amp with bass. The trigger is lovely, as an IOT Relay is easy to add (but the Fosi Amp should have had a trigget input).
Of course any thoughts on how I could peel off HDMI signal from Apple TV via a splitter, using some sort of upstream volume control optical or analog would be great. Audio splitters with analog outputs all have constant volume... requiring WiiM controller for volume control.
Could we please have simple volume control for movies? Specifically, I'd like a WiiM device to be downstream of an Apple at TV but upstream of a video display. Specifically, for movies, I'd like to use Apple TV controller, this would encode volume in the primary HDMI signal. Ideally, the WiiM device would have an HDMI output and could have an option to drop the sound altogether as it heads to my dumb video display (that I wish to keep dumb).
Reliance on HDMI ARC has been problematic. While promising, it is also complex, hard to rationalize, difficult to work due protocol/codec incompatibilities, etc. It also works against my need for privacy -- there is no need for my dumb projector to change. I do not want a "smart" TV as this is more intrusion into my life from unscrupulous vendors. Finally, all this complexity won't ages poorly as it really requires an entire AV system be tested/upgraded as a whole rather than component by component.
As a side note, Air Play 2 is lovely for family members and visitors, I know it's a pain, but it is important. That said, proprietary vendor components could be physical devices, with HDMI output (for volume control).
Also, thanks so much for WiiM Pro Plus, it works great with the Fosi Amp with bass. The trigger is lovely, as an IOT Relay is easy to add (but the Fosi Amp should have had a trigget input).
Of course any thoughts on how I could peel off HDMI signal from Apple TV via a splitter, using some sort of upstream volume control optical or analog would be great. Audio splitters with analog outputs all have constant volume... requiring WiiM controller for volume control.
