1917 and other Blu-rays only offer Dolby Atmos®

I played 1917 though Oppo BDP-95 player into the 976. The only audio option on the disc was Dolby Atmos®. The sound would cut in and out very, very briefly every couple of minutes. I would also like to get Roger Waters' Us + Them which is also in Dolby Atmos®. Is there a work around?

I believe a Dolby Atmos bitstream without a specific Atmos decoder is the same as the Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel mix. From your description I wasn't 100% clear if you were decoding in the BDP-95 (analog input to the 976) or decoding in the 976 (hdmi input to the 976). If you were using the analog in, try using HDMI, and if HDMI check if you are sending the bitstream or PCM to the 976 (one may work better than the other).

It's possible either the BD-95 or the 976 isn't 100% happy with the bitstream on 1917, but that doesn't necessarily mean that any other Dolby Atmos release would behave the same as there are many many different authoring tools and decsisions in the process.

The only other things I can think of that might cause a glitch is whether any dynamic range compression (night mode) setting is enabled anywhere, or an HDMI cable / handshake issue.

HDMI input to the 976. I really want the Roger Waters Blu-ray since I was at the concert. I had borrowed 1917 and no longer have it to test. I didn't realize the bitstream without an Atmos decoder is the same as Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel mix. That makes sense.