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Originally Posted by gleff
I just upgraded to 4.20 and set up the Audio output to PCM and personally I think it sounds worse than if I use Auto.
I have a Yamaha Rx-v1800 receiver, and have tried playing Dolby TrueHD tracks from Celine Dion (A new Day), and also Spiderman 3, and it just doesn't sound as good as when I use Auto.
Am I doing something wrong? I wish there was a telltale sign that I'm listening to Dolby TrueHD.. Eg. via the receiver (instead of PCM), or via the BD player.
Edit: I'm using HDMI from the BDP-S300 to the Yamaha RX-V1800 receiver
I'm also a little confused. If the BDP-S300 now officially supports Dolby TrueHD for onboard decoding, surely you no longer need to bitstream via PCM anyway. Either way, no matter what I do, I don't seem to be able to light up the TrueHD light on my receiver so i'm assuming that i'm not getting DD True HD being decoded anywhere.
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I think what you are hearing is the processing that the receiver does. When you have the player set to Auto it is sending out standard DD (or maybe DD+?) and the AVR then applies bass management, speaker setup, etc., to it. If you have the player decode the sound then you are getting the TrueHD decoded into PCM and (I think) most AVRs bypass all of the adjustments. If you have a fairly standard setup (like I do) then the AVR processing may not do much and the TrueHD will sound much, much better. If you have a unique room layout or acoustical needs then I suppose it is possible that the standard DD (+) could sound better.
In any event, you will NEVER see a TrueHD light on the receiver. It is decoded internally and your AVR will always perceive it as PCM.