Old fashioned DD5.1 on Samsung BDP-1500 - Blu-ray Forum

rainman20 · 10-11-2008, 04:08 AM

Confession: I'm a newbie that just upgraded (partially) to a Samsung HD Plasma and BDP-1500 Blu-Ray (from old CRT and DVD). Partially, as I am still using my 10 year old Yamaha RX-V2092 workhorse that only decodes DolbyDigital 5.1 (no DTS or newer HD formats) via the optical connection from the BDP-1500.
SD DVDs are able to pass on the 5.1 audio just fine when I use the re-encode feature w/downgraded audio rate. BUT... in the two sample BD's I have (Ratatouille and Departed) which both claim Dolby 5.1 soundtracks, I cannot get an old fashioned 5.1 stream recognized by my Yamaha. I've tried various combos of audio settings on the player and can only get audio from PCM streams of what seems to be 2 channel audio. Do I really need to shell out for a new receiver for TrueHD/DTS-HD when I'm still satisfied with compressed audio at 5.1 or is there some way to pass on DolbyDigital 5.1 over the optical connection. Thanks!

clyon · 10-11-2008, 04:11 AM

you have to change the bd player to bitstream, it is set to PCM right now

Big Daddy · 10-11-2008, 04:18 AM

Toslink (Optical) or Coaxial S/PDIF cannot carry a 5.1 LPCM signal, so the signal will be reduced to 2 channels only.

BIslander · 10-11-2008, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Toslink (Optical) or Coaxial S/PDIF cannot carry a 5.1 LPCM signal, so the signal will be reduced to 2 channels only.

That's why clyon recommended setting the player to bitstream the DD soundtrack.

10-11-2008, 04:08 AM	#1
rainman20 New Member Member since:Oct 2008	Old fashioned DD5.1 on Samsung BDP-1500 Confession: I'm a newbie that just upgraded (partially) to a Samsung HD Plasma and BDP-1500 Blu-Ray (from old CRT and DVD). Partially, as I am still using my 10 year old Yamaha RX-V2092 workhorse that only decodes DolbyDigital 5.1 (no DTS or newer HD formats) via the optical connection from the BDP-1500. SD DVDs are able to pass on the 5.1 audio just fine when I use the re-encode feature w/downgraded audio rate. BUT... in the two sample BD's I have (Ratatouille and Departed) which both claim Dolby 5.1 soundtracks, I cannot get an old fashioned 5.1 stream recognized by my Yamaha. I've tried various combos of audio settings on the player and can only get audio from PCM streams of what seems to be 2 channel audio. Do I really need to shell out for a new receiver for TrueHD/DTS-HD when I'm still satisfied with compressed audio at 5.1 or is there some way to pass on DolbyDigital 5.1 over the optical connection. Thanks!

10-11-2008, 04:11 AM	#2
clyon Special Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Just left of the Alpha Quadrant 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:824 Blu-ray reviews:8	you have to change the bd player to bitstream, it is set to PCM right now Last edited by clyon; 10-11-2008 at 04:15 AM.

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10-11-2008, 04:18 AM	#3
Big Daddy Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Southern California Home Theater Gallery:79 Blu-ray collection:122 Trading Score:1	Toslink (Optical) or Coaxial S/PDIF cannot carry a 5.1 LPCM signal, so the signal will be reduced to 2 channels only.

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