Audio format matter for sound bar? - Blu-ray Forum

avs commenter · 12-05-2018, 01:42 PM

Somewhat of a noob question, but does audio format (dolby, DTS, PCM) matter for a 2.1 Sound Bar through optical?

My disc player is sending uncompressed audio to my TV. My TV can't decode DTS but my sound bar can. So should I be changing the output it sends to the soundbar to PCM or keep it at Dolby. Or, because it's only 2.1, does it really not matter anyway?

oddbox83 · 12-05-2018, 09:50 PM

PCM will ensure lossless 2.0 going to the amp. Going though the TV limits everything to lossy DD in bitstream.

The best option of course would be sending the audio via HDMI direct as bitstream to the bar, if you can do that with it.

12-05-2018, 01:42 PM	#1
avs commenter Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2018 Trading Score:8	Audio format matter for sound bar? Somewhat of a noob question, but does audio format (dolby, DTS, PCM) matter for a 2.1 Sound Bar through optical? My disc player is sending uncompressed audio to my TV. My TV can't decode DTS but my sound bar can. So should I be changing the output it sends to the soundbar to PCM or keep it at Dolby. Or, because it's only 2.1, does it really not matter anyway?

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12-05-2018, 09:50 PM	#2
oddbox83 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2013 Location:UK	PCM will ensure lossless 2.0 going to the amp. Going though the TV limits everything to lossy DD in bitstream. The best option of course would be sending the audio via HDMI direct as bitstream to the bar, if you can do that with it.

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