STR-DG820 sound modes question.... - Blu-ray Forum

tikigod19 · 02-16-2012, 08:53 PM

Hi all, to compress a long story down to a very short one.

I make wedding videos and have recently started authoring discs in 5.1 sound. I check them with a 5.1 headset through my PC and all is fine.

I'm trying to get to the bottom of why they don't play exactly as I author them via my Panasonic BluRay player and Sony STR-DG820.

One of the issues may be that the bluray is connected with HDMI only as it has no coaxial OR optical! Mad I know.. I didn't realise this before I bought it.

When I play from the player and put it into AFD AUTO mode I just get stereo with a sub.

When I put it into E SURROUND PLII I get sound from all speakers but not exactly as I authored it, it's more of a 'simulated 5.1' is that correct?

Now the other tough bit.. I have a media player connected with optical and I am able to get the proper 5.1 (how i edited it) on some mpeg files played directly from this, but when I play the wedding DVD folder from this, it's as it was with the bluray player - not how I wanted it.

What I have just done is turned the mpeg file that I know works into a bluray or DVD and then tested it - It did not play as it should so I think the authoring to disc process is stripping the DVD of its true 5.1 sound.

I'd really love to get some advice on this, more than anything on what the modes mean on the amp, but if you have even more knowledge to offer please chip in!!

edit - I've just put the amp on AFD Auto and watched Sky HD and I notice that programs not broadcast in dolby digital just come out in stereo, where as HD programs in dolby, come out as they should.

What I'd like is to have sound from all speakers (E SURROUND for normal stereo programs as I like the dialogue in the center channel) but then when i watch something actually being broadcast in dolby digital, for it to be true dolby digital - would leaving it in E-SURROUND do this or would that mean the surround I hear for programs actually being broadcast in 5.1, wouldn't be as the creator intended it to sound?

Thanks

02-16-2012, 08:53 PM	#1
tikigod19 Junior Member Member since:Dec 2008	STR-DG820 sound modes question.... Hi all, to compress a long story down to a very short one. I make wedding videos and have recently started authoring discs in 5.1 sound. I check them with a 5.1 headset through my PC and all is fine. I'm trying to get to the bottom of why they don't play exactly as I author them via my Panasonic BluRay player and Sony STR-DG820. One of the issues may be that the bluray is connected with HDMI only as it has no coaxial OR optical! Mad I know.. I didn't realise this before I bought it. When I play from the player and put it into AFD AUTO mode I just get stereo with a sub. When I put it into E SURROUND PLII I get sound from all speakers but not exactly as I authored it, it's more of a 'simulated 5.1' is that correct? Now the other tough bit.. I have a media player connected with optical and I am able to get the proper 5.1 (how i edited it) on some mpeg files played directly from this, but when I play the wedding DVD folder from this, it's as it was with the bluray player - not how I wanted it. What I have just done is turned the mpeg file that I know works into a bluray or DVD and then tested it - It did not play as it should so I think the authoring to disc process is stripping the DVD of its true 5.1 sound. I'd really love to get some advice on this, more than anything on what the modes mean on the amp, but if you have even more knowledge to offer please chip in!! edit - I've just put the amp on AFD Auto and watched Sky HD and I notice that programs not broadcast in dolby digital just come out in stereo, where as HD programs in dolby, come out as they should. What I'd like is to have sound from all speakers (E SURROUND for normal stereo programs as I like the dialogue in the center channel) but then when i watch something actually being broadcast in dolby digital, for it to be true dolby digital - would leaving it in E-SURROUND do this or would that mean the surround I hear for programs actually being broadcast in 5.1, wouldn't be as the creator intended it to sound? Thanks Last edited by tikigod19; 02-16-2012 at 09:29 PM.

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