Bitstream Reencode

[mphs68]

How come some disc sound better in reencode than others do?

[SeanMF]

Yea....i'm not quite sure what the bitsream re-encode is for. I just got the Samsung bd-p4600 and it has this option and bitstream (for audiophiles). I use the 2nd one.

[mphs68]

Can you use audophile with a optical connection I like audophile better to but i thought that was for hdmi audio.

[BIslander]

Bitstream re-encode decodes the track on the disc, mixes in secondary audio (if present) and re-encodes the re-mixed PCM for output as DTS.

Bitstream audiophile sends the original encoded track to the processor for decoding. There's no secondary audio mix. This setting gives you lossless audio over HDMI to a receiver with the proper decoder. Otherwise, the player will bitstream the DTS core or companion DD 5.1 track instead of the lossless one. You can use audiophile with optical. But, you will be limited to the legacy soundtracks instead of the lossless ones.

[mphs68]

Ive used audophile with optical and still been able to get secondary audio.

[Sammy]

What BIslander said is what my experience has been.

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by mphs68

Ive used audophile with optical and still been able to get secondary audio.

Here's what the P2500 manual says about Bitstream (Audiophile):

• Outputs only the Primary audio
  soundtrack (main soundtrack
  of the movie) so that your
  receiver can decode the audio
  bitstream.
• You will not hear Secondary and
  Effect audio.