music on PS3

[frieda]

No there was a post about this long ago but could not found it. Someone has written that he's mp3's are played back as 5.1 PCM. Only got my PS3 a couple of weeks and have notice the following when I play a normal audio CD the blue
multi channel processing light on my Sony receiver stays on which means it is doing multi channel processing which is wrong as a CD is stereo, the CD play back right as only music is coming from front to speakers only. This multi channel light should be off when playing CD's. Would like to no if a solution has been found for this ?

Use HDMI cable to connect PS3 to receiver and HDMI cable to connect receiver to TV.

Thanks

[Pepelutivruski4]

mp3's dont' play in 5.1.
double stereo maybe...

your solution may be assesed much better if you tell us what equipment you are running.

[frieda]

Originally Posted by Pepelutivruski4

mp3's dont' play in 5.1.

neither does CDA, but the PS3 send them to the receiver as 5.1. The multichannel decoding light on receiver only comes on when it recieves multichannel signal, so it is not suppose to be on when playing cd's or mp3's as both are 2 channel.

PS3 is connected to a Sony STR-DA3300ES receiver which is connected yo a Sony Bravia HD ready TV.

[prankster]

my ps3 is hooked up to my onkyo 605 receiver and they only way i can get all-channel stereo with my music is to only selct stereo as my audio output on my ps3 and change my receiver settings to all-ch

[Rike255]

My CD's and MP3's play in stereo from my PS3. Not sure why yours don't unless your receiver settings are doing something (All-Channel Stereo for example)

[frieda]

The cd's and mp3's do play in stereo as the music only comes out left and right speakers, but the signal received by the receiver is not stereo it is multichannel if it was a stereo signal the multichannel light on receiver would not have came on. Got a Sony BD S-500 player that is connected the same way as the PS3 is connected to receiver and when playing CD's on it the multichannel light is off which means the receiver is getting a stereo signal but for some reason the PS3 changes stereo isgnal to a multichannel signal when playing cd's.

Note : I do not want to play my music in sourround mode, no how to do that. Problem is when playing a cd the multichannel light on receiver should be of as cd's are stereo not multichannel but it is on which means the PS3 is sending a multichannel signal to receiver instead of stereo which it is suppose to do.

[Rike255]

Maybe the other channels are active, but there's nothing being sent to them.

Either way, it seems like there's no problem. You're getting Stereo audio like you're supposed to.

[frieda]

This is not a major crisis seeing that the music is played in stereo as it should be , it is just weird that the PS3 for some reason converts the 2 channel signal to a multicahnnel signal.

[Blu-Tsunami13]

Originally Posted by prankster

my ps3 is hooked up to my onkyo 605 receiver and they only way i can get all-channel stereo with my music is to only selct stereo as my audio output on my ps3 and change my receiver settings to all-ch

I answered this question earlier, when I had the same problem as you. It took me forever to find this answer in another forum, but when i found it, I posted this solution on Blu-ray.com.

(https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=1151651).

Prankster you have the same receiver I have so just Press and hold the Enter button on ur receiver, for about 3 seconds. The display should then say Auto (Hdmi) press enter again then it should say PCM - Hdmi. That will give u the ability of modifying the listening modes, while u have an Hdmi setup for ur ps3.

This way u can take advantage of ur 5.1/7.1 set up when listening to any mp3/wav files on ur ps3 by using the alternative matrix codecs. Let me know if u have any questions, this solution is harder to explain on a computer then verbally, u know.

As for the OP, you have a Sony, so I'm afraid I don't have a solution for you, but take a good hard look at your user manual and see if you can find a solution. Or check other A/V forums via Google, that's what I did.

[frieda]

Thanks for all the replys.

[Pepelutivruski4]

Originally Posted by frieda

neither does CDA

it is if it's SACD, but not too many PS3 models are lucky enough to play SACD.

[frieda]

Originally Posted by Pepelutivruski4

it is if it's SACD, but not too many PS3 models are lucky enough to play SACD.

Never thought of it in this way, but my PS3 is not suppose to be able to play SACD's

[Pepelutivruski4]

Originally Posted by frieda

Never thought of it in this way, but my PS3 is not suppose to be able to play SACD's

lol why not? does your model not support it?

quite frankly it's the absolute best feature i value on my PS3.

they do some amazing surround mixes that will make anyone melt.
even non audio/music enthusiasts haev been appalled when they hear some SACDs

[frieda]

I do have a Sony SACD so I no what it sounds like.

[frieda]

When I play a DVD that is recorded in Dolby Digital 2.0 ( stero ) or PCM 2 channel the PS3 switches the receiver over to stereo as it should why can it switches the receiver over to stereo when playing a CD which is stero aswell ? Does not make sence at all.

Suppose the only fix is to disable 7.1 and 5.1 manualy so that the PS3 only put's out stereo. If I use this option my CD's and MP3's plays back correctly and I can play them in surround aswell not that I want to.

Other option is to select 44.1/88.2/176 for CD playback then in the sound settings to unselect these under 7.1 and 5.1. Doing this also plays my CDs correctly but using this option I can not play the CD's in surround ( not bothered by this as I always listen to CD's in stereo ) as the receiver can only play stereo sountracks in surround if the are 48kHz and using this option the CD are played back at 176kHz. This option will not work for MP3 as they are 48 kHz.

The only music I listen to in surround is SACD because the are recorded in that way, playing stereo CD's in surround does not sound right to me.

If this a bug in the PS3 I hope the will fix it, if they made the PS3 like this I hope they will change it so that when you play CD's it will switch receiver the same way it does with DVD''s

I use my PS3 for games and Blu-ray only so it dioes not bother me but I suppose for paople using their PS3 to play CD's aswell it can be a pain changing settings the whole time.

[TauRus]

Originally Posted by frieda

This is not a major crisis seeing that the music is played in stereo as it should be , it is just weird that the PS3 for some reason converts the 2 channel signal to a multicahnnel signal.

Frieda, PS3 does not convert your stereo audio files to multi-channel. More than likely this is your receiver incorrectly showing the multi-channel signal. Try changing the PS3 output from bitstream to PCM.

[frieda]

Thanks for the reply, must be on PCM as DVD's plays correctly.

[frieda]

Originally Posted by TauRus

Frieda, PS3 does not convert your stereo audio files to multi-channel. More than likely this is your receiver incorrectly showing the multi-channel signal. Try changing the PS3 output from bitstream to PCM.

True, but the receiver looks what signal is coming in and then switches to the correct mode, the receiver switches to multi channel meaning it gets a multi channel signal for some reason instead of a stereo signal as it should for a CD.
The CD still plays stereo as the other 3 speaker are dead.

Sure PS3 is set to PCM, will converm when I get home at work now, but as I said my stereo DVD's work fine, does not make sence at all.

[frieda]

Here is a user with same problem :

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=42323

[joegs300]

you have to uncheck all the boxes except for the 2.1's in the sound options