Babyfat

[babyfat]

I HAVE SONY BDP-S350 BLURAY HOOKED TO A SONY STR-DA2400ES RECEIVER THRU HDMI AND HAVE HAD NO LUCK AT ALL RECEIVING DOLBY TRUEHD SOUND ONLY RECEIVE LINEARPCM. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? HELP. THANKS.

[JasonR]

Change your HDMI audio from mixed to direct on the player.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by JasonR

Change your HDMI audio from mixed to direct on the player.

+1....what he said....

[babyfat]

changed to direct. did not help. still reads linearpcm when playing truehd disc.

[slaizer2000]

Originally Posted by babyfat

changed to direct. did not help. still reads linearpcm when playing truehd disc.

Not 100% sure about your blu-ray player, but if it is set to output sound as PCM, then you might be having that issue. Anyway to set the player to outpu sound as bitstream, that way the receiver decodes the audia instead of the player decoding the audio and sending it as PCM.

[slaizer2000]

Jsut doublechecked your player and your receiver. Both devices are capable of decoding the HD formats.

If you set your player to bitstream via hdmi, then the HD codec will appear on your reciver and the receiver will decode the HD audio.

If you set you player to do PCM, then it will decode the HD audio and then send it to your reciver as PCM. It will appear on your reciever as it is now (linearpcm) but is still HD audio. Only difference is your player decoded it to PCM as opposed to your receiver decoding it to PCM.

Which is better at decoding the HD audio is up for you to decide as their are alot of debate going on to which device decoded the HD aduio formats better..the player or the reciever.

[crackinhedz]

Set your Receiver HDMI "Audio Out" to AMP only. (Not TV + AMP)

[babyfat]

thanks for help guys i will keep tryin.

[rthune101]

I have the same receiver, make sure you also set the reciever to AFD AUTO....then you should see the beloved words "Dolby True HD" or "DTS Master Audio" scrolling across the reciever.

[babyfat]

no did not work still scrolls linear pcm. i open for any more ideas. thanks.

[crackinhedz]

what resolution do you have the Bluray player set to?

sometimes if its set to 480i/p Lossless audio will not pass.

Im sure you probably have it set correctly, but gotta think of anything.

[JasonR]

What is the movie?

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by JasonR

What is the movie?

Good question as some studios do not default to the Dolby TrueHD track automatically. Any Warner title will go to the lossy track first.

[jw]

babyfat

i had to stop on this one

[babyfat]

i am legend. will try another. thanks.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by babyfat

i am legend. will try another. thanks.

I am Legend is a Warner title. By default, they load up the lossy audio track- Dolby Digital, etc. Make sure you go into the menu and select the TrueHD track. Though even with that it should still say DD or Dolby Digital on your receiver if you're bitstreaming. If it sticks on PCM I'd say your player is doing the decoding still.

*edit* For sure, that's what's happening if you're seeing PCM on this title, as it doesn't have a PCM track- only TrueHD.

[MrRoy]

Make sure your receiver isn't set to TV and Amp for audio out. This setting on the receiver will make this happen, since the TV can't handle the high-def audio. Change it to Amp only and you should not have this issue anymore. I had this issue on a Sony STR-DG920.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by aramis109

I am Legend is a Warner title. By default, they load up the lossy audio track- Dolby Digital, etc. Make sure you go into the menu and select the TrueHD track. Though even with that it should still say DD or Dolby Digital on your receiver if you're bitstreaming. If it sticks on PCM I'd say your player is doing the decoding still.

*edit* For sure, that's what's happening if you're seeing PCM on this title, as it doesn't have a PCM track- only TrueHD.

He is correct!

First thing that you want to ALWAYS do is go into the disc setup menu and make sure the audio selected is the one you want to be hearing... ESPECIALLY WITH WARNER TITLES as they are never set to the HD track.

[babyfat]

played ironman which is set on truehd but still shows linearpcm scroll. oh well i will just live with it i guess cause it sounds pretty good. thanks for help.