Helping a friend, ONKYO 605 & PS3 Settings.

[crackinhedz]

you are correct, even if set to bitstream, the ps3 will force pcm signal for the high definition audio....and bistream signal for standard dolbyd and dts.

[Baseball3]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

you are correct, even if set to bitstream, the ps3 will force pcm signal for the high definition audio....and bistream signal for standard dolbyd and dts.

Really, I should set my PS3 to bitstream? I did the auto setup and got 1080p and LPCM. Is this not the preferred setting? On the few movies I have watched I have had only Multi Ch PCM light up. Have all my months of reading posts been for naught? Have I sinned in the eyes of the PS3 church by forsaking bitstreaming for LPCM? Tell me why not LPCM and why bitstreaming. I gather it is because of the earlier posting that the PS3 will force LPCM when available even though bitstreaming is the the chosen setting. Dang, why even have a setting if you do not get it? Isn't that like auto? Is auto a setting? Help a man out!

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by Baseball3

Really, I should set my PS3 to bitstream? I did the auto setup and got 1080p and LPCM. Is this not the preferred setting? On the few movies I have watched I have had only Multi Ch PCM light up. Have all my months of reading posts been for naught? Have I sinned in the eyes of the PS3 church by forsaking bitstreaming for LPCM? Tell me why not LPCM and why bitstreaming. I gather it is because of the earlier posting that the PS3 will force LPCM when available even though bitstreaming is the the chosen setting. Dang, why even have a setting if you do not get it? Isn't that like auto? Is auto a setting? Help a man out!

my comments were made from months ago...I have no clue what I was even thinking then.


For Dolby TrueHD on the PS3 set the player to Linear PCM.

Uncompressed PCM tracks default to linear PCM when played so it does not matter if set to bitstream or LPCM.

For Dts-HD it also does not matter if its on bitstream or LPCM.



Again, with the PS3, you have to have it on Linear PCM to hear Dolby TrueHD....everything else can be set to either bitstream or LPCM.

[mr.hidef]

Has anyone bothered to ask this guy if he is using HDMI?

That is the only way his TRUE HD and DTS HD lights will activate on the Onkyo 605!

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by mr.hidef

Has anyone bothered to ask this guy if he is using HDMI?

That is the only way his TRUE HD and DTS HD lights will activate on the Onkyo 605!

not from a PS3...but thanks for playing.

[RBFC]

The "multi-channel" display on his receiver is showing because the legacy DD and DTS tracks are being decoded (by the PS3) to LPCM before going to the receiver. At least that's the situation with other players in this instance.

Lee

[un4gvn94538]

i have onkyo 705 and keep it at lpcm. it always display multi channel no matter what im hearing be it dts, dd or true hd using hdmi