Audio from PS3 to reciever

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Originally Posted by jkthompson1

I own a yamaha HTR 6130 reciever with a yamaha speaker package that came with it. The HTR 6130 decodes dolby digital and dts, basic stuff. I have a PS3 hooked up to it. the only problem is that you have to run an optical to the reciever if you are using HDMI, which I am. this system is installed in my apartment, but at my parents house we have a yamaha RX-V663 that decodes everything. it's hooked up to do 7:1, but when it decodes it's usually 5:1. when I was at my parents house i hooked up a sony blu-ray player, a S350, and it decodes the highest level of audio straight to the reciever. my playstation will do this too, but at my apartment all I can get out of it is dolby digital. I watch a lot of blu-rays so I pay for the high quality sound that accompanies the picture. what i'm wondering is what setting do I have to have the system in my apartment so that the PS3 does the decoding and sends it out the highest quality audio to the reciever?

You'll need a receiver capable of receiving Linear PCM Through HDMI. Even thought your PS3 decodes it, an optical cable will only get you the core track and not the lossless track.
So your best choice is to set it to Bitstream if your using optical.

For more information, read these two very helpful post by Crackinhedz and Slec.

HOW TO GET: Uncompressed PCM, Dolby TrueHD & Dts-HD MASTER Audio

Audio and the PS3