PCM vs bitstream with PS3

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PCM vs bitstream with PS3

11-16-2008, 09:01 PM

notig

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Member since:Nov 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slec

For Multichannel HD audio, the PS3 decodes internally and sends out as LPCM to receiver. If you bitstream you will get the lossy track.

edit:
HDMI
bitstream=lossy track
LPCM=hd audio decoded (based on info selected at setup) and sent to receiver.

Optical/Toslink
bitstream= lossy track
LPCM= 2.0 lossless track.

Don't some blue ray movies have pure pcm audio which doesn't have to be decoded though and can be bitstreamed over HDMI?

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