Linear PCM vs Bitstream

[PCFan]

Is sending an LPCM to the receiver with the player (Blu-ray players for example) decoding the audio faster than bitstreaming in general? By faster I mean when you start playing a movie does the audio get detected faster when a player decodes the audio instead of the receiver decoding the audio?

[Vor4]

Originally Posted by PCFan

Is sending an LPCM to the receiver with the player (Blu-ray players for example) decoding the audio faster than bitstreaming in general? By faster I mean when you start playing a movie does the audio get detected faster when a player decodes the audio instead of the receiver decoding the audio?

A receiver will have a delay in outputing the sound in audio bitstreaming since it has to decode the audio signal. LPCM audio is usually faster since the audio gets decoded in the player.

[Canada]

You need to set your player to output bitstream if you want to get Dolby Atmos otherwise PCM is just fine.