A Blade in the Dark 4K UHD (88 Films)

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Keoma

Sounds like a set-up issue. Everything plays fine on my end, using 3 different players. How is your set-up configured for audio? Are you using a receiver or going straight to the TV? Try "bitstream" or "auto" under the audio set-up menu in your player.

I used TV sound with and without headphones to check.

I never change my setup between discs so there really shouldn't be any issue.

I played another UHD right after and had no problems with it.

Could just be a faulty disc?

I posted here to see if anyone else was having the same bother in case it was a faulty batch... but it seems not.

[Keoma]

Originally Posted by Markgway

I used TV sound with and without headphones to check.

I never change my setup between discs so there really shouldn't be any issue.

I played another UHD right after and had no problems with it.

Could just be a faulty disc?

I posted here to see if anyone else was having the same bother in case it was a faulty batch... but it seems not.

I'm afraid I no longer have a Sony UHD player, so I can not comment on its settings options. I returned mine after it acted up on half the discs I played on it. I would not be surprised if the player was at fault here. The disc plays fine on my 2 Panasonic (820 and 9000) and Oppo 203 players. It's a seamless branching disc, but I doubt this has anything to do with the problem. Sorry you are having this issue!

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Keoma

I'm afraid I no longer have a Sony UHD player, so I can not comment on its settings options. I returned mine after it acted up on half the discs I played on it. I would not be surprised if the player was at fault here. The disc plays fine on my 2 Panasonic (820 and 9000) and Oppo 203 players. It's a seamless branching disc, but I doubt this has anything to do with the problem. Sorry you are having this issue!

Yeah, it's a curious one.

Definately not a branching issue. The video plays fine, it's just the audio that's borked... unless I only ever want to listen to the commentary.

[lateralspin]

I tested my disc and it seems to playback okay. Audio is good, very clear.
I should, at a bare minimum, do a quick check on every disc in my library, just to make sure that the audio playback of every disc is okay, so that I can return/replace if found defective.

[oddbox83]

If you had a bad disc, it wouldn't present like this. The video would be affected to.

It's likely a compatibility gremlin.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

If you had a bad disc, it wouldn't present like this. The video would be affected to.

It's likely a compatibility gremlin.

One that would only affect 2/3 audio tracks?

Why is the audio commentary OK?

[Keoma]

Originally Posted by Markgway

One that would only affect 2/3 audio tracks?

Why is the audio commentary OK?

Would it be possible for you to check the disc on a different player? Maybe a friend's?

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Markgway

One that would only affect 2/3 audio tracks?

Why is the audio commentary OK?

If a disc has corrupt data or can’t be read properly, it won’t discriminate at specific audio tracks.

Have you tried changing the audio settings? Maybe it’s the TV not liking if it’s a bitstream. The disc is DTS-HD MA so try switching between pcm, bitstream, etc.

No you shouldn’t have to but if a workaround allows you to play the disc why not?

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Keoma

Would it be possible for you to check the disc on a different player? Maybe a friend's?

I don't know anyone who has a 4K player.

Most of them are still satisfied with DVD or streaming!

Originally Posted by oddbox83

If a disc has corrupt data or can’t be read properly, it won’t discriminate at specific audio tracks.

Have you tried changing the audio settings? Maybe it’s the TV not liking if it’s a bitstream. The disc is DTS-HD MA so try switching between pcm, bitstream, etc.

No you shouldn’t have to but if a workaround allows you to play the disc why not?

I'll give it another whirl...

[BluPat]

Got my 88 Films 4K in the mail a couple days ago. Looking forward to watching this.

[Markgway]

OK, so I forced my player to output PCM and the audio now works.

Thanks to oddbox for the suggestion.

[Keoma]

Originally Posted by Markgway

OK, so I forced my player to output PCM and the audio now works.

Thanks to oddbox for the suggestion.

Glad you got to the bottom of it. What audio output setting was it on before? If "bitstream" was on, then that means your TV can not accept the codec used for the 2 soundtracks, which is why you heard noise instead.

[lateralspin]

So your decoder has an issue with decoding the bitstream encoding? I have a similar issue with the Conan 4K disc, where the disc does not like the BD Audio Mix.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Keoma

Glad you got to the bottom of it. What audio output setting was it on before? If "bitstream" was on, then that means your TV can not accept the codec used for the 2 soundtracks, which is why you heard noise instead.

Actually, it was set to Auto, which had worked for every title I've played before. I don't understand it, I'm just glad it's sorted.

[David M]

The audio on this title is encoded as DTS HD Master Audio. Some TVs removed the decoder for this format (as a cost cutting measure?).

If your TV doesn't support that codec, you might end up with no sound. Fortunately, all BD players have to support at least the lossy DTS core (a handful of early ones only support that part), and all ones on the market today support the Master Audio lossless part.

So in that case, as you've found, setting your player output mode to PCM (which means the player will be doing the audio decoding, not the TV) will sidestep the lack of audio support in the TV.

[Muyfa666]

Ate there english SDH subs for the english audio on the 88 Films or only for the italian track? For both cuts so to speak.

I understand the VS to have english subs for both tracks.

Are there anything major that sets the releases apart otherwise?

[Sleazeaddict]

Loads of extra not on the VS release, bought both for this.

[Muyfa666]

Noone?

[BluPat]

Love this movie. The 88 Films 4K is great.

[Muyfa666]

Originally Posted by BluPat

Love this movie. The 88 Films 4K is great.

You own it? Can you comment on the subs?