Out of curiosity...

[homer860]

If I have my blu ray connected to a receiver through analog cables, and lets say I would like to watch Casino Royale which only plays Audio English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 & French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, then what would the audio be in ? since TrueHd and DTS-MA can only play through HDMI or optical? Will it play only in regular 5.1 ?

[Gremal]

If your player is capable of internally decoding those high resolution codecs, it will output the analog signal through your RCA connectors.

[gonk]

What player are you using? If it will decode these formats internally, the analog output will be the decoded form of those tracks. If it can't decode them it will decode the lossy core track instead.

since TrueHd and DTS-MA can only play through HDMI or optical?

TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio cannot be passed via optical. Both include a lossy "core" track (Dolby Digital or DTS) that is passed through optical and coaxial. The only ways to get TrueHD or DTS-HD are HDMI (either an undecoded bitstream or decoded LPCM) and multichannel analog (decoded LPCM converted to analog).

[homer860]

I have sony S360. I use HDMI cables. I was just wondering, if I would be using analog there would be no sound at all?

As long as I use HDMI, I'll always get TrueHD, or DTS-MA depending on the movie's audio format, correct?

[gonk]

The Sony S360 will decode the formats internally, but the analog output is stereo only. The analog output will be active and will be derived from the lossless track, but it will be downmixed to stereo only. If you are connecting to a surround receiver and actually have an HDMI input on the receiver, you should definitely use that. If you are connecting directly to a TV, it doesn't really matter much for sound quality but HDMI is much easier to set up.