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Old 03-30-2008, 04:00 AM   #4 of 11
Jari K
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Re: Bitstream and LPCM Confusion with the PS3


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Originally Posted by Craig_Ehr
Personally, I would rather have my receiver do the decoding rather than the PS3. I only set it to "PCM" for Dolby TrueHD (and presumably some day for DTS-HD [MA]), and the rest of the time it is set to "Bitstream".

"Bitstream" would be the ideal way (this will pass through the original soundtrack format untouched from the player => receiver decodes it), but I guess the problem is that e.g. PS3 won´t support "bitstream" via HDMI yet (am I correct?).. So you basically need to use PCM for the HD-audio (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD) at this point.

"Normal" DD and DTS work just fine via "bitstream" and e.g. optical connections. So with SD DVDs, you can use "bitstream".

PCM - Player decodes
Bitstream - Receiver decodes



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