Hah, I had no idea that proper Blu-ray sound wasn't supported over
spdif. Like James, my receiver (Onkyo SR800) just does HDMI audio
passthrough. I was about to be annoyed about having to go back to 7-8
analog cables from optical cable, but then I realized the receiver
doesn't even support the new audio formats, so, it's more or less
irrelevant!
Scott
On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
In your case, either you use multi-channel audio outs from your set-
top box or you live with the regular compressed & lossy formats
(DD&DTS5.1) via optical or coax.
James Maki wrote:
Most of the followup posts address ripping the Blu-ray to the
harddrive to
play. I was asking the question regarding a regular set top blu-ray
player.
If my receiver just passes the HDMI audio signal along to the HDTV,
how do I
connect the audio from the blu-ray player to the receiver?
More of a thought question since I do use my computer. Some of these
gyrations sound more difficult than what you get out of them!
Personally, I
use AnydvdHD to play blu-ray discs.
Jim Maki
jwm_maill...@comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:13 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] HDMI Audio Problems
Rip the Bluray to HD, re-encode the audio to FLAC and mux back
into an mkv
file with the video and any subs you need. Works great.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Consultant
Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org>
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:32 PM, James Maki <jwm_maill...@comcast.net
>wrote:
Isn't DRM just grand! It doesn't really protect the
material, just makes it
difficult for us to use it, to enjoy what we pay for.
So how do you get tru-hd or dts-hd from a set top blu-ray
player? The HDMI
receiver passes it on to the HDTV (which is stereo). Can't
use the SPDIF
without it degrading the quality. What other options are we
left with to
process the sound? This just keeps getting better and better!
Jim Maki
jwm_maill...@comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Weeden
There are also known issues with spdif ports and Bluray,
specifically
getting any tru-hd or dts-hd decoded.
Spdif Is not considered a protected channel for drm and
thus the pc
might end up downgrading the signal.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Consultant
Secure World Foundation
