Ps3 and blu ray movie question

craptakular · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:28

lo,

Does anyone have a PS3 hooked upto a AV Reciever via SPDIF cable. If so, does it play the audio for blu-ray movies in 5.1 Dolby Digital?

Just asking as my Receiver can only do DD/DTS/pro logic 2. It doesnt support the new HDaudio formats.

NokkonWud · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:37

I use Optical to Coaxial converter, Coaxial to my z-5500 speakers and get 5.1 from my PS3.

rp2000 · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:47

nokkonwud said:
I use Optical to Coaxial converter, Coaxial to my z-5500 speakers and get 5.1 from my PS3.

Can u paste a generic picture of what this device looks like? My mate was after one of these, I was unable to find him an unpowered one (but that was ages ago), and I didn't know whether it would work for definite anyway.

rp2000

craptakular · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:49

nokkonwud said:
I use Optical to Coaxial converter, Coaxial to my z-5500 speakers and get 5.1 from my PS3.

As im thick can you confirm that it does indeed output audio in 5.1DD via SPDIF when play blu-ray films

wwwebber · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:50

Oxy said:
lo,

Does anyone have a PS3 hooked upto a AV Reciever via SPDIF cable. If so, does it play the audio for blu-ray movies in 5.1 Dolby Digital?

Just asking as my Receiver can only do DD/DTS/pro logic 2. It doesnt support the new HDaudio formats.

If it is Dolby TrueHD then yes DD5.1. If it is DTS MA then it comes out as DTS 5.1. Both offer superior bit rates to DVD based DD5.1 & DTS tracks.

All of this is via spidf and it's the same via optical.

Hope this helps.

the_dead_parrot · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:51

Oxy said:
As im thick can you confirm that it does indeed output audio in 5.1DD via SPDIF when play blu-ray films

My pS3 goes straight into my sony av reciever via SPDIF and outputs 5.1 without any problems both for games and blu-ray films.

NokkonWud · 23 Jan 2008 at 13:59

rp2000 said:
Can u paste a generic picture of what this device looks like? My mate was after one of these, I was unable to find him an unpowered one (but that was ages ago), and I didn't know whether it would work for definite anyway.

rp2000

Mine is powered. Requires a plug.

NokkonWud · 23 Jan 2008 at 14:00

Oxy said:
As im thick can you confirm that it does indeed output audio in 5.1DD via SPDIF when play blu-ray films

Yep, outputs in 5.1 in either DD or DTS on my speakers.

Dutch Guy · 23 Jan 2008 at 14:10

Sorry to sound a bit n00bish but is SPDIF = Optical

I have my PS3 connected with an optical cable to my surround system and it plays Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 but if the optical connection is different to SPDIF then this info is useless

rp2000 · 23 Jan 2008 at 14:13

nokkonwud said:
Mine is powered. Requires a plug.

pffft, I'll keep looking then. My mate, like me doesn't like additional powered devices if he can help it.

rp2000

NokkonWud · 23 Jan 2008 at 14:21

Neither do I, but desperate times. As long as it works.

wwwebber · 23 Jan 2008 at 15:43

Dutch Guy said:
Sorry to sound a bit n00bish but is SPDIF = Optical

I have my PS3 connected with an optical cable to my surround system and it plays Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 but if the optical connection is different to SPDIF then this info is useless

SPDIF is just a standard that is carried by either optical or coax. You were right to mention it though as I should have said coax & optical rather than spdif & optical.