Virtual Surround Sound audio format?

roderz88 · 24 Jul 2016 at 10:43

Hi all, so I have a Samsung soundbar that does virtual surround sound. However it is technically a 2.1 system and I'm confused about what audio format I should use.

Do I just feed it a stereo signal, like PCM Linear?

Or do I use a surround sound signal, like bit stream DTS?

As you can probably tell, I'm not too clued up when it comes to audio.

Marsman · 24 Jul 2016 at 10:50

What model is it?

roderz88 · 24 Jul 2016 at 11:05

Hw J355

I have it connected directly to my PS4 using Optical Cable.

I'm asking mainly for watching blu ray films

roderz88 · 24 Jul 2016 at 14:02

Anyone??

TheVoice · 24 Jul 2016 at 14:10

Try both and see, but I imagine a straight stereo feed will give you the best result.

Marsman · 25 Jul 2016 at 02:27

On the site it lists DTS and Dolby Digital 2 CH. Had a look at the manual and I can't see that it specifically mentions about what should be used when using optical. As above, just try the different output options for the PS4 and see if Dolby Digital works.

jpaul · 25 Jul 2016 at 08:55

per thread on soundbar attach to NUC, send soundbar mulitchannel dolby surround (dts/ac3) 2.1 or 5.1 so it down mixes; not 2 channel requiring 'up'-mix.
If you let soundbar 'extract' the .1/lower frequencies it will make a bad job, so just send it that channel. (similarly my pan tv makes a bad job at merging 5.1 to its two inbuilt speakers , base too predominate)

roderz88 · 25 Jul 2016 at 12:16

OK thank you for the replies. I was doing some testing yesterday and found the Surround signals work better.