Thread: confused about ps3 sending HD as pcm

Quote: Originally Posted by stubiedoo if you do that your reciever has to have the ability to decode the HD though and not just have the ability to accept lpcm like alot of them have. Indeed, that's correct. I forgot to mention that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyo28 If you have a slim PS3, you can go into the audio options and change the settings to that Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD MA are output 'as is' and not automatically converted to LPCM, if you prefer that. However, with an original PS3 (phat), you can't change that option, only the slim version can. if you do that your reciever has to have the ability to decode the HD though and not just have the...

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Quote: Originally Posted by stubiedoo Im confused about this wondering what youre actually getting if you send a dts master hd or dolby true HD track to a reciever that dosent decode it but accepts Multi Channel Linear PCM over hdmi.If its sending it as pcm instead of the hd codecs do you get a different bit rate .Is it still dolby true HD if its being sent this way and no difference if you were decoding in the reciever. Ok.. The PS3...

Quote: Originally Posted by stubiedoo Well people say theyre exactly the same but they have different bitrates.Are you just getting the same bitrate then as you would if the reciever was decoding it.Is it still a dolby hd and dts hd track underneath with the same bitrates but ps3 is telling the reciever its pcm so it accepts it.If its correct then i understand if its not i'll have to switch my brain off before it explodes lol you can see...