Apr 22, 2010 · Within the audio settings on the Blu-ray player, there is an option called "BD Audio MIX Setting". You need to set this to "Off" if you want the Blu-ray player to bitstream the audio …

Dec 30, 2011 · The question is, is it better to use the 'Best Available' audio setting or the 'PCM' Audio setting on the Fire TV stick? As the system is purely stereo, with no surround sound …

Feb 19, 2005 · I have gone into the TV audio settings and made sure that when the AVR is selected for the audio source that the audio format is PCM and NOT Bitstream.

Jul 9, 2018 · Am I right in thinking in that case that there needs to be an ARC enabled HDMI port on either end of the signal chain - i.e. output on the TV and input on an audio receiver? PCM - …

May 6, 2024 · Like coaxial, one of the issues with optical is that it doesn’t have enough bandwidth for the lossless audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks …

Feb 10, 2025 · What's an audio file format? Which music file formats are hi-res? We delve into the differences between MP3, FLAC, ALAC and more.

May 7, 2012 · You may still be getting HD audio if you've configured the player to decode formats and output them as PCM? To configure your player to stream encoded audio formats via …

Oct 2, 2023 · Multichannel PCM is effectively an uncompressed wrapper, what's in that wrapper is a different question, it could be 64bit audio or 20mb. What is happening is your source is …

Oct 17, 2025 · Hi-res audio is the pinnacle for digital music fans, but what is it, how can you get it, and what kit do you need to listen to it?

Dec 16, 2009 · My understanding is that passthrough is the best setting to have as this means the sound is not processed by the tv and is instead sent straight the receiver. However, on the …