![]() ![]() * Bass management and channel assignment done by MC * All MC audio processing available for use * Atmos and DTS-X handled "automatically" by the reciever * Bass management via the receiver's controls * Do you like the way your receiver handles bass management and channel selection? * Do you want to use MC's audio processing functions like Parametric EQ, Convolution, etc ? You also have the option in MC to create zones, which will let you bitstream or not on demand based on your needs. The indicator light on your receiver affects only your mind, not your ears. The decoded audio is identical, until you start processing it with EQ or something. The quality of decoding (MC vs your receiver) is the same either way. If you do not care about DRC or Atmos, then by all means let MC decode, as it opens up many additional processing possibilities that are unavailable to you if you bitstream. MC has a "night mode" (which does not work very well in my opinion) which performs DRC, but your receiver could do it better if it uses the metadata. When you let MC decode, this metadata is obliterated, and your receiver's DRC processing cannot function correctly. DRC features in more sophisticated receivers (Yamaha does it, for example) use this metadata to do a better job at compressing or expanding the dynamic range of your movie based on how you have the control set. There's one other use case (aside from Atmos) where you might want to bitstream, and that's if you want to use your receiver/processor's Dynamic Range Compression capability, like for watching wide dynamic range movies at night.Įncoded bitstreams (and I'm talking about non-Atmos) have metadata that describes the characteristics of the audio track, including things like dynamic range. Tij is mostly correct, but omits one thing. But without that little signal from my receiver, I always have that little doubt in the back of my head on what sound quality I am really getting. I have finally, after many years and lots of self counselling, gotten over the fact that my receiver won't always show DTS or DTS-HD. My question is, when I use MC26 to decode the video with DTS-HD audio, am I getting DTS-HD or am I getting some converted sound output of lesser quality?ĥ. When I use MC26 with bitstream off, my video plays fine with surround sound. Using VLC, the same video will play just fine with DTS-HD.ģ. My receiver can decode this but when I use the bitstream option I get an error that it can't play the video. I am having issues getting MC26 to bitstream some audio, mainly DTS-HD. My receiver will show PCM, even though it is playing DTS-HD.Ģ. From what I have read, if you have bitstreaming off, MC26 will decode DTS-HD and forward that to my receiver. ![]() That is why I have always chose bitstreaming. I just always thought that having the sound go directly from the disk to the speakers was always best. I just want to watch my video with the best sound possible. ![]() I think I understand why but I want to see if my reasoning is correct. I have read many of them but I still have a few questions.ġ. ![]() I am sure long time forum members are rolling their eyes at yet another bitsreaming post. ![]()
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