[MrHyde1969]

I have stumbled upon a strange problem lately with a couple of new Paramount release ie, Super 8 and Ghost Protocol. The problem is when playing back the TrueHD soundtrack they become unwatchable because the audio is continually breaking up. This happened with my copy of Super 8 a couple of weeks ago and I just let it pass thinking it was just a one off thing(and it isnt my setup becuase I ripped both films and tried playback via my XBMC setup and problem still exists which means it isnt my Bluray player and other films that I have that are encoded with True HD still play fine), but after last night trying to watch Ghost Protocol the same problem accured. It seems too much of a coincidence to me that the last 2 movies released on Blu by Paramount are showing this issue Was wondering if anyone else out there has also got this problem. I also thought it a little strange that Paramount would choose to release these films with a TrueHD soundtrack and not MasterHD as most BIG releases are these days

[Racquel Darrian]

Ok! Firstly both sound tracks are 7.1 sound. Have you got any 7.1 tracks that play ok?
I haven't noticed any of the issues you are experiencing.

And lastly I prefer Dolby TrueHD to DTS MA. My favourite soundtracks all seem to be Dolby TrueHD ones and Transformers 3 just beats MI3 to the demo disc I use. For me anyway.

[philbam]

No problem for me either on Super 8- superb soundtrack as well, one of the very best.

[Craigy]

The thing I have sometimes with Paramount blu-rays is they kick in 'Night Listening' mode on my Onkyo amp, always check that is off whenever I start a film from them, it doesn't break up the sound, just makes it quieter.

[Racquel Darrian]

Originally Posted by Craigy

The thing I have sometimes with Paramount blu-rays is they kick in 'Night Listening' mode on my Onkyo amp, always check that is off whenever I start a film from them, it doesn't break up the sound, just makes it quieter.

I've never noticed this. Can you give me a disc title that this definitely happens with so I can try it out?

[MrHyde1969]

Originally Posted by Racquel Darrian

Ok! Firstly both sound tracks are 7.1 sound. Have you got any 7.1 tracks that play ok?
I haven't noticed any of the issues you are experiencing.

And lastly I prefer Dolby TrueHD to DTS MA. My favourite soundtracks all seem to be Dolby TrueHD ones and Transformers 3 just beats MI3 to the demo disc I use. For me anyway.

Hmmm, you could have stumbled upon something there. I have a few 7.1 MASTER HD tracks that play fine but, I cant seem to find any other 7.1 True HD masterd discs. Could you name drop a few and if I have one in my collection I will give it a try. BTW my amp is a Pioneer VSX LX-70. I have got them both playing back fine with normal AC3 soundtrack.

[Racquel Darrian]

Originally Posted by MrHyde1969

Hmmm, you could have stumbled upon something there. I have a few 7.1 MASTER HD tracks that play fine but, I cant seem to find any other 7.1 True HD masterd discs. Could you name drop a few and if I have one in my collection I will give it a try. BTW my amp is a Pioneer VSX LX-70. I have got them both playing back fine with normal AC3 soundtrack.

Transformers 3 and A Nightmare Before Christmas Springs to mind.

War has a 7.1 PCM soundtrack it'll be interesting to see if that skips.

[Craigy]

Originally Posted by Racquel Darrian

I've never noticed this. Can you give me a disc title that this definitely happens with so I can try it out?

Off the top of my head it last happened with Captain America

[simonblue]

Originally Posted by Racquel Darrian

I've never noticed this. Can you give me a disc title that this definitely happens with so I can try it out?

I have Onkyo 906,kick in every DD-true track,i just have my remote ready just hit the L/night button till it show off

To the OP,played both without any trouble,but somtimes on Pixtar stuff i get some dropout,i would check to see if there any firmware updates for your player

[Indiana Jones]

Didn't have any issue with either of those titles on my setup, perhaps its a firmware issue?

[Racquel Darrian]

Originally Posted by Craigy

Off the top of my head it last happened with Captain America

I've got that disc and never noticed it.
I'll give it a spin later.

[Racquel Darrian]

Originally Posted by simonblue

I have Onkyo 906,kick in every DD-true track,i just have my remote ready just hit the L/night button till it show off ....

It definitely did not happen when I played MI3 last weekend.

[simonblue]

Originally Posted by Racquel Darrian

It definitely did not happen when I played MI3 last weekend.

For some reason it alway has on my 906,not a problem to me as i alway remember,and just switch it of.

Adgreed with you some DD-true sound just great

[iainl7]

I didn't notice a problem on my 806 with Ghost Protocol, but I have the player set to decode and pass PCM to the amp, at which point it doesn't matter whether the disc is TrueHD, PCM or HDMA.

[MrHyde1969]

Ok so I downloaded a few 1080p TrueHD 7.1 tests from High Definition Trailers (HD) - Demo World and they ALL played perfectly so this tells me that it is not a 7.1 issue

[ewin]

how did you download the test as i don`t understand how to .

[MrHyde1969]

Originally Posted by ewin

how did you download the test as i don`t understand how to .

click on the 'part' number next to the description

[bootyman81]

Originally Posted by MrHyde1969

click on the 'part' number next to the description

Ive downloaded loads of DTS/DOLBY trailers (in lossy 5.1) from that site & I'm still trying to work out how to burn them to a DVD to watch on my blu-ray player on my main setup.

Anyone else done this & care to share how they did it?

[Racquel Darrian]

Originally Posted by MrHyde1969

Ok so I downloaded a few 1080p TrueHD 7.1 tests from High Definition Trailers (HD) - Demo World and they ALL played perfectly so this tells me that it is not a 7.1 issue

What blu-ray player have you got?
Try a different HDMI lead.

[MrHyde1969]

Its doing the same when played directly from my pioneer bluray player and from my bluray rips played from my htpc via xbmc

[m@tty]

I tried watching Super 8 last night on my Pioneer Blu-ray player and via my Pioneer VSX-LX 7- amp and it was unwatchable because of this 7.1 audio problem.

Seems too much of a coincidence that the two of us experiencing the problem should have the same amp!

No amp updates available from Pioneer though, so unless it's a setting somewhere, were stuck!

Did you find a solution?

[Jim Di Griz]

Conan the Barbarian (2011) has a 7.1 soundtrack and very loud it is too!

No problems with me (I dont have 7.1 though, only 5.1). The back speakers did seem more busy than normal. I thought the soundtrack was either reference or close to it, definitely one of the best Ive heard.

[MrSynner]

Had the same issue (audio broke up badly whenever things got loud) when watching Ghost Protocol through my Onkyo 606, using a Tevion multi-region BD player. I'm guessing it is a firmware issue, but the Tevion hasn't had a firmware update since release.

[BJQ1972]

Originally Posted by m@tty

I tried watching Super 8 last night on my Pioneer Blu-ray player and via my Pioneer VSX-LX 7- amp and it was unwatchable because of this 7.1 audio problem.

Seems too much of a coincidence that the two of us experiencing the problem should have the same amp!

No amp updates available from Pioneer though, so unless it's a setting somewhere, were stuck!

Did you find a solution?

Could you try switching the Blu-ray audio output to PCM instead of Bitstream and see if that solves the problem?