JustBright
Standard Member
I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out the setup.
For reference my setup is like this: PS5 to TV(LG 65" CX), TV to the Sn11rg soundbar via eARC (TV is set to passthrough).
So for games, I was told leave the PS5 setting for sound on "Linear PCM" as this is uncompressed audio. Great I did that. Then I was told if you're watching a movie and want to enable atmos, hit options and then choose "bitstream" within the movie menu and that will allow atmos work (will test this on lord of the rings today).
HOWEVER, the other day I was playing the last of us part 2 and I noticed my left rear spear was just putting out static noise, no actual game sound was coming out of it. So I spent some time researching and googling only to find out that if you choose the HDMI port settings for the ps5 to "PCM" from "bitstream"(this is on the TV settings not on the PS5) it fixes it. Sure enough, this did now enable the sound from my rear left speaker. For sh*ts and giggles I switched it back to bitstream to see if that recreates the problem but it didn't, there's actual sound coming out of the left rear speaker no matter what I do.
To make matters more confusing: On the PS5 console audio settings whenever I change the audio from LINEAR PCM to Dolby Bitstream, the sound becomes louder and fuller..like noticeably. I normally set the volume on the LG sn11rg at around 15-16. Well, if I switch the ps5 sound to dolby bitstream I have to turn down the volume to around 9. Furthermore, the audio in bitstream is way more positional in nature. In games I can actually tell whats behind me, in front, to the right etc. This is counter-intuitive though because isn't linear pcm supposed to be fully lossless uncompressed audio?
My main complaint is really this: These equipment (TV, soundbar, ps5) are all expensive and new and top of the line....it shouldn't be so damn confusing to just know you're getting what you paid for.
Not sure how to proceed with the settings so for now my plan is this:
Games: leave the PS5 setting on linear PCM (even though its quiet and less positional), and change the HDMI output on that port to "PCM"
Movies: Leave the PS5 setting on linear pcm, change the HDMI output on that port to "pcm" and then within the movie thats playing hit options and change the audio to "bitstream" as this will hopefully get Atmos out of the disc.
For reference my setup is like this: PS5 to TV(LG 65" CX), TV to the Sn11rg soundbar via eARC (TV is set to passthrough).
So for games, I was told leave the PS5 setting for sound on "Linear PCM" as this is uncompressed audio. Great I did that. Then I was told if you're watching a movie and want to enable atmos, hit options and then choose "bitstream" within the movie menu and that will allow atmos work (will test this on lord of the rings today).
HOWEVER, the other day I was playing the last of us part 2 and I noticed my left rear spear was just putting out static noise, no actual game sound was coming out of it. So I spent some time researching and googling only to find out that if you choose the HDMI port settings for the ps5 to "PCM" from "bitstream"(this is on the TV settings not on the PS5) it fixes it. Sure enough, this did now enable the sound from my rear left speaker. For sh*ts and giggles I switched it back to bitstream to see if that recreates the problem but it didn't, there's actual sound coming out of the left rear speaker no matter what I do.
To make matters more confusing: On the PS5 console audio settings whenever I change the audio from LINEAR PCM to Dolby Bitstream, the sound becomes louder and fuller..like noticeably. I normally set the volume on the LG sn11rg at around 15-16. Well, if I switch the ps5 sound to dolby bitstream I have to turn down the volume to around 9. Furthermore, the audio in bitstream is way more positional in nature. In games I can actually tell whats behind me, in front, to the right etc. This is counter-intuitive though because isn't linear pcm supposed to be fully lossless uncompressed audio?
My main complaint is really this: These equipment (TV, soundbar, ps5) are all expensive and new and top of the line....it shouldn't be so damn confusing to just know you're getting what you paid for.
Not sure how to proceed with the settings so for now my plan is this:
Games: leave the PS5 setting on linear PCM (even though its quiet and less positional), and change the HDMI output on that port to "PCM"
Movies: Leave the PS5 setting on linear pcm, change the HDMI output on that port to "pcm" and then within the movie thats playing hit options and change the audio to "bitstream" as this will hopefully get Atmos out of the disc.