SierraMadre
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User on another forum said Comhear CS have advised that multichannel PCM is inbound in the next few weeks.
I’ve seen your posts on the other forum and my comment is as follows:
If you set Oppo audio output to PCM, then you couldn’t get Dolby 5.1. Most probably, your test with Dolby 5.1 was carried out by setting Oppo audio output to bitstream and for the following tests with SACD & DTS 5.1 music, you changed the output to PCM. Is my assumption correct/incorrect?
Because DTS was never promised in backer correspondence or listed as supported on the Yarra website or crowd funding sites. Those that have asked about it in the past have been told that DTS is not supported and that there were no plans for it at present. Also, Mark Waldrep, campaign creator and one of the development consultants wrote in this very thread that Dolby Digital and stereo PCM was all it could do.Hi SierraMadre
In the absence of FW info from the Comhear tech person(s), how do u know DTS decoding wasn’t going to be a feature?
Also, how can u be sure PCM 5.1 was also not going to be a feature?
Cheers
@Andre le
I should’ve not written that I would try to reproduce your tests in my post #247. Actually, I didn’t know what were your files for testing. However, I carried out some tests as I did previously.
I’m using my Yarra 3DX connected to a laptop via USB cable mainly for listening to binaural music. This way the device works flawlessly. It’s out of discussion multichannel signals, PCM or other formats, under this configuration.
Then, I connected the laptop to Yarra 3DX via a HDMI cable and I played the same binaural files. The playback was interrupted several times, probably there were handshake issues. I also played the included AIX Records® demo DVD. The eighths led (from left to right) lighted blue meaning that Dolby Digital signal was decoded. The surround sound effect was not so impressive as for the binaural files. I also sent some multichannel uncompressed digital audio files to Yarra. They were played back, but I couldn’t figure out whether the sound was stereo or surround. There were no interruptions when both the Dolby Digital and uncompressed digital files were rendered.
To conclude, I’d say that HDMI connection is still buggy and I’m going to stick to listening to binaural music by using my Yarra 3DX via the USB cable.
If you have a device that can transcode into Dolby digital, I.e. take DTS or another format and convert it into Dolby for bitstreaming out to the Yarra, then you can enjoy the content in question. Xbox One X definitely offers this capability (I have one and have used it to convert DTS, multichannel PCM and binaural PCM into Dolby digital for the Yarra), presumably the original One and One S too. PS4 not sure but possibly.Gday GeorgeA
Confirming that after running the latest FW, Dolby 5.1 audio via HDMI works fine from Blu-ray or dvd.
5.1 PCM or DTS unfortunately does not because this was not a feature that was promised by the developers, as SierraMadre posted. This means I can’t enjoy 5.1 audio from my SACD multi-channel discs or DTS only music. Bummer!!
Cheers, André
What might be the reason for converting binaural PCM into Dolby digital, as long as Yarra 3DX is capable of rendering binaural audio signals?......have used it to convert DTS, multichannel PCM and binaural PCM into Dolby digital..........
What might be the reason for converting binaural PCM into Dolby digital, as long as Yarra 3DX is capable of rendering binaural audio signals?