PlayStation 4 Discussion

[Blzer]

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Does anybody else notice that surround sound doesn't seem to work right with the ps4?

Bluray movies work correctly....games and netflix seem to output in 2.1 even though the lights are lit on my reciever. I have a sony 1030 reciever hdmi direct using pcm. Ps3 works correctly.

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I feel like this would be mentioned a little more, no?

I also feel like this would have been the first thing I would have mentioned upon three minutes of playing a game on PS4. I would say make sure your settings are correct, but if Blu-rays are operating correctly then I wonder if there's something else to consider.

Some games have actual audio options to change the surround settings. Do all PS4 games have this possibly?

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I feel like this would be mentioned a little more, no?

I also feel like this would have been the first thing I would have mentioned upon three minutes of playing a game on PS4. I would say make sure your settings are correct, but if Blu-rays are operating correctly then I wonder if there's something else to consider.

Some games have actual audio options to change the surround settings. Do all PS4 games have this possibly?

Seems to be fine for Killzone. After researching I guess it impacts certain games like nba2k and battlefield. There seems to be no sound from center channel.

I didn't notice until I had to reset my reciever settings after my daughter touched some buttons. ...when I was testing I was listening to each speaker and nothing from the center channel.

I guess Sony is aware.

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[boxboy99]

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Anyone have trouble playing blu-rays on their PS4? I did watch one movie successfully, tried a different movie and it would freeze at the 20th Century Fox logo constantly. Had to hard restart the PS4 just to exit the movie.

I imagine this is a firmware issue, just wanted to make sure it wasn't an isolated incident.

I also have had issues playing Blu-rays and even with a DVD. Hope they work these issues out with an update.

[TheGhost215]

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What I did for the blu ray issue was when it asks to connect to the internet, select no and I can watch any movie with no problem. I had the freezing issur with The Amazing Spider Man.

[ScoobySnax]

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Damn. Hate I missed the trade-in deal. I would let 2k ride off in the sunset for $60.

[Trapper700]

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Does anybody else notice that surround sound doesn't seem to work right with the ps4?

Bluray movies work correctly....games and netflix seem to output in 2.1 even though the lights are lit on my reciever. I have a sony 1030 reciever hdmi direct using pcm. Ps3 works correctly.

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OK, here's an important detail about these formats, and I'm going to bold it because I think many will find it useful to know (not trying to be aggressive about it, just want as many people to see this as possible, because the menus don't make it even remotely obvious, which is Sony's fault):

Linear PCM only provides multichannel surround sound via HDMI. It's not a bug, but a standards thing, optical just won't carry it. You still get sound over the optical connection when set to Linear PCM, but it's a stereo mixdown. If it appears to still be surround, that's because your receiver is applying some ****ty pro logic type of thing to upmix it, which totally sucks.

Bitstream Dolby Digital and Bitstream DTS are the only settings that give proper 5.1 surround over optical. Or even a proper sub channel for that matter.

So you can avoid the stuttering/dropping by using Linear PCM with optical, but what you're really doing is turning off surround sound.

If you're having problems with audio on the PS4, please chime in in this support thread: https://community.us.playstation.com.../td-p/42169325

Also, a friend made a video demonstrating it, which could help explain it if you deal with Sony in some way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNhlWOI05A

I'm not sure if Sony has officially acknowledged the problem, so it would be nice if we could raise awareness a bit.

edit: My bad, I see you're already doing pcm thru hdmi. Are your settings set properly with HDMI as your primary output? Because I know that if you want stereo mixdown over HDMI, you have to choose optical as your primary output (and set it to whatever surround format). If you want it over optical, set the primary output to HDMI. Maybe you're set at optical as your primary output? There's always a stereo mix being output on whatever you don't have set to primary for some reason.

[ASB37]

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Damn. Hate I missed the trade-in deal. I would let 2k ride off in the sunset for $60.

You didnt miss anything. It was a mistake that best buy corrected.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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OK, here's an important detail about these formats, and I'm going to bold it because I think many will find it useful to know (not trying to be aggressive about it, just want as many people to see this as possible, because the menus don't make it even remotely obvious, which is Sony's fault):

Linear PCM only provides multichannel surround sound via HDMI. It's not a bug, but a standards thing, optical just won't carry it. You still get sound over the optical connection when set to Linear PCM, but it's a stereo mixdown. If it appears to still be surround, that's because your receiver is applying some ****ty pro logic type of thing to upmix it, which totally sucks.

Bitstream Dolby Digital and Bitstream DTS are the only settings that give proper 5.1 surround over optical. Or even a proper sub channel for that matter.

So you can avoid the stuttering/dropping by using Linear PCM with optical, but what you're really doing is turning off surround sound.

If you're having problems with audio on the PS4, please chime in in this support thread: https://community.us.playstation.com.../td-p/42169325

Also, a friend made a video demonstrating it, which could help explain it if you deal with Sony in some way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNhlWOI05A

I'm not sure if Sony has officially acknowledged the problem, so it would be nice if we could raise awareness a bit.

edit: My bad, I see you're already doing pcm thru hdmi. Are your settings set properly with HDMI as your primary output? Because I know that if you want stereo mixdown over HDMI, you have to choose optical as your primary output (and set it to whatever surround format). If you want it over optical, set the primary output to HDMI. Maybe you're set at optical as your primary output? There's always a stereo mix being output on whatever you don't have set to primary for some reason.

Yes, I have HDMI as the primary. I have my receiver set to play all sound as A.F.D. auto(plays sound as it was recorded with no added effects).

Blueray's play as intended and as I researched I see Killzone plays as intended as well(I tested it...so I know it does).

Seems to effect certain games like NBA and Battlefield. Most people probably don't realize its not outputting to center channel because the receiver lights up, or they have some post processing set up that simulates the audio across all channels.

I tested my PS3 and everything is still good there. There are threads on the playstation support forum and all over the net about it. Like I said I only noticed it because I was checking my set up, so I am sure others probably have same issue and don't realize it.

[ODogg]

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OK, here's an important detail about these formats, and I'm going to bold it because I think many will find it useful to know (not trying to be aggressive about it, just want as many people to see this as possible, because the menus don't make it even remotely obvious, which is Sony's fault):

Linear PCM only provides multichannel surround sound via HDMI. It's not a bug, but a standards thing, optical just won't carry it. You still get sound over the optical connection when set to Linear PCM, but it's a stereo mixdown. If it appears to still be surround, that's because your receiver is applying some ****ty pro logic type of thing to upmix it, which totally sucks.

Bitstream Dolby Digital and Bitstream DTS are the only settings that give proper 5.1 surround over optical. Or even a proper sub channel for that matter.

So you can avoid the stuttering/dropping by using Linear PCM with optical, but what you're really doing is turning off surround sound.

If you're having problems with audio on the PS4, please chime in in this support thread: https://community.us.playstation.com.../td-p/42169325

Also, a friend made a video demonstrating it, which could help explain it if you deal with Sony in some way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNhlWOI05A

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What about if my Xbox One is connected via HDMI, outputting Linear PCM to my TV and then the TV optical out goes to my A/V receiver?

[PVarck31]

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I have optical going from my system straight to my soundbar. Am I getting true Dolby Digital? HDMI is just used for video.

[Burns11]

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What about if my Xbox One is connected via HDMI, outputting Linear PCM to my TV and then the TV optical out goes to my A/V receiver?

Depends on the TV as far as I know. Mostly a TV's optical out is to send OTA broadcast's surround to a receiver, but I'm sure some TV's will retransmit the surround from the HDMI in to the optical.

[videobastard]

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The playstation plus 30 day trials now stack if you already have a plus subscription. I had two of them that i was planning to giveaway but now i added on two extra months.

[ODogg]

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Depends on the TV as far as I know. Mostly a TV's optical out is to send OTA broadcast's surround to a receiver, but I'm sure some TV's will retransmit the surround from the HDMI in to the optical.

I'm pretty sure it is considering some sound effects I've heard but just paranoid from reading that post lol...

[Qb]

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After Christmas gift cards and some wheeling & dealing, I have $400 in Best Buy credit for my PS4. Now if they could only get some in stock! I can't tell you how many times I refreshed the PS4 page of their website.

[HustlinOwl]

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Is there any talk of a PS4 The Show league? I've never really played The Show online but may on the PS4.

Leagues rarely workout in my experience without a true online franchise mode there is no reason to continue. Baseball leagues take a small committed group