Only getting L and R audio from PS3 (burned DVD and blu ray)

[tikigod19]

Hi guys,

I am playing around with burning my own blu ray discs using cyberlink power producer. I have managed to burn one but the audio only played back from the L & R speaker, nothing from the audio. Interestingly it was the same when I put in a DVD I had burned in the past.

When I put this DVD in my philips DVD player it played from ONLY the center speaker... Obviously I couldnt test the blu ray in anything other than my ps3 so dont know if this would be the case with the blu ray also.

Could anyone tell me if they have sucessfully managed to get a burned blu ray disc to play through the center speaker (even if it is ONLY this speaker, as I find it much clearer than playing through the L & R's)

Thanks
David

[Krispy Kritter]

Have you checked the audio setup on the PS3?

[tikigod19]

yeah I have, there was only one type of audio that was not ticked, so I manually enabled that and it made no difference...

[Krispy Kritter]

Chances are, your recording is in stereo (L & R). So the PS3 is properly playing what you created. The only way to get center and/or surround sound from a stereo soundtrack is to perform surround sound processing on the track. I don't know that the PS3 has this built-in...at least I don't believe that it does. Some standard DVD players and most AVR's can do the processing. So simply feed your stereo ouput from the PS3 into an AVR and have it create the surround (and center).

[tikigod19]

hmmm that makes sense.. i guess the ps3 doesnt have it built in but that seems a bit lazy if it does everything else so well?

[guns1inger]

Like most DVD and BluRay players, the PS3 does not do Dolby Pro-Logic II processing. This is left to your AV amplifier to do. Your problem is not your hardware, but your audio mixing prior to authoring.

[tikigod19]

gunsl1inger, thanks for that. I guess that is what it is. Just wish there was some sort of option in TMPGEnc DVD Author to choose a different sound configuration... Or would the issue be when exporting the mpeg in premiere pro?

[guns1inger]

I don't fully understand what playback equipment you have, how it is connected and configured, and what, if any, multi-channel capabilities it has.

Do you have a multi-channel AV amplifier ?
If so, how is you DVD player connected to it ?
How is the PS3 connected to it ?

If the PS3 is connected via left and right RCA jacks then the best you will get is stereo. You can only get multi-channel audio from the PS3 via either the HDMI connection (if you have HDMI 1.3 equipment and cables) or digital optical connection (which will give you multi-channel but not HD digital audio). If you are only using the RCA connections then you will only get standard analogue stereo audio. How well spread the stereo might be will be determined by the audio mix, and how the playback device (amplifier/TV whatever you are connected to) plays it back.

Tempgenc can only encode 2 channel Ac3. Premiere can be used to mix and export (I believe) 5.1 AC3 audio. This is where you should be mixing to ensure proper use of the centre and surround channels. If mixed properly, even the stereo output of the PS3 should have a good spread across the front three channels. The digital output of the PS3 would of course give you the mix you created in Premiere.

[tikigod19]

I have a sony STR-DG820 amplifier and the DVD is connected with coaxial, the ps3 with HDMI (The amp has HDMI pass through).

I am not too concerned about getting a 5.1 final output from the DVD/PS3 but would like to split the audio accross the 3 front channels as you described. I will look into the output settings in premiere, but it seems I will no longer be able to use TMPGEnc to author if it only supports 2 channel Ac3...?

[guns1inger]

Tmpgenc DVD author can only encode 2 channels, but I am pretty sure it can author with multi-channel AC3 audio streams created elsewhere.

Do standard commercial DVDs and Bluray Discs give you multi-channel output from the PS3 ?

Are you using a HDMI 1.3 cable ? or a cheaper 1.2 or 1.1 cable ?

[tikigod19]

yeah commercial blu rays and dvd's are fine..

I think it is a 1.2 cable

[tikigod19]

well... a couple of years on and I'm using an optical out of the PS3 and I STILL only get front left and right audio!

Same thing is true of a divx movie downloaded and played from a removeable drive via the ps3... any ideas?