I have a Sonos Playbar which is connected to the optical output of my Sony TV. The Sonos Playbar only supports stereo PCM and AC3, which is fine as the TV only passes those two formats through (no DTS).Problem is most Blu-rays don't have a AC3 track and only output DTS and PCM Stereo, so no surround when playing off Blu-ray (I have confirmed this by verifying the signal the Playbar is receiving).Have checked the Blu-ray player and it doesn't seem to support any form of re-coding.I was going to splash on the Sonos sub and some Play1s for surround but with the above issue the only option I can see is to chuck the Playbar, buy a receiver and speakers? Only good thing I can see about that is I already have a Yamaha YST sub sitting in a box somewhere :)
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