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Surround sound for Playstation 5 using Sonos Beam (2) and 2 Era 100


Hello everyone, excuse me in advance for any mistakes I am French !
I just purchased two Era 100 in addition to my Beam Gen 2 and I have some surround issues with my PS5..

 

Indeed, surround sound only works in linear PCM on Youtube or any other streaming application but in gaming the surround’s very limited.For example, in Dead By Daylight, I only hear a few very light sounds from the back and no interesting and important sounds (player movements behind my back for example).Do you have some tips to give me to benefit from real surround sound in game (with good spatialization) ?Thank you to those who take the time to respond to me
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What model TV do you have? Is it equipped with HDMI eARC?

Quel modèle de télé as-tu? Est-il équipé de HDMI eARC?

 


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  • December 20, 2023

Hi, I don't think so. I’ve got a Philips 70PUS7805/12. 

but what I don't understand is that surround works perfectly with the Apple TV. I'm watching Guardians of the Galaxy in Blu ray 4K on my Playstation and everything is ok too. It's only in game where I have this problem of lack of spatialization.

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  • December 20, 2023
The 4K bluray also works perfectly with the Dolby Atmos setting 

Since your TV isn’t equipped with eARC, it won’t be able to play Linear PCM audio from the PS5.

 

Set the PS5 to these settings:

Output Device: HDMI Device (AV amplifier)

HDMI Device Type: AV amplifier

Number of Channels: 5.1 ch

When gaming, set the Audio Format (Priority) setting to Dolby Audio.

 

Set the TV to these settings:

Digital Out Format: Multichannel (bypass)

OR

Digital Output: Bypass


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  • December 20, 2023
It's done thank you so much, I'm going to test on the game in any case it works perfectly on Bluray 4K and on Dolby Atmos compatible videos on YouTube. But with this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAfmYNtugQ) the sound of the bird spinning in surround is only heard in linear PCM.It's crazy!

YouTube doesn’t support Dolby Atmos audio. Most YouTube videos are only available in stereo. There are a small number of videos on YouTube that are available in Dolby Digital Plus 5.1.

While playing TV audio, you can see what audio format is playing on the Now Playing screen in the Sonos app.

Tell me what audio format you see displayed in the Sonos app when playing a YouTube video, a Blu-ray disc, and when gaming.


Airgetlam
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  • December 20, 2023
GuitarSuperstar wrote:

YouTube doesn’t support Dolby Atmos audio. Most YouTube videos are only available in stereo. There are a small number of videos on YouTube that are available in Dolby Digital Plus 5.1.

 

 

This can’t be repeated frequently enough. And many, many videos claim to be in one format, when they are in fact in stereo. 


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  • December 20, 2023

Now, with the game and your settings, I'm in Dolby Digital 5.1 and it works perfectly thank you so much I'm so happy !

With the Blu ray disc it’s Dolby Digital Plus 7.1.

And with Youtube, as I told you, with compatible video I'm in Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 for the other.


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  • December 20, 2023
And so are we agree that I no longer touch anything, whether for films or games (I don't watch YouTube on the PS5 but on the Apple TV).

Valentin Zolla wrote:
And so are we agree that I no longer touch anything, whether for films or games (I don't watch YouTube on the PS5 but on the Apple TV).

Yes, I would keep the settings the same on the PS5 for both films and games.

 

On the Apple TV, use these Audio Format settings:

Change Format: ON

New Format: Dolby Digital 5.1

 


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  • December 20, 2023

 

GuitarSuperstar wrote:
Valentin Zolla wrote:
And so are we agree that I no longer touch anything, whether for films or games (I don't watch YouTube on the PS5 but on the Apple TV).

Yes, I would keep the settings the same on the PS5 for both films and games.

 

On the Apple TV, use these Audio Format settings:

Change Format: ON

New Format: Dolby Digital 5.1

Ok, thanks for everything ! 

 


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