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Contributor I
February 3, 2018
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No Sound from DVD

No sound from DVD player
I'm concerned to my tv with optical cable and cannot get sound from my blueray player.
BR player has no optical out. I have HDMI and audio cables to tv. Suggestions?
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    Chris
    ChrisAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    February 3, 2018
    I am assuming here you have DVD player attached via HDMI to TV. And TV you have hooked to Playbar via toslink optical cable.

    The DVD player is actually a Blueray player it sounds which then brings in to question - what soundtrack are you playing from the Blueray player. You must play the Dolby Digital soundtrack. If the movie doesn't have a Dolby Digital track you need a blueray player that converts all sound to Dolby Digital as that is only way it will play to playbar (or pick basic stereo sound).
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)

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    Chris
    ChrisAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    February 3, 2018
    I am assuming here you have DVD player attached via HDMI to TV. And TV you have hooked to Playbar via toslink optical cable.

    The DVD player is actually a Blueray player it sounds which then brings in to question - what soundtrack are you playing from the Blueray player. You must play the Dolby Digital soundtrack. If the movie doesn't have a Dolby Digital track you need a blueray player that converts all sound to Dolby Digital as that is only way it will play to playbar (or pick basic stereo sound).
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Wagnek00Author
    Contributor I
    February 5, 2018
    Thanks Chris,
    Good call, I am all good and listening to great 5.1 surround sound from my BR player.
    Thanks again!!