Playing Music DVD’s - Live concerts via 2 Channel

[JkSpinner]

Hi all, I have a good collection of live concert music DVD’s.  I use to own an OPPO 105 that I would play them through into my 2 channel amp.  The OPPO died and was replaced with a Marantz CD player / DAC.  I use a Sony Ultra HD x700 as a blue ray player.  I plugged the Sony Blue Ray into the Marantz last night via coax, however it was not supported, I tried plugging the Sony into my 2 channel amp, and once again not supported.  Last night was the first time I tried playing the music DVD’s since throwing out the OPPO.

is there an easy was to play my music DVD’s via my 2 channel amp, or do I need to play them via the AVR.  Personally, I a, not a fan of using the centre channel for music, even though the DVD may have been mixed that way.

thanks

[Snoopy8]

The Sony has a RCA digital out (should have setting to convert multi channel to 2CH) which can be fed into a DAC to your 2CH amp. SQ will of course depend on the DAC.

 

Or rip DVD and use a Zidoo media player.  

[JkSpinner]

41 minutes ago, Snoopy8 said:

The Sony has a RCA digital out (should have setting to convert multi channel to 2CH) which can be fed into a DAC to your 2CH amp. SQ will of course depend on the DAC.

 

Or rip DVD and use a Zidoo media player.  

I thought it may have something to do with. Multi channel output on the Sony, however the Marantz CDP /DAC or amp dac cannot accept multi channel.

let me take a look

[JkSpinner]

I changed an audio output setting back to PCM, and that seemed to work.  Now need to see how that affects blue ray movies.  It mentioned that I could not use PCM for Dolby True HD.    There was no seperate setting for Coax Audio out.

[Hi-Fi Whipped]

There should be a down sample to stereo option or similar that will decode and down sample the surround sound codecs to 2ch PCM regardless of output choice 

Edited November 16, 2024 by Hi-Fi Whipped

[JkSpinner]

On 17/11/2024 at 9:31 AM, Hi-Fi Whipped said:

down sample to stereo

I will go through the menu’s again on the weekend, and see what I can find.

[surprisetech]

On 19/11/2024 at 6:54 AM, JkSpinner said:

I will go through the menu’s again on the weekend, and see what I can find.

 

Looks like Hi-Fi Whipped is right.

page 21 half-way down the right hand column.

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/4698/1b4685234ee7e57b51de594653e1b4c8/46984074M.pdf

 

I really enjoy concert movies too.  Just watched Cranberries 'Beneath The Skin' again last weekend.

Shame about the Oppo.  I love my CA 751BD (CAs version of the Oppo105).  If it dies, I'll be out looking for another one, or a close equivalent.  Main reason I went the route of a DIY Centre speaker was to match the front mains for a better concert movie experience.