Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler multi port audio in new PS3 patch

I think somebody was struggling with this inability a while back, but it might have been on another forum to be honest.

Quote from Engadget.com
"We're running the update now and the changelog that shows up on the PS3 has two new features we hadn't heard about: simultaneous audio output across connectors and control of video playback (slow motion, fast forward and rewind) using the right stick."

Enabling the multi-port audio limits the HDMI out to 96kHz, and 5.1 (i.e. no 192kHz or 7.1 audio). It also seems that the optical out will only be doing 2.0 PCM, not bitstreaming the core format.

Also bitstreaming of HD audio is now supported ( Blu-ray.com link )

Maybe a dumb question - what is the purpose of multi-port audio?

The HD audio bitsteaming is only for the new 120GB, Slim model. It has a newer HDMI chip, and also supports CEC.

I don't know what the purpose would be other than being able to connect both the optical and HDMI interfaces to different pieces of equipment and have audio from both at the same time.

This firmware update was probably the most lacking in terms of functionality. The only thing which really changed is now my XMB sparkles like a vampire in sunlight.

Another thing I've noticed about the 3.00 firmware: Sony changed the start-up sound. No big deal, but it previously had some LFE, and would also "start-up" my sub from stand-by. The new sound just doesn't have enough bass, even crossed-over, that my sub doesn't click on until I play some actual content.

Somebody on a forum somewhere, probably the PS3 forum, was desperate to have audio pumped to his TV as well as his receiver. I don't remember why he reasoned he needed that, just that somebody asked.

They also added more codecs. Most of my videos were not playing on the PS3. Now they are, which may avoid me to buy another media tank when I get a TV for my bedroom.

Ooo, I've not seen any documentation on this. Do you know specifically what wasn't playing before, but is now?

VOB:MPEG1/2 files.
Unfortunately, stream HD videos is still not viable (sluggish).

The MPEG4 ASP support has been improved somewhere between 2.60 (the last time I tried) and now. I had a handful of fan-subbed Anime which was encoded using some advanced options of Xvid which the PS3 didn't like. They all play now!