The best surround sound setting for Apple TV
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:42 am
Hello everyone, I had a posting on the Apple discussion forum and a poster was kind enough to point me this direction and help me with an answer to an earlier question though this forum. I really appreciate everyone's input before. I hope you can help us understand the best audio setting for surround sound on our movies which will be played on our Apple TV.
We have a Sony STR-DG710 receiver. There are so many settings on there, we don't even know what all they do. We keep it set on the AFD Auto setting which illuminates the lights for all five channels and the sub woofer. But the book has so much detail and it's way over our head. We just want good sound and to have surround sound so we feel like we are at the movies. Especially since we have young kids and can't get to the theater very often.
We have ripped some movies with HandBrake but it doesn't seem like we are getting surround sound out of them. I'm not sure which audio setting we should be picking. We either rip with h264, the Apple TV default, and we never have changed any of the audio settings. Or we rip with MPEG-4 (the first setting in the codecs listing). Again, we have not changed any settings in the audio.
I know there is Dolby Prologic and Prologic II and some other choices, but I'm not sure which one we should choose in either the h264 or MPEG-4 Codec. Could someone point me to a good information page if one has been set up, or give us some direction here? We try and keep the size smaller on the videos so we can get as many as possible on our NAS drive, but we don't mind using more space, especially if it gives us the movie theater environment and feel. I did look at the documentation (work in progress) and read the audio information. But I'm not sure if there is a best practices choice for surround sound or maybe someone knows our receiver brand and model and can suggest the right setting on the receiver to get the great sound we are looking for.
Thanks everyone for your help. We really appreciate it.
Lucy
We have a Sony STR-DG710 receiver. There are so many settings on there, we don't even know what all they do. We keep it set on the AFD Auto setting which illuminates the lights for all five channels and the sub woofer. But the book has so much detail and it's way over our head. We just want good sound and to have surround sound so we feel like we are at the movies. Especially since we have young kids and can't get to the theater very often.
We have ripped some movies with HandBrake but it doesn't seem like we are getting surround sound out of them. I'm not sure which audio setting we should be picking. We either rip with h264, the Apple TV default, and we never have changed any of the audio settings. Or we rip with MPEG-4 (the first setting in the codecs listing). Again, we have not changed any settings in the audio.
I know there is Dolby Prologic and Prologic II and some other choices, but I'm not sure which one we should choose in either the h264 or MPEG-4 Codec. Could someone point me to a good information page if one has been set up, or give us some direction here? We try and keep the size smaller on the videos so we can get as many as possible on our NAS drive, but we don't mind using more space, especially if it gives us the movie theater environment and feel. I did look at the documentation (work in progress) and read the audio information. But I'm not sure if there is a best practices choice for surround sound or maybe someone knows our receiver brand and model and can suggest the right setting on the receiver to get the great sound we are looking for.
Thanks everyone for your help. We really appreciate it.
Lucy