AVS BR Forum's Samsung BD-C6800 owner/master thread - Page 6

Noticed my player mentioned a new update was available as recently as 1 or 2 weeks ago. Anyone try it out yet, or know what it does?

Just got this Blu-ray player. Connected it to my Yamaha HTR-5960 receiver with TOSLINK optical audio (can't connect with HDMI because this receiver has no HDMI inputs, hence I'm assuming the receiver doesn't support any of the new HD lossless codecs, but I digress...) So given that connection, my question is which output setting should I use: "Bitstream Re-encode" or "Bitstream Audiophile"? I know the downfall to using the "Bitstream Audiophile" setting will be that some menu and extras sounds won't work, BUT I'm wondering if the sound quality will actually be better letting my Yamaha do the decoding with this option. I'm afraid that the DTS re-encoding the Blu-ray player does using the "Bitstream Re-encode" option will degrade quality to some extent, but I'm not really certain.

And yes, I have some decent Klipsch speakers hooked up to notice differences.

Hey I have no idea, still using analog 2 channel. But if you can choose from several options, why not just pick a reference and try each one to see if you can really hear a difference. If you can't tell, then there is nothing to worry about.. if you can, you will be able to choose what sounds best.

No offense but I'm looking for informed help. Thanks though.

The Optical won't pass the newer formats, ,DTS MA or Dolby HD, because of bandwidth limitations , so you'll probably need to use the re-encode option to downmix those before the receiver gets it , or the receiver will get nothing .. Use the bitstream .

Both output options are technically bitstream. Also, as I said before, I know that the optical doesn't have the bandwidth to support the lossless HD formats. That's kind of besides the point. The "Bitstream Audiophile" option outputs main feature audio stream so my receiver does the decoding. I'm assuming DTS-HD will just be downsampled (downmixed?) to DTS, Dolby TrueHD to Dolby Digital, etc. by my receiver. However with the "Bitstream re-encode" option, the disc player is decoding and then re-encoding everything to DTS bitstream. I'm wondering if there's a quality loss there.

IE: If the movie's main feature audio is in Dolby Digital, but I have Bitstream re-encode selected on my Blu-ray Player, my receiver will actually be receiving a DTS bitstream because of the re-encoding the player did before passing the signal out. That's really not necessary other than to get some PCM audio mixed into the stream (for nav and extras), so if it effects quality, I'd rather not use it. It really comes down to the quality of the decoding and re-encoding to another format (in this case DTS) within the player itself.

Is anyone following me?

Upon further testing I can confirm two things, one expected and one not:

1) Even with the "Bitstream Audiophile" setting, I still get Dolby Digital Surround Sound output (and other lossy formats, whatever the disc is encoded in) through my optical cable. (EXPECTED)
2) With "Bitstream Re-encode" setting, my receiver does NOT display DTS on the front panel, but rather whatever codec the main feature uses such as Dolby Digital. (NOT EXPECTED)

Now I'm EXTRA confused. Anyone a guru out there?

I ran the update tonight and appears to have fixed the problem of lost audio on Netflix after listening to Pandora. It also deleted Facebook.

just reinstall Facebook from the samsung apps link

I see no one has posted on this thread in a while.

I am having major problems trying to get the player to connect to my wireless network. It says it can physically find the network but cannot connect or it says that there is interference causing it not to be able to connect.

Another unrelated problem is that sometimes the remote locks up when I am playing a dvd or blu ray disc. Am not sure if it is the remote or the player. Remote works fine navigating around the network and internet features.

I do have an older Samsung TV right below the player and am wondering it is interfering with the signal from the remote.

I am looking for an inexpensive WiFi, streaming, (DLNA is a plus) BluRay for a bedroom.

Right now in my sights are:

this player>>refurb at walmart. com for 100
LG 670>>new for 149
Dynex @ best buy for 59

Any thoughts?

Update.....

After a little more searching, I found a C6900 refurb for 100 @ tigerdirect. Saved shipping and tax.

I wanted to stay with the C series Samsungs due the 7.1 out. Don't need it right now, but since I wanted to get a legacy player for video.....(hoping firmware doesn't disable component out) might as well have one for audio at the same time.

My BD-C6800, which previously worked correctly, now starts up to the initial splash screen, then my TV goes blank- its not putting out a video signal. I've tried reset to factory specs, but it does not seem to respond to that. I've tried leaving it unplugged, with no results. It is almost as if it is partially booting up then crashing.

Any ideas on how to get it going?

Thanks

Might be a HDMI handshake problem. Try it again with a different cable.

ti-triodes,

Thank you for your response. I was going to follow your suggestion, but decided to reseat the current cable. That did the trick. It must have worked itself out of the receiver. Thanks for putting me on the right track!

Hello,

I've been upgrading my AV system and have hit a few annoying issues.

I bought a BD-C6800 on ebay and it works fine except if I want to play MKV format movies from my NAS.


If I want to watch the movie from the beginning its fine. If I want to rewind or fast forward, or start watching halfway through, none of the fwd/rewind or elapsed time functions work, which is contrary to the manual on P46.

The firmware is the latest version 1015 version from December.


I'm using the remote as described in the manual.


I really only bought this C6800 so I could replace the PC I had connected to my AV setup. With no navigation in movies, its a bit useless.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks.

Unfortunately DLNA is notoriously finicky, and problems like this between any particular DLNA server and client are common. It is possible to get the Samsung client to ff/rew/time-index properly when streaming mkv files from a DLNA server, but in my experiments it only works properly with a few particular servers, and only when you have the right version and the right server settings. It may not be possible with the server you have in your NAS unless you can change it or modify the settings. If your NAS uses Twonky for example (very common), you probably need to update to the latest version of Twonky (not free) and add a Samsung-specific profile you can find with some online research in the Twonky forums. Alternatively you can play your mkv file from local attached storage, which usually works better.