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no need to worry

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on January 14, 2010 at 20:10:20:
Since you're using the d/a converters in your player, PCM is the only thing they'll handle. If the disc only has 2.0 PCM and 5.1 PCM as the options, the decoder in the player doesn't have to do anything to the soundtrack's audio (no "language" translating to do) before sending it off to the d/a converters for your analog outputs.

Now, if there are audio options on the disc such as DTS, Dolby Digital or their lossless cousins, the decoder in the player -- if you want analog from that player -- will have to decode the soundtrack in order to present the d/a converters with a "language" that they will understand (which is PCM).

And to answer your question about HDMI, all HDMI receivers can handle up to 6 channels of PCM and some can handle up to 8 channels of PCM. This parameter is usually set up in the player (ie, there's a setting in the player's menu to tell it how many channels are to be output over HDMI).