[Grit]

I've noticed several audio drop-outs on some of the newer Disney movies (Monsters University, Brave, Finding Nemo) and on Total Recall (2012 remake). This has been posted extensively on blu-ray.com and at avsforum.com. The short version is that it bitstreamed audio in these Dolby TrueHD tracks results in audio dropouts on SEVERAL bluray player/receiver combinations. In my case, it's an Oppo BDP-83 into a Rotel 1560 (though I'm still closely contemplating a SP3). The generic solution is to put the player into LPCM mode, which resolves the problem (except with the Oppo BPD-83 for Monsters University).

I'm hoping the SP3 users here can post and let me know if they have had similar problems with these (or other) titles and what bluray player you are using. I'm hoping the SP3 is immune to this problem, but as of yet, I've not seen any consistent results.
 

[So There]

It may be a player problem, Garrett. I've seen these discs noted as problematic on the Oppo BDP-105 forum and have experienced dropouts with a Netflix disc of Monsters U.

Rich

[Grit]

It certainly sounds like it. Oppo customer service emailed me back today stating they are working on a fix in a beta form right now.

The odd thing with this problem is that some people experience it while others don't, even when using the same player. While the problem is within the authoring of the Blu-ray itself (it appears to be seemless branching within Dolby True HD 7.1), I was just curious if  SP3 owners were seeing it also. If you got it though, it seems they can impact the SP3.

Hopefully, that firmware fix will be out soon.

- Garrett

[JayNYC]

Hi.  A couple years ago I was experiencing drop outs from my Oppo 93 to my pre-pro (not a Bryston).  I went into the Oppo settings and changed the output from Bitstream to LPCM.   The drop outs went away.

It's strange, if anything the bitstream method is actually transmitting less data (since it's essentially zipped).  But LPCM worked for me.

It's a free, easy thing to try, available to you right now without any firmware update needs.

--jay

[Grit]

What made me frustrated was that even LPCM failed on Monsters University via my Oppo BDP-83. That issue seems to be isolated to the BDP-83 though.

I'm willing to upgrade, but I want full bitstreaming functionality. Turns out, Oppo released a firmware update for the 103/105 series that should fix this very issue. Time for me to upgrade.

- Garrett