Blu-ray & Hardware Steven Kippel on 28 Jul 2010
Sony PS3 lock-up with DTS:HD Blu-ray Disc
Sony PS3 lock-up with DTS:HD Blu-ray Disc
The only way to escape the screen was to power off the system. After panicing for a few minutes, I tried another BD I had recently watched. It worked fine. I tried several movies, and they all worked well. After a few tests, I diagnosed the problem: titles with DTS:HD audio would cause the system to freeze. Dolby TrueHD, and other audio formats worked still.
Check out the video below for evidence of the issue.
The strange thing is, even if I change all of the settings on the PS3 to only output basic DTS audio, I get the same effect. DTS:HD embeds a standard DTS codec inside the file for systems incompatible with the next generation format, so maybe that has something to do with it.
I have the original 60GB PS3, I’m using HDMI cables to a Pioneer VSX-918-K receiver, and into a Sony KDF-50E2000 HDTV.
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on 29 Jul 2010 at 9:48 am 1.Wesley Novack said …
Are you running the latest PS3 firmware?
on 29 Jul 2010 at 10:54 am 2.Steven Kippel said …
Yes. All latest firmwares.
I’m going to try to bypass the receiver and see what happens.
on 13 Aug 2010 at 11:25 am 3.Iain said …
Hi just wondered if you have found any solution to this? My PS3 60gb freezes a lot with most Bluray films (but never games) I think you may be right about the sound encoding. Casino Royale runs fine and only has linear PCM. The worst is Star Trek (freezes after 5 to 10 minutes but almost never in the same place) and bizzarly after watching Avatar about 5 times with no problems it now freezes after about 20 minutes.
Heat and internet connection are not the culprits as I have tested this.
Another strange thing – after I installed update 3.41 I managed to get Star Trek to play through twice with no issues at all. I then tried Avatar – it froze after 10 minutes and immediately following that Star Trek started to freeze again like before.
I’m lost! I might just spend £100 on a Bluray player and stick to games on the PS3…
on 15 Aug 2010 at 9:58 am 4.Steven Kippel said …
I think you may be experiencing what others have experienced with Avatar. Some have said after playing the Avatar BD, other BDs had trouble playing.
I do think Sony keeps changing the firmware on the PS3, which helps some movies play, but is sometimes deleterious to other movies. I’ve heard a lot of people say their legacy PS3 systems stopped handling BD movies after an update late last year. That’s about when I noticed the issue myself.
I haven’t found a solution yet. I’m hoping to find a movie with both Dolby and DTS:HD tracks so I can test my theory out. If a movie plays with Dolby but not with DTS, it should be a strong indication something is amiss.