PS4 > HDMI > TV > Optical > Receiver (5.1)
Which setting should I be using?
If your receiver supports HDMI in you should go:
PS4 > HDMI > RECEIVER > HDMI > TV and select LPCM for games. For movies, first time you play a bluray go again into the system audio settings and select BITSTREAM.
If your receiver does not support HDMI in, then go:
PS4 > HDMI > TV for video and PS4 > Optical > Receiver for audio. Digital out and select DTS audio in settings.
You can also leave it as you have right now (again, if the receiver has no HDMI in/out), but if you follow my lead you'll get the best possible audio even when you don't feel like switching the receiver/HT setup on and want to use just the tv's speakers.
Well HDMI is digital........
Ok o/t: I am HDMI >> TV >> Toslinked to Sound Bar. All set to PCM
You know you're only feeding the sound bar a stereo signal this way, right?
Just asking. If you want to feed your soundbar a 5.1 signal then you need to set the audio to DTS (not DTS Master Audio of course)
Unless of course you meant LPCM 5.1 *and* your TV accepts multichannel LPCM *and* it's capable of re-encoding it on the fly into a DTS/DD stream to feed to the soundbar via the optical out.
Either way you're better off doing what I suggest above and let the PS4 do the work setting it to DTS.
Question:
I have the PS4 HDMI'd to the TV and some Harmon Kardon Soundsticks going directly into the TV via a standard auxiliary cable. My settings should be HDMI, yep?
Also, is there a better way to implement this setup?
Can't really answer unless I don't see the specifics of your model, which I have no experience with. If you care to link me to the product's info details I'll help you out.
Whenever I can, I use optical. However, my PS4 (and 3) are usually in my room and I can only output audio via HDMI there. When I bring either into my basement, though, I take advantage of our sound system and use optical out as well as an ethernet connection for online.
Well, I assume you say so cause your HT's receiver doesn't support HDMI in/passthrough? Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense