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[EL CUCO]

Regarding optical passthroughs (sorry not exactly the right thread for this but saw people talking about it in previous page).... I'm picking up a soundbar tonight with an optical cable. Do I connect it to y TV or will I need some kind of splitter and split it direct to my ps3, ps4 and tv?

Heard you lose surround sound if you go direct to TV?

You can connect from your TV but most TV's dont support 5.1 through optical. I think only a few Sony's and Vizio's IIRC. But if your soundbar is 2.1, you should be good.

 

[Dragnet]

Tried turning off Deep Colour in Video Output Settings?

Totally fixed it. Thanks!

 

[Wulfegang]

Anyone else try Twitch archiving yet? I archived a video, but it has no sound. Am going to have to look later to see if the actual live streaming has sound or not. I didn't see an option to turn off sound...only mic, which I did have off.

I archived a video but it was very quiet. That is only because I had game volume down from a previous cast so it wouldn't drown out my mic.

 

[Melchiah]

Some other streaming apps support CEC so I think that's a Netflix app issue.

Ah, so the fault lies in their end then.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Anyone else try Twitch archiving yet? I archived a video, but it has no sound. Am going to have to look later to see if the actual live streaming has sound or not. I didn't see an option to turn off sound...only mic, which I did have off.

You weren't streaming Child of Light were you? That game (and Dead Nation Apocalypse before patching) wouldn't record or stream sound properly.

 

[TheGrue]

You weren't streaming Child of Light were you? That game (and Dead Nation Apocalypse before patching) wouldn't record or stream sound properly.

Yeah, it was Child of Light. Alright, I will try another one and see.

 

[gruenel]

The most important question is... have they improved stability?

 

[ced]

This is disappointing.

It's just ridiculous when you think about it.

They should give us the option to disable the light.

If they really want to they can give the developers the option to override it if they feel it's required for their game, and let the system override it if you have the camera plugged in.

 

[KingRamen]

Same for me. Never bother with it because it literally takes as long as cold boot. Forget that noise. Biggest disappointment when I was first screwing around with it.

I don't believe standby is akin to a type of sleep mode. It's seems more like it's powered off but with power to the USB ports and the ethernet. The promised suspend feature, like the Vita, should probably alleviate non cold boot performance.

 

[deadpixel]

So I'm guessing PSN name changes still arent a thing?

Choose a name you want and set it so that everyone can see you real name. Eg. My psn is 2cool4skool. Set your real name as "Occams Lightsaber", then under privacy settings, allow everyone to see your real name.

 

[silver.tongue]

Timed the update at 1m:41s download. Excelent.
Took a lot longer to prepare the download for installation though.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

You can connect from your TV but most TV's dont support 5.1 through optical. I think only a few Sony's and Vizio's IIRC. But if your soundbar is 2.1, you should be good.

Cheers I'll double check.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

Guys I left my ps4 on stand by mode last night and I have the automatic updates turned on, will the system be updated when I get back from work today??

 

[Nakazato]

Guys I left my ps4 on stand by mode last night and I have the automatic updates turned on, will the system update be installed when I get back from work today??

No

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Choose a name you want and set it so that everyone can see you real name. Eg. My psn is 2cool4skool. Set your real name as "Occams Lightsaber", then under privacy settings, allow everyone to see your real name.

Thought you both had to agree to a name request for others to see?

 

[deadpixel]

Guys I left my ps4 on stand by mode last night and I have the automatic updates turned on, will the system be updated when I get back from work today??

It wouldn't because you have to agree to the new terms and conditions that change seemingly with every update.

 

[Branson]

Guys I left my ps4 on stand by mode last night and I have the automatic updates turned on, will the system be updated when I get back from work today??

It will be downloaded but not installed.

 

[CambriaRising]

It wouldn't because you have to agree to the new terms and conditions that change seemingly with every update.

It's because the user experience has changed, not because the agreement is any different.

 

[BruiserBear]

It's just ridiculous when you think about it.

They should give us the option to disable the light.

If they really want to they can give the developers the option to override it if they feel it's required for their game, and let the system override it if you have the camera plugged in.

Yeah, or at the very last allow the light to be super dim. Just enough to know that controller is on, but nothing more. The "dim" setting is still quite bright.

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

No

It wouldn't because you have to agree to the new terms and conditions that change seemingly with every update.

It will be downloaded but not installed.

Thanks for the replies guys at least it will be downloaded...!!

 

[psychotron]

Does Trials no longer crash when hitting the Share button? Can't test till I get home from work.

 

[Gaz_RB]

Man, I really love share factory. Someone should make a guide/OT.

I was trying to figure out how to set the length of an FX like text, and it seems the trick is to split the clip.

 

[BruiserBear]

Does Trials no longer crash when hitting the Share button? Can't test till I get home from work.

It shouldn't. The update notes for the game specify that fix.

 

[LegoDad]

Don't ask me, ask manufacturers.

The only sets I know that do HDMI passthrough are a few Sony TV's and even then, that's only with Dolby and no DTS.

My w900a passes DTS and Dolby Digital.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Facebook vs USB video capture quality

44.1 vs 48 kHz audio
1.64 vs 4.9 Mbit/sec bitrate

Facebook

USB

The fine details are blurred out a lot more with the Facebook download.

 

[jaaz]

You can connect from your TV but most TV's dont support 5.1 through optical. I think only a few Sony's and Vizio's IIRC. But if your soundbar is 2.1, you should be good.

El Cuco speaks the truth. When I went TV shopping I knew I wanted the Sonos sound bar and rear surround setup--no receiver--so I specifically went looking for a TV that would pass through DD 5.1 through its optical output. I found one in the Vizio M models, and luckily the TV picture quality are excellent. I recall there weren't many that did this, most down sampled to 2.1 stereo. But as Cuco said if your sound bar is only 2.1, it doesn't matter anyways, go for it.

By the way I used to be a receiver guy all the way, but I have to say the Sonos 5.1 system is amazing. I have not missed my receiver set-up once, and I get the added benefit of playing music through the Sonos and Spotify.

 

[Chabbles]

So realistically, how much battery power will be saved in the DS4 with the dimming feature on ?, i've read elsewhere that the led consumes so little power to begin with that it wont make much difference, is this true ?

 

[SmokeCapone]

Im having audio issues now, the sound is coming in and out and never done that before until this update. Any solutions?

I have a samsung 5.1 reciever and my PS4 goes thru hdmi and optical frm PS4 to receiver

 

[Melchiah]

Will have to see, when the Android app is updated, if I finally can connect my Xperia P with the PS4.

 

[Forsete]

USB transfer is slow as fuck. :/

 

[LegoDad]

Audio Settings: You can now force the PS4 to output 5.1 channel audio over HDMI even if it detects 7.1 channel support.

This is awesome, they actually fixed my bug I submitted if so. I will try when I get home, I had no issues during games, but during movies I did.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Man, I really love share factory. Someone should make a guide/OT.

I was trying to figure out how to set the length of an FX like text, and it seems the trick is to split the clip.

There's an OT and the manual can be read away from PS4 here:

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sharefactory-livearea/game-manual/en-GB/index.html

 

[LegoDad]

Will have to see, when the Android app is updated, if I finally can connect my Xperia P with the PS4.

Android App 1.7 has been pushed since last night. FYI.

 

[Chaplain]

USB transfer is slow. :/

That seems strange considering the PS4 has two USB 3.0 ports.

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

So I noticed something has been changed with logins.
Does this mean we can play games on vita with the ds4 without using a separate account now?

 

[Shining Sunshine]

HD streams YISSSSSSSSS

Porn in HD confirmed.

 

[rob305]

Sweet getting it now

 

[Zok310]

No

Well why the hell not??

 

[hodayathink]

So realistically, how much battery power will be saved in the DS4 with the dimming feature on ?, i've read elsewhere that the led consumes so little power to begin with that it wont make much difference, is this true ?

Yes. The controller has bad battery life because they put a small battery in there, not because the LED is using a large amount of power.

 

[Chums Knifeblade]

USB transfer is slow as fuck. :/

Yea seems to be abit slow I'm sure it will improve with time

 

[Nakazato]

Well why the hell not??

It wouldn't because you have to agree to the new terms and conditions that change seemingly with every update.

.

 

[-griffy-]

Well why the hell not??

It would be a bad idea to automatically install firmware updates.

 

[Blackdog]

Is there a way on PS4 to record something that just happened or am I limited to only being able to record what's about to happen?

 

[mattp]

i wouldnt want a system automatically updating it's operating system without my input, anyway
what if there's a bug in the update that is bricking systems? you wouldnt wanna go home and find out it happened automatically
it only takes 2 minutes to run the update, anyway

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

They way they handled HDCP Off is so roundabout. Instead of just turning it off for Games and the OS like the Xbone does, you have to select an option to turn it off in the menu and you can't run any media applications with it off. It will give you an error and turn it back on if you want to watch a Blu-ray or use Netflix.

I appreciate being able to record now with my Elgato, but it is so confusing why they did it the way they did it.

 

[DryvBy]

Facebook vs USB video capture quality

44.1 vs 48 kHz audio
1.64 vs 4.9 Mbit/sec bitrate



The fine details are blurred out a lot more with the Facebook download.

Excellent. The video quality is so low otherwise, especially in dark areas where pixel artifacts are all over the place.

 

[icespide]

you don't want firmware updates to install automatically in case there is an issue with the firmware (bricking systems) and you want to opt not to install it

 

[Garland7G]

Running into sharefactory bugs. Specifically, when adding music to a clip with multiple stickers. It makes the audio skip.
Need to find a work around I guess.

 

[coolasj19]

Well why the hell not??

Automatically installing new firmwares to your consumers devices that may add, remove, or modify features or how those features work, sounds illegal. Pretty sure Sony would have gotten sued if the Linux PS3 Removal Firmware was automatically installed even if you opted into the program.

 

[Proxy]

Well why the hell not??

What if an update could potentially brick your console. Would you still want automatic updating?