cross-posted from: https://links.dartboard.social/post/329856

Not sure whether to post this to here or !PS5@lemmy.world, so I'll just start with here then cross post if that's a thing Lemmy can do.

So my fiancée brought over some old Battlestar Galactica blu-rays. This one basically. And it seems to only output in stereo 2.0 LCPM. The only suggestion I've seen is to change the settings in the Blu-ray Audio Output menu to either PCM or Bitstream, but I've done that and nothing has changed. Also changed it in the normal settings menu to AV Amplifier and LPCM or Dolby, and neither has done anything. Now, it is being output through a soundbar that doesn't accept DTS or DTS:HD (the Bose 600), which is fine that it changes to PCM, but you think it would at least change to PCM 5.1 instead of stereo PCM 2.0.

After searching around the internet, I saw people suggest PS3 or Xbox Series X, which can apparently downmix DTS to Dolby Digital 5.1. I don't have an Xbox, but I do have a PS3, so I tried that out and sure enough, after spending like 30 seconds messing with settings, and playing the blu-ray, I'm getting that LPCM 5.1 as the output audio format and it all sounds so much better. There's an actual center channel so I can understand characters, and the surrounds are being used, etc. Apparently if I could find an optical output cable I can probably even get it to Dolby Digital 5.1, too, but not sure if that's worth buying an extra cable for. LPCM 5.1 is a little quiet, but otherwise sounds fine.

So, what's the deal? Is the PS5 a worse blu-ray player than the PS3 or Xbox Series X? That doesn't make any sense. I'd prefer if I could play old BDs through my PS5 to keep 4k capabilities, as it does look a little worse visually on my PS3, but they sound so much better that I'll probably keep using it for now.

Tl;dr: Does anyone know how to get PS5 to output Blu-ray DTS audio as LPCM 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 instead of defaulting to 2.0?

False claims suggesting that the BBC has been misreporting temperatures in southern Europe have been spreading on social media.

A clip of Neil Oliver, a GB News presenter, accusing the BBC "and others" of "driving fear" by using "supposedly terrifying temperatures", has been viewed more than two million times.

For the past few weeks, an intense heatwave has been sweeping through parts of southern Europe and north Africa, with extensive wildfires breaking out in Greece, Italy and Algeria - leading to more than 40 deaths.

Speaking about the fires on Rhodes on GB News on Monday, Mr Oliver accused the BBC, and other broadcasters, of trying to "make people terrified of the weather".

I've used the megathread to make a super basic proof-of-concept for my own streaming setup, and I'm not sure where to prioritize upgrading first and in what way. Any help is appreciated!

Current setup: I got a subscription to a VPN, so I figure I'll use that until it runs out. I have that with my main PC (a laptop, I haven't been able to save for a proper gaming PC yet), a torrent client, and Plex. I tested it out with one TV show and one movie with the Plex app on my TCL Series 4 Roku TV and it seems to work! The video and audio quality work even better when I turn my VPN off and it can tell my server is "nearby", but whatever.

Possible Improvements I've Seen People Talk About: I figure I should split off some of these services from my main laptop. I don't really want to keep it on 24/7, and I should save the room on it for games and other projects. I'll put things I've seen people talk about below, but not sure what order to do stuff to make the best Netflix replacement.

• I can buy another smaller machine or two I can use as a server. Not sure whether to put the torrent parts on it, so it can torrent while I'm at work and stuff, make it host the Plex server, or both. And even then, I'm not sure whether to use an NAS, raspberry pi, NUC, Nvidia Shield TV Pro, buy or find an old cheap laptop, a ThinkClient I saw another post suggest, etc. I need something super small and quiet because I am splitting a small place right now. Should I get 2? One to torrent things while I'm gone and one to host Plex, or can I put them on the same machine?

• Or should I start improving other parts of the torrenting and streaming experience? I've seen people mention Sonarr, Radarr, and other applications that I haven't experimented with yet.

• Or should I just port all of this into a seedbox hosted by someone else even though I have the VPN subscription for awhile longer? It would clear up some room but I'd hate to be tied to a subscription.

• I know I'll also need to buy more storage soon to make it a viable library, too.

What do you all think should prioritize next?

I'm mostly loving Liftoff, especially the UI once I messed with some appearance settings, but one thing that bothers me is that whenever I switch to another app or press the Overview button on my Android, it'll reload back to my default view instead of going back to the post I was working with or reading.

When I used to use RIF, it was pretty good about saving what I was doing. I could switch between writing a post and Google searching to fact-check myself pretty seamlessly, for example. Or open a post, write a longer reply in another note-taking app, then switch back to the post in RIF and paste my comment. If I tried that in Liftoff, the app would reload and I'd find myself back at the top of the feed.

Does anyone know if there is an Android app that saves my spot better like that? Maybe my phone just sucks lol.

Anyone know if there's any good Prime Day Deals for Boardgames Today? Or have any recommendations on a board game they see for sale today?

There are starting to become so many for Android and Apple, it would be nice to have a community on news and updates for them, comparing them, finding the right one, etc. This is in addition to the individual communities they should all have.