I have the SPDIF pass through selected on the my audigy control panel
as well as in the audio setting in MCE and the audio setting in the
DVD player.
If I play a DVD via InterVideo WinDVD (this is what shipped on my
gateway) it passes the raw digital signal to the AC reciever for
decoding there (I know this becuase my Sony reciever has a blue light
that inidcates it is receiving and decoding a multi-channel signal).
However when I switch to MCE and play the same DVD is just sends a L/R
signal to the receiver.
This is the same DVD, the only difference is the app from which I play
it (Intervideo vs MCE).
HELP!!!!
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Everything about Windows XP Media Center Edition
1. Make sure your audigy is set to Digital Output Only.
2. Make sure you have 5.1 speakers selected in the XP speaker settings
AND the Creative speaker settings app (FYI, I had to disable AC3 in
the Creative software for this to work)
3. Open WinDVD and get into Audio mode to select Digital/SPDIF output
4. Run Regedit and navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intervideo\Common\Audiodec]
5. Create new DWORD value and name it "audio" (without the quotes)
6. Open the value, and set the HEX value to 6 (this will force 6
channel output)
7. Open MCE and make your way to the DVD audio settings... once you
select SPDIF now, it will remember it and output SPDIF every time you
put in a 5.1 or DTS DVD. I get the DD or DTS light every time on my
receiver now when the source plays.
Hope that helps.
you have to go to settings - dvd - audio and let mce know that you are using
an external decoder, then it will work. this needs to be done even if you
have set windvd up correctly - the setting is separate for mce. the annoying
thing is it doesn't remember this and you have to set it each time you
restart mce - bummer. does this happen if you are using nvdvd - anyone?
fiev
"robdes" <rde...@comcast.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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I tried that but not luck...
Here is the strange thing....
I start MCE and go to settings/DVD and select SDPIF passthrough
Then I play the DVD (no pass through)
Then I go back to settings/DVD and the selection has switched to 2
channel and SDPIF is greyed out.
I rememer someone mentioning something about using the intervideo
audio codec in NIMO codec pack, but that does not seem to work
either
This is very very strange that you need to go through these gyrations
to get this to work!!
Any other thoughts.
Go to:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66022
Download the latest ac3filter which is currently "ac3filter_0_70b.exe".
Install it on your MCE box and then launch the AC3 Filter configuration
application from the MCE box's Windows Control Panel.
On the "Main" tab go to "Output" on the drop-down box go all the way
down to the bottom and select "SPDIF".
Click on "OK" on the configuration app and everytime you launch MCE
and play a DVD, the default will be SPDIF pass-through.
This AC3 codec will replace the Windvd AC3 codec for MCE and you will
be able to launch the configuration applet by opening MCE and making
your way to the DVD audio settings... You can select SPDIF , it will
remember it and output SPDIF every time you put in a 5.1 or DTS DVD.
Hope this helps!
@ Fiev - if you add the registry settings which I mention above, then
MCE will remember what setup you are using (i.e. 6-channel with
SPDIF)
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Does this work with WinDVD 5 Plat?
Has anyone tried this with an on board SPDIF?
Thanks
What SPDIF volume fix are you referring to?
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Any help appreciated.
Ed Lee
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Incidentally I tried Sonic Cineplayer and same Cyberlink vcontrol
panel nonsense. Nexxt step (read in a different thread) is deinstall
all DVD apps & CODECs.
Tim
How did you fix it? I have the exact same problem. SPDIF selectable
just fine in MCE, until you start playing a dvd, then it's back to
stereo /w SPDIF greyed out. I tried the reghacks above but they did
nothing. The same behaviour is exhibited in WMPLAYER9. I have tried
using both the ATI decoder codec and Intervidio/WinDVD. Will try out
the Elecard trial version later on but I don't have high hopes.
This is most definetly a bug with Microsoft and not any particular
decoder provider. I get proper SPDIF just by using WinDVD by itself,
or ATI's MMC player.
Even on normal WinXP it's hard/impossible to get 5.1 digital out of
WMPLAYER9. I suspect DRM as it is even stated that spdif is disabled
on DVD-AUDIO discs. Maybe it's broken and just disables for all dvds.
Dave
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> This thread is a god send! I've been fighting with the audio
configuration on MCE since I got my box set up, and it finally works!
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> THANKS GUYS!