RE: Cannot solve this S/PDIF reverting to 2 speakers thing
- From: "bweiler" <bweiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:10:03 -0800
I have the Audigy 2 ZS and I had a lot of problems getting it working
correctly too. The main problem is that this card (and I suspect other
Soundblaster cards) don't work well with non-Soundblaster components. Here's
my understanding of how you should configure your card for S/PDIF
passthrough. I'm sure you've done most if not all of this already, but here
it is in case it helps. Also, I'm using PowerDVD 5.x.
1. Go into SB Device Controls and make sure the sampling rate is 48KHz (no
sound otherwise)
2. On the SB Decoder tab, select SPDIF Passthrough
3. Go into SB Speaker Settings and select the "2/2.1 Speakers" option
4. Also select Digital Output Only (on the bottom of the same screen)
5. In Media Center, go into Settings, TV, Audio. You should only have two
options, stereo and SAP. I'm sure this setting is being picked up from the SB
config.
6. Go into General, Media Center Setup, Set Up Your Speakers. You should be
able to select 5.1 and the test sound should work. However, everytime you go
into this configuration utility, it will default to "2 speakers". I don't
know why this happens.
Then when you play HDTV content for example, it should show up as Dolby
Digital 3/2 on your receiver.
As you probably know, your receiver must be able to decode DTS for DTS DVDs
to work correctly. By the way, if you don't select S/PDIF passthrough on the
SB card, you could end up with a number of other problems such as out of
synch audio, jerky video, and random crashes. So, if you are going to change
audio cards, I don't recommend Audigy 2 ZS.
Hope this helps,
BW
"David" wrote:
> Hi
>
> I realise this problem has been discussed at large and I have spent heaps of
> time reading and trying multiple different things but I just can't seem to
> fix this problem.
>
> Is there any solution yet? I'll explain the problem in full and what I have
> tried. I am experiencing this problem on 2 machines both of which are
> however using an SB Live 24-Bit which I thought would be quite capable.
>
> Initially using PowerDVD v6.00. I have downloaded and installed the drivers
> from the supplied CD and updated through the creative auto software web
> updater today but the problem has been present for some time (Not sure if it
> was a problem pre rollup 2 ... I think it was) I set the SB Live to use
> SPDIF output only. Have the cable connected correctly to my Kenwood
> receiver. I recently noticed that my receiver was not detecting a DTS signal
> when playing a DTS movie through MCE however if I played the same movie
> through PowerDVD itself the receiver detected the DTS signal. At the time I
> figured this must just be how MCE handles it but wasn't two happy with the
> idea. I since noticed that I can set the sound via the PowerDVD MCE
> extension to SPDIF (Which I was aware of) but it was automatically setting
> itself back to 2 Speaker mode which is why the receiver was never showing a
> DTS signal. I've now tried WinDVD v7.00 and have the exact same problem. It
> almost appears as some people have mentioned like as soon as MCE plays a
> sound of some kind from even navigation it reverts back to 2 Speakers. Again
> WinDVD sends the DTS signal fine when played directly through WinDVD. I also
> found if I start playing the movie through WMP10 and check the
> Options/DVD/Advanced section intervideo stettings show SPDIF as selected and
> it also sends the signal fine. But not through MCE.
>
> I did read something about your sound card needing to be able to play both
> digital and analogue simultaneously but I'm doubting that. I considered
> buying an Audigy 2 ZS but if I don't have to I'm not going to. I'm really
> happy with the sound when it's working correctly through PowerDVD and WinDVD.
> Any opinions on this?
>
> I tried to remove Roll Up 2 and the problem still persists. This problem is
> occuring on both machines I've tried. I even read something about the
> setting working only when MCE is not full screen but that didn't work either.
>
> Would love to hear if anyone has any ideas or preferrably solutions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David
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