MCE 2005 and Dolby 5.1 PLEASE HELP

I have been using computers since 1984. My new system is a Dell Dimension

9150 (3.2 GHz Pentium D, ATI OEM Radeon 256Mb, a REAL (not OEM) Creative
X-FI

Xtreme Music, 4 Gb RAM, Sony CD writer & NEC DVD writer, 500Gb HD, 400Gb HD,

20" WS LCD.) I have had a lot of problems with this system. Dell replaced

my motherboard twice and sent me a real (not OEM) X-FI when their OEM cards

failed 3 times. (BTW, their OEM's won't do Dolby Surround Pro-Logic.)



My (REAL) X-FI has outputs for Dolby 5.1 and I have Dell 5.1 speakers. I

bought Sonic's "My CinePlayer" because it said it output 5.1. It doesn't on

my system but does a good job emulating it on headphones. I have

Creative's MCE App but all it offers is Dolby Surround Pro-Logic which works

but I want 5.1 either in or out of (if necessary) MCE.



I also have InterVideo's WinDVD 7 Silver but it won't even work. It came

with another app, DVD Copy 4. (I CAN use its Mpeg decoders for MCE and WMP

10, though.) Creative says InterVideo's WinDVD is supposed to output 5.1.



I am willing to change Sound Cards or Software but I don't know what to get.

Does MCE 2005 SUPPORT Dolby 5.1? It says DOLBY DIGITAL but that doesn't
mean

5.1, at least on my system.


--
peace :)
br. patrick


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