Re: [OT] : Setting up SP/DIF output.

[Steve Norman <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On my laptop's Windows XP in the advanced Volume Control Panel there is
an option to enable and disable SP/DIF output. Could be related?

Steve

Phil Harris wrote:
>
> I had standalone working fine - using either Zoomplayer (with WinDVD /
Power
> DVD decoders) or using TheaterTek (but that's got really buggy
recently) ...
> It's getting an SP/DIF out when playing from within MCE that is
proving a
> problem at the moment.
>
> Phil
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ho yin ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 06 February 2005 11:04
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] : Setting up SP/DIF output.
>>
>>
>>Zoom player and DScaler with FFDshow or Nvidia DVD decoders.
>>
>>Not sure whether it works with MCE though, as I am only using
>>them through XP.
>>
>>Ho yin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 06 February 2005 10:45
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Setting up SP/DIF output.
>>
>>
>>
>>Question for the MCE users out there...
>>
>>I have MCE installed with PowerDVD6 as the DVD playback
>>engine which works
>>fine except for the fact that I just get analogue audio out of
DVDs.
>>
>>If I run PowerDVD on its own I can choose SP/DIF as the audio
>>output and get
>>Dolby Digital or DTS but when running under MCE - although I
>>can get to the
>>Audio configuration window for PowerDVD (even though MCE says that
the
>>window isn't suited for access via a remote) and SP/DIF is
>>listed - I can
>>only chose the analogue audio types (2 channel, headphone, 4
>>channel, 5
>>channel, 6 channel, 7 channel, 8 channel) - choosing SP/DIF
>>just reverts
>>back to an analogue audio type.
>>
>>Also, is there any way of cycling through audio tracks
>>without going through
>>the menus?
>>
>>Alternatively - what MCE DVD decoders are you guys using?
>>
>>Phil