lordofduct
Established Member
Hey Audiophiles! A lil' help please?
He is the run down.
Pioneer Elite VSX-52TX THX Select EX Certified A/V Receiver w/ DTS decoder
60" JVC HDTV with HDMI (which my PC is hooked through)
and the problem child:
MSI MEGA PC 865 Deluxe
TV Tuner
Windows 2000
The PC has SPDIF out and in. I am using the Optical Out to my Receiver and when listening to CD's and Mp3's it works fine and travels through all 6 of my speakers (no sub at this moment... po'). I just got it hooked up and I'm trying to get DVD playback on it.
First try: Cyberlink PowerDVD (old version... 2001 about when my parents bought their Dell which it came with. I think 3).
Get strange errors when using it. No playback at all. Doesn't recognize my SPDIF output.
Second try: Cyberlink PowerDVD 5 (came with the DVD-ROM i bought)
The disk has a giant crease in the tin on the top of the CD that starts at the center and strait out to the edge. The disk still runs and installs the software... BUT as there is that crease the drivers and whatnot installed are all buggered. Tons of glitches. And the Video freezes.
Funny thing is it recognizes my SPDIF out!!!!
Third try: Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 Deluxe DTS(ummm... yeah... i won't say where i got it)
I installed this and finally I can play video! I have the DTS package for it (basically the best package). Now a problem... it does not recognize my SPDIF optical out! So I can't pass the DTS signal through to the receiver(I tried it before upgrading to the DTS package as well). My PC has AC97 codec(yeah... I know... shut up) to turn my mp3's and shit into multispeaker signals and send it to my receiver for a surround sound feel... but the stupid PowerDVD software won't even use that either! So I'm stuck with only my front left, front right and center when watching DVDs. No matter what settings I put it on (4, 6, 8 speaker). WTF!?
I also got Nvidia PureVideo Mpeg2 decoder... but it doesn't work in 2000. Only on XP and MCE. GRRRRR.
Can someone PLEASE HELP!
I'm seriousily thinking about going back to Linux for this... everything is free or not illegal there.--- that and it WORKS
He is the run down.
Pioneer Elite VSX-52TX THX Select EX Certified A/V Receiver w/ DTS decoder
60" JVC HDTV with HDMI (which my PC is hooked through)
and the problem child:
MSI MEGA PC 865 Deluxe
TV Tuner
Windows 2000
The PC has SPDIF out and in. I am using the Optical Out to my Receiver and when listening to CD's and Mp3's it works fine and travels through all 6 of my speakers (no sub at this moment... po'). I just got it hooked up and I'm trying to get DVD playback on it.
First try: Cyberlink PowerDVD (old version... 2001 about when my parents bought their Dell which it came with. I think 3).
Get strange errors when using it. No playback at all. Doesn't recognize my SPDIF output.
Second try: Cyberlink PowerDVD 5 (came with the DVD-ROM i bought)
The disk has a giant crease in the tin on the top of the CD that starts at the center and strait out to the edge. The disk still runs and installs the software... BUT as there is that crease the drivers and whatnot installed are all buggered. Tons of glitches. And the Video freezes.
Funny thing is it recognizes my SPDIF out!!!!
Third try: Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 Deluxe DTS(ummm... yeah... i won't say where i got it)
I installed this and finally I can play video! I have the DTS package for it (basically the best package). Now a problem... it does not recognize my SPDIF optical out! So I can't pass the DTS signal through to the receiver(I tried it before upgrading to the DTS package as well). My PC has AC97 codec(yeah... I know... shut up) to turn my mp3's and shit into multispeaker signals and send it to my receiver for a surround sound feel... but the stupid PowerDVD software won't even use that either! So I'm stuck with only my front left, front right and center when watching DVDs. No matter what settings I put it on (4, 6, 8 speaker). WTF!?
I also got Nvidia PureVideo Mpeg2 decoder... but it doesn't work in 2000. Only on XP and MCE. GRRRRR.
Can someone PLEASE HELP!
I'm seriousily thinking about going back to Linux for this... everything is free or not illegal there.--- that and it WORKS