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Just found out that there is a Diamond card that might work perfect. It uses a cmedia chip, and there are some open source drivers that are suppose to make it work really good. Plus its only $30 here is a description of the open source drivers: This project aims at developing drivers for C-Media 8738 / 8768 based soundcards...
Just found out that there is a Diamond card that might work perfect. It uses a cmedia chip, and there are some open source drivers...
The motherboard that I'm using is a DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI. It has a Realtek based onboard audio. I'll be using the digital coaxial...
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Actually some sound cards out there do a very good job at mixing your audio through their optical S/PDIF output. See Dolby Digital Live, that makes optical output from those sound card the premium audio solution for your PC. Obviously if you already have an A/V Receiver that does a good job at mixing your HDMI audio then Sound Cards...
Actually some sound cards out there do a very good job at mixing your audio through their optical S/PDIF output. See Dolby Digital...
I'm trying to get my built-in RealTek ALC892 optical output to provide some 5.1 audio. All I get from it is 2 channels PCM. As...
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S/PDIF will pass Dolby Digital and DTS, but none of the high-resolution audio formats on Blu-Ray (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, and DTS-HD Master Audio). But, without a high-end receiver or amp and solid speaker setup, you won't hear much of a difference between them.
S/PDIF will pass Dolby Digital and DTS, but none of the high-resolution audio formats on Blu-Ray (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High...
Howdy, I've never given a lot of attention to the audio component of my HTPC. I've just been too transient to invest the time...
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Hi Terra, I have tried your script for turn on my Yamaha V481 receiver and it worked with minor changing but it is not working for turning off my amp?? Could you please help me. I have feeling that I am missing something there. Please check the files attached. Thanks, Nabeel
Hi Terra, I have tried your script for turn on my Yamaha V481 receiver and it worked with minor changing but it is not working for...
Hi guys, I recently bought a Yamaha RX-V473 A/V-Receiver and was looking for a way to start and stop the Yamaha together with my...
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Had a quick look for info. on that driver and couldn't find any. Who supplies the driver? Is it AMD/ATI or Realtek? EDIT - OK, found it. It's Realtek. Will give it a go! EDIT 2 - Tried it, still the same. Boot server, sound is fine, leave video playing, change channels on the TV, change back to PC, no sound. EDIT 3 -...
Had a quick look for info. on that driver and couldn't find any. Who supplies the driver? Is it AMD/ATI or Realtek? EDIT -...
How do I enable sound over the HDMI from the Gigabyte MA78G-DS3H motherboard?
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Impressions: First of all, the sound is much better than with the Pioneer I had to replace, surely because of the higher output specs. This might also be because of some processing to allow full surround feeling even at lower levels that I'm using. I had this on an older, non-HDMI Pioneer that I loved, and they called the setting...
Impressions: First of all, the sound is much better than with the Pioneer I had to replace, surely because of the higher output...
Today my Pioneer VSX-921 AVR has gotten the equivalent of the XBox 360's RRD problem (UE22 error). This is very common after about...
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It will stay open if you type the command into a cmd window, rather than into the START>Run box. Robbo100
It will stay open if you type the command into a cmd window, rather than into the START>Run box. Robbo100
I keep losing sound from MP when I start up the system (from sleep). If I go to ControlPanel>Sound then I can play system sounds...
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Thanx dude.... :-)
Thanx dude.... :-)
Anyone have testfiles to test 5.1 system????
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Sure. Let me know if you run into any kind of a dead end. Can be overwhelming sometimes with all its possibilities... I'll attach the part of my config with the lav stuff. You can load it in eg and have a look. You will have to change the file ext first to xml. Can't load those up here apparently...
Sure. Let me know if you run into any kind of a dead end. Can be overwhelming sometimes with all its possibilities... I'll attach...
I have my HTPC setup to output to my Yamaha receiver (YSP2500) with TV in one room and into another room with a normal TV without...
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Excellent thanks for the input guys. I think I really do just need to go to a nice audio/video shop and listen for myself, as I'm guessing I am looking way too high end for myself right now. I live in a small town so I will have to travel a few hours to find a shop, but if I am going to drop that kind of coin I guess it will be...
Excellent thanks for the input guys. I think I really do just need to go to a nice audio/video shop and listen for myself, as I'm...
Hello! I am currently rocking the Logitech z5500s and I like them quite a bit but I am wanting to eventually upgrade to a more...
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There is an open bug report about this problem; https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/bass-player-does-not-reinitialize-sound-device.103717/
There is an open bug report about this problem...
Thinking about getting myself a new amp and the onkyo seems like a good choice. A few things that I wonder thou: How is MPs auto...
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That wont do what I need. I need to have something that will create an AVI file of the equivilent of a scope trace of the WAV file audio. Imagine looking at a scope seeing a heart beat scrolling across it....this is what I need an AVI of. Egon
That wont do what I need. I need to have something that will create an AVI file of the equivilent of a scope trace of the WAV file...
Hi folks, Wondering if you could help me out with a work problem.... I need to display a WAV file as a AVI! Will now explain :)...
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MP1 MP2 hdmi no audio DE
the manual does not say much about the spidf connection on the hdmi card you have 2 pins for the card to attatch to it, but when i connect up a audio led no out put, tried the onboard spidf as the setup as 7.1 out put and spidf as well the set up is my own build it was based on a scaleo e fujitsu, the build has 3.06 d processor 1 gb...
the manual does not say much about the spidf connection on the hdmi card you have 2 pins for the card to attatch to it, but when i...
i have recently finished my htpc and installed a graphics card nvidia 8600, it has a hdmi socket on it, when i connect this to my...
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got it thanks. Installed the shark007 codec pack and set ffdshow to your settings. The passthrough option on the realtek killed the sound though. I changed output under mixer to "same as input"- and left the realtek setting to output digital audio source. 5.1 on DVD's - yay!!!
got it thanks. Installed the shark007 codec pack and set ffdshow to your settings. The passthrough option on the realtek killed the...
Just finished rebuilding a HTPC (Mediaportal)- on XP sp3). However I think I may be misunderstanding 5.1 Dolby. SPDIF(Toslink) and...
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I think you can't do anything about it, except re-encode all your 44,1khz material to 48khz or the other way around through software. Many people do this, because software makes a better job in resampling. Well, your soundcard does it on the fly, so what do you expect..... For players like MPC to be able to switch the output-rate...
I think you can't do anything about it, except re-encode all your 44,1khz material to 48khz or the other way around through...
Hi there, After a friend of mine commented how her new soundcard has made a huge difference to the audio quality she hears, I've...
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If you have a good amplifier, that does good channel-upmixing, DTS and DD you should consider a digital connection (let all the hardwork be done by the amplifier. That way you have the same good quality with a crappy soundcard as with an expensive one. If you have a good one you should consider to connect it analog, but then you...
If you have a good amplifier, that does good channel-upmixing, DTS and DD you should consider a digital connection (let all the...
Looking for some recommendation for a soundcard that comes with lots of features like hearing position, equalizer that can be...
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Got a Xonar DX myself. In general im pretty happy with it due to the DTS live function. Soundquality wise, I think the speakers used are the biggest influence normal people notice. Not talking about audiophiles.. One downside of Asus is they deliver crap drivers with the xonar. It is still not doing good "event mode driven"...
Got a Xonar DX myself. In general im pretty happy with it due to the DTS live function. Soundquality wise, I think the speakers...
Hi Together, our HTPC is working fine with the onBoard "Realtek High Definiton ALC892 Codec" sound of the Gigabyte...
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MP1 MP2 Dolby Digital Live DE
The issue mentioned above appears to be fixed in Windows 10 update "Threshold 2" (v1511) November 2015. Looks like my Sound Blaster Z is back in business :)
The issue mentioned above appears to be fixed in Windows 10 update "Threshold 2" (v1511) November 2015. Looks like my Sound Blaster...
Since I recently upgraded from a stereo sound system to surround I had to experiment quite a bit with system and MediaPortal...
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MP1 MP2 S/PDIF from 3.5 mm DE
AW: S/PDIF from 3.5 mm Hi again, the mini-Optical <-> Toslink Adapter works great. Theres is an optical port inside the 3,5mm port. Cheers Dennis
AW: S/PDIF from 3.5 mm Hi again, the mini-Optical <-> Toslink Adapter works great. Theres is an optical port inside the 3,5mm...
Hello, i've got a Jetway J9F2 Mainboard. (JETWAY COMPUTER) wich should have "Realtek ALC888 5.1 Channel Audio with S/PDIF out"...
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MP1 MP2 5.1 Surround setup DE
thanks for the replies guys. only problem with my current sound setup is that the amp im using was part of my old dvd player setup, so the cable running from the sound card to the amp/sub is a custom made (as the dvd player audio out socket was a weird shape) so wont fit any of the sound card outputs. im currently using the...
thanks for the replies guys. only problem with my current sound setup is that the amp im using was part of my old dvd player...
what do people have as their surround sound setup? i have a 7.1 sound card installed in my media centre but havent made the most of...
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x2. What kiwi said! If you want HD audio, and a more-than adequate GFX card, definitely go with the new ATI 5670 (i'm their new poster boy) and guess what? It's less than $100 for each manufacturer on newegg! Seriously, you can't go wrong with that deal...
x2. What kiwi said! If you want HD audio, and a more-than adequate GFX card, definitely go with the new ATI 5670 (i'm their...
I'm about to upgrade just about every component to my HTPC. Mainboard, cpu, ram,video etc. The one area I'm still not sure on is...
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Re: No HD bitstreaming with Asus EAH5570 HDMI out (non HD works) OK i also went the easy way and installed SAF 5, which automatically set up itself perfectly, i just had to tick the pass through boxes and everything worked fine :)
Re: No HD bitstreaming with Asus EAH5570 HDMI out (non HD works) OK i also went the easy way and installed SAF 5, which...
Hello everyone, Im using the above mentioned Graphics card HDMI out to my AV Receiver but i cant get DTS and other Surround...
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I eventually got HDMI audio working with the replacement decoder but I've upgrade to a GTX750 in the meantime. I'm also sending back my Teufel Cubycon 2 Digital HD system since I'm quite disappointed with it. I got a SONOS PLAYBAR + SUB + 2x PLAY:1 instead and it feels like SONOS designed that system just for me :)
I eventually got HDMI audio working with the replacement decoder but I've upgrade to a GTX750 in the meantime. I'm also sending...
I was trying to get my NVidia GTX 560 HDMI audio to work through my Teufel DecoderStation 7 but all the channels were mixed up...
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Awesome, the 9.3 drivers work! I now have audio and the videos I have tested play just fine. Many thanks. By the way, my card has a native hdmi port, no adapter needed. Just thought I'd point that out to anyone stumbling across this thread.
Awesome, the 9.3 drivers work! I now have audio and the videos I have tested play just fine. Many thanks. By the way, my card has...
I have the Radeon hd 4550 and I am trying to connect it to my receiver though hdmi and can't get any audio... I have searched...
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Just installed Mediainfo and you were right every movie shows up as having 2 channel audio,,.Thanks for helping to figure out what was wrong.
Just installed Mediainfo and you were right every movie shows up as having 2 channel audio,,.Thanks for helping to figure out what...
I've been rewiring my HTPC audio system as it seems the sub has never been connected, It's a pretty old system but works well...
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Hi guys, thanks for you answers - I have fixed it now - I was being rather dumb.:oops: Having HDMI audio enabled via the NVIDIA driver DOES prevent PC volume control - but the NVIDIA driver DOES allow you to disable audio - thus re-enabling the analogue sound device and enabling volume control. But I had tried disabling the...
Hi guys, thanks for you answers - I have fixed it now - I was being rather dumb.:oops: Having HDMI audio enabled via the...
Hi, Have spent a few days reading up on this. I have a Nvidia GT210 card with dvi and HDMI outputs. My Sony Bravia TV has VGA +...
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Yes ati driver is used, didn't change anything at all:)
Yes ati driver is used, didn't change anything at all:)
Hi there I am _so_ close at having a flawless htpc, except for one annoying thing: After every sound played theres a...
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I've had Creative since my first sb16, then sb32awe, sblive, audigy 1 & 2, everyone has worked flawless for me, with the exeption of 1 burned audigy 1 card(unofficial BIG problem with that card and Via chipsets and sensitive for electrical spikes on the pci bus -> firmware erase ;)) But rma fiixed that. I would not be scared to buy...
I've had Creative since my first sb16, then sb32awe, sblive, audigy 1 & 2, everyone has worked flawless for me, with the exeption...
Alright guys, I finally connected my HTPC to a 5.1 DD/DTS Pioneer receiver, and noticed some crackling and average sound quality...
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Thanks again. I knew it was simple, but now I know what I'm doing!
Thanks again. I knew it was simple, but now I know what I'm doing!
This may be a stupid question, but please forgive my ignorance. I'm about to take the plunge and build my first HTPC. I want...
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Jeditrav yes you have right it have also these three 3.5mm audio jacks i have try with them but when i am trying to setup from the realtek control panel i choose 5.1 setup and testing them but they dont play all the speakers,if i choose 7.1 i can hear sound on the test from all the speakers. if i use the usb i can setup them inside...
Jeditrav yes you have right it have also these three 3.5mm audio jacks i have try with them but when i am trying to setup from the...
Hi, I have this mobo GA-MA78GM-S2H and also my girl buy me for present this 5.1 pc speakers Altec Lansing FX5051 5.1 that support...
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