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<blockquote data-quote="childe" data-source="post: 232105" data-attributes="member: 57494">Hi, I really hope you can help me, as I am going crazy!A few months ago I installed MP on one of my PCs and eventually got it to play all my video files with AC3/dolby digital via SPDIF from my sound card.&nbsp; I am now trying to do the same on another PC.&nbsp; I have the same OS (MCE2005), Power DVD 7 and ffdshow beta 2 installed.&nbsp; Try as I might, I cannot get AC3 from Media Portal.&nbsp; It works fine from Power DVD and from MCE, but not from MP.&nbsp; All I get is stereo.I have ffdshow configured exactly the same as on the other PC (I&nbsp; think), and have set ffdshow as my codecs in Movies, Movie Player.&nbsp; In desperation I tried uninstalling ffdshow on my first PC then reinstalled it (accepting all the defaults), just to check if ffdshow is the problem.Guess what?&nbsp; No AC3/Dolby.&nbsp; I then tried various combinations in ffdshow, including changing AC3 and DtS to SPDIF, with no luck.&nbsp; So I could not even replicate what I had before.Fortunately I had taken a Ghost image before uninstalling ffdshow, so was able to restore my previous state, and all is now Ok again on my first PC,&nbsp; but I am no nearer to fixing my new PC.I have just noticed that my old PC has MP 0.2.3.RC3, whereas my new on has 0.2.3.0.&nbsp; It is the &quot;latest&quot; version off this&nbsp; website.&nbsp; Is this&nbsp; the problem?&nbsp; I tried installing the latest stable update patch, but after doing this MP would not open, so I had to do a clean install of MP.Can anyone help?&nbsp; I am really frustrated and have spent hours on this.&nbsp; I have also tried AC3 Filter, with no luck.ThanksOK - I have sorted it, thanks to another post in a different thread.&nbsp; I had forgotten to configure the MPA Decoder in DirectShow Filter Control (in MP Configuration) to use SPDIF.&nbsp; All sorted now, thank God!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="childe, post: 232105, member: 57494"] Hi, I really hope you can help me, as I am going crazy! A few months ago I installed MP on one of my PCs and eventually got it to play all my video files with AC3/dolby digital via SPDIF from my sound card. I am now trying to do the same on another PC. I have the same OS (MCE2005), Power DVD 7 and ffdshow beta 2 installed. Try as I might, I cannot get AC3 from Media Portal. It works fine from Power DVD and from MCE, but not from MP. All I get is stereo. I have ffdshow configured exactly the same as on the other PC (I think), and have set ffdshow as my codecs in Movies, Movie Player. In desperation I tried uninstalling ffdshow on my first PC then reinstalled it (accepting all the defaults), just to check if ffdshow is the problem. Guess what? No AC3/Dolby. I then tried various combinations in ffdshow, including changing AC3 and DtS to SPDIF, with no luck. So I could not even replicate what I had before. Fortunately I had taken a Ghost image before uninstalling ffdshow, so was able to restore my previous state, and all is now Ok again on my first PC, but I am no nearer to fixing my new PC. I have just noticed that my old PC has MP 0.2.3.RC3, whereas my new on has 0.2.3.0. It is the "latest" version off this website. Is this the problem? I tried installing the latest stable update patch, but after doing this MP would not open, so I had to do a clean install of MP. Can anyone help? I am really frustrated and have spent hours on this. I have also tried AC3 Filter, with no luck. Thanks OK - I have sorted it, thanks to another post in a different thread. I had forgotten to configure the MPA Decoder in DirectShow Filter Control (in MP Configuration) to use SPDIF. All sorted now, thank God! [/QUOTE]

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