MP shuts down PC when using 5.1 sound (1 Viewer)

[ezertuchev]

My motherboard has 5.1 sound outputs for connecting with a home theater. I hadn't configured this until today, and with a DVD player it works great. But then I tried to configure MP to deliver 5.1 sound, and it reboots or shuts down my PC when I try to watch a DVD or a video stored on the HDD.

What I did was the following:
I opened MP setup
I went to Decoder Filters
Under MPA Decoder, I selected "3 Front + 2 Rear" in Decode to Speakers, both in AC3 and in DTS Decoder Settings.
Then to DScaler Audio Decoder and selected 5.1 on speaker config.

When I try to play a movie, I get a blue error message (similar to those on Win98) that says tyat if this is the first time this has happened, I must reboot, or if this has happened before, I should check a bunch of things on my computer.

This didn't happen before I configured it this way.

What am I doing wrong??

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks!

Eduardo Zertuche



MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: WinXP SP2
CPU Type: Intel PIV 3.6 HT
HDD: Maxtor 40GB & Seagate 300Gb x2
Memory: 1024 MB DDR2 400
Motherboard: ASUS ¿?
Motherboard Chipset: 995
Motherboard Bios: ¿?
Video Card: Powercolor 9250 ATI Radeon 256 MB
Video Card Driver: latest
Sound Card: onboard
Sound Card AC3: onboard
Sound Card Driver: latest
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV USB2
1. TV Card Type: ??
1. TV Card Driver: shipped version
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2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
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MPEG2 Video Codec:
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Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Hauppauge 45 key
TV: Mitsubishi
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video

 

[rtv]

definately a driver issue - maybe related to the codecs used.

 

[idioteque]

try different mediasoftware and or drivers,

us Mediaplayer Classic or Zoomplayer and PowerDVD to check which software or driver makes XP crashs

 

[ezertuchev]

I already got AC3 to work just fine with the AC3 filter. It's just DTS that keeps giving me trouble. I've left it in "stereo" for now; I understand that you have to pay for DTS... is there any open source alternative?

Thanks!!

Eduardo