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<blockquote data-quote="russnw" data-source="post: 80637" data-attributes="member: 25332">Hi Again, Another question for you as im still trying to setup me media centre properly. Its to do wioth audio.I have an SBX-FI hooked up to a yamaha av receiver via analogue (only reason i dont use digital is because i play games on here too and eax 5.1 will only work over analogue). I use Nvidia Purevideo for my vid and aud decoder. Whichever decoder i choose, it seems that if i select '3front 2rear (5.1)' the sound comes out of the speakers distorted like mad, the distortion you would expect to hear as though the sound is being pre-amped to hell before leaving the speakers, like the speakers are about to blow.. this is at very very low volumes too. So, to remedy this i have to click the Spdif button, then the sound comes out just fine. Am i meant to be using Spdif anyway ? connecting to the receiver over analogue ?Once im happy with this, i turn up the sound on my dvd, when im done watching it i flick to my mp3's press play, and have my ears popped because the volume setting is so loud ! My dvd's and mp3's have a huge difference in volume settings, a comfortable setting for mp3 is too quiet when switching on a dvd and vice versa.All volume is controlled by my receiver, media portal volume is at the top, windows wav volume is half, and master volume is half, ive played with all the settings i can do, to no avail.Its 2:30 am, i have work in the mornin so im giving up for the night !!Gnight, Russell</blockquote>

[QUOTE="russnw, post: 80637, member: 25332"] Hi Again, Another question for you as im still trying to setup me media centre properly. Its to do wioth audio. I have an SBX-FI hooked up to a yamaha av receiver via analogue (only reason i dont use digital is because i play games on here too and eax 5.1 will only work over analogue). I use Nvidia Purevideo for my vid and aud decoder. Whichever decoder i choose, it seems that if i select '3front 2rear (5.1)' the sound comes out of the speakers distorted like mad, the distortion you would expect to hear as though the sound is being pre-amped to hell before leaving the speakers, like the speakers are about to blow.. this is at very very low volumes too. So, to remedy this i have to click the Spdif button, then the sound comes out just fine. Am i meant to be using Spdif anyway ? connecting to the receiver over analogue ? Once im happy with this, i turn up the sound on my dvd, when im done watching it i flick to my mp3's press play, and have my ears popped because the volume setting is so loud ! My dvd's and mp3's have a huge difference in volume settings, a comfortable setting for mp3 is too quiet when switching on a dvd and vice versa. All volume is controlled by my receiver, media portal volume is at the top, windows wav volume is half, and master volume is half, ive played with all the settings i can do, to no avail. Its 2:30 am, i have work in the mornin so im giving up for the night !! Gnight, Russell [/QUOTE]

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