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<blockquote data-quote="Lotsofjazz" data-source="post: 346936" data-attributes="member: 64243">It decodes the audio (mp3, wma, mpg, wav etc.)&nbsp; in a digital AC3 or PCM stream and sends this over the SPDIF to your Receiver,&nbsp; if the audio is allready AC3, DD or DTS, it can send it 'as is' over&nbsp; the SPDIF. Then the digital/analauge conversion into sound to your speakers takes place in your receiver. In Powerdvd setup, tab Audio, you must select SPDIF as the 'speaker setup'. Also in Mediaportal you must select the SPDIF as the speaker setup in the Directshow filters. Maybe also in your on board soundcard driver you must select some things, so it can be handled by your receiver. Your receiver must be set such that 5.1 streams are downmuxed into a stereo signal (you probably allready have it like this), otherwise you might get into the situation you only hear ambient noise and sound, but mis the dialogue from the center speaker.. I had this once, and is very odd. Also check if your receiver can handle DTS streams, then you also can leave DTS streams 'as is'. You just have to play a little with the options, to see what is best for you.About Vista vs XP, in the beginning there were some anoying issues with Vista, true, but most of them are resolved now. Like the slow booting process, is hardly an issue now.. It also had to do with people trying to run vista on older systems, but with the hardware you have it should work fine.lots</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lotsofjazz, post: 346936, member: 64243"] It decodes the audio (mp3, wma, mpg, wav etc.) in a digital AC3 or PCM stream and sends this over the SPDIF to your Receiver, if the audio is allready AC3, DD or DTS, it can send it 'as is' over the SPDIF. Then the digital/analauge conversion into sound to your speakers takes place in your receiver. In Powerdvd setup, tab Audio, you must select SPDIF as the 'speaker setup'. Also in Mediaportal you must select the SPDIF as the speaker setup in the Directshow filters. Maybe also in your on board soundcard driver you must select some things, so it can be handled by your receiver. Your receiver must be set such that 5.1 streams are downmuxed into a stereo signal (you probably allready have it like this), otherwise you might get into the situation you only hear ambient noise and sound, but mis the dialogue from the center speaker.. I had this once, and is very odd. Also check if your receiver can handle DTS streams, then you also can leave DTS streams 'as is'. You just have to play a little with the options, to see what is best for you. About Vista vs XP, in the beginning there were some anoying issues with Vista, true, but most of them are resolved now. Like the slow booting process, is hardly an issue now.. It also had to do with people trying to run vista on older systems, but with the hardware you have it should work fine. lots [/QUOTE]

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