Thursday, September 20, 2007

Surround sound enabled in Media Player DVD playback

So I have nVidia dolby surround sound, 8 channels. Got speakers. When I tell media player to switch to surround sound mode (other than the old 2.1 version) It automatically switches back to Stereo mode.

Go into nVidia mixer and setup your sound to the appropriate surround sound mode. (5.1, 7.1, etc)

Download media player classic.

Play a DVD with surround sound but one that isn't copy protected.

Right click on the video and select FILTERS/AC3 audio decoder. Switch the Decode to speakers from STERO to the appropriate Dobly settings. In my case, AC3 is set to 2 front, 2 rear and DTS is set to 2 front + 2 rear. I have PCM set to 32bit, default was 16. I have AAC set to downmix to stereo turned off, SPDIF off -- leave on if that's what you use. LFE off. Dynamic Range Control OFF.

Now I'm getting Dolby 5.1. Woo hoo.

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