I know what you mean Manoird.
I see that PowerDVD 11 is now out and even got its own sub forum. I got some new hardware and plan to put items through the testing this weekend so i can report back my findings. It is so sad i have 2 complete home theatre setups now in order to prove a point. I guess you could say i now have a testing area so i no longer have to interrupt family time, but it also means i will spend less time with them. I am sure that will not go over well either.
I am going to give some feedback that I have not formatted or verified, but might give some insight.
No tests ran at 1080p 24 since my old tv did not support that. My new TV does support 1080p 24 so i should have tests on that this weekend.
No tests ran with bypass of AVR. I have some testing and i had done prior to this request and will provide what i learned from it.
I can make an ok blu ray experience by changing the HD audio bitstream to DTS/Dolby bitstream on the 266.58 driver. I see less problems this way and sometimes it is a near perfect playback at 720p 60hz. I suspect going to 2 channel hdmi audio directly to the TV will be the same, but i need to actually try it.
I located the beta driver that was recomended for the 460 and HD audio bitstreaming. Things were better, but once the HD audio bitstream was used it would not work again until i rebooted. I could force lpcm and dolby/dts bitstream and they would work, but the HD audio bitstream on a 2nd play attempt would not actually send audio information.
I also have ran a few tests with the 270.51 beta and had similar audio problems where i could play HD audio bitstreaming 1 time and the 2n play attempt it was broken.
here is a little chart i have started...
258.69_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta
NO GTX 460 SUPPORT!
1.0.10.1 hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd not tested
258.96_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql
1.0.15.0 hd audio driver (not seperate in add/remove, but seperate in remove nvidia list)
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd no HD audio at all, ever
260.63_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta
DIGITAL SIG WARNING
1.1.9.0 hd audio driver
lpcm not test
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd video stutter, plays for 1 playback, next playback audio is off for HD untill reboot
260.89_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql
might be acceptable driver except it only works for 1 playback
1.1.9.0 hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd plays for 1 playback, next playback audio is off for HD untill reboot
260.99_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql
1.1.9.0 hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd plays for 1 playback, next playback audio is off for HD untill reboot
266.35_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta
1.1.13.1 hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd plays for 3 playback (can't remember what i meant here might have to retest)
266.58_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql
x.x.x.x hd audio driverte
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby seems to reduce the stuttering and made a few movies near perfect
dts ma/dolby truehd ocassional stuttering encountered, does work for more than 1 playback though
270.51_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta
x.x.x.x hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby
3d blu ray improved playback and was near perfect.
dts ma/dolby truehd ocassional stuttering encountered, need to confirm but only 1 playback issue returned,
3d blu ray and hd audio bitstream played for a while, stuttered, audio dropped and never came back! Stopped movied, started movie, and audio returned.
These items were with extended monitor, AVR 1.3 high speed HDMI for HD audio - DVI video card to HDMI AVR, TV 1.4 high speed HDMI - Mini HDMI video card to HDMI TV!
258.96_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql
I had hoped mixing the better video with the better hd audio driver would work, but it was a failure so far!
1.1.13.1 hd audio driver (266.35_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta)
lpcm not at all, ever
dts/dolby working so far
dts ma/dolby truehd no HD audio at all, ever
270.61-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql
VERY FEW TESTS COMPLETED STILL WORKING WITH
x.x.x.x hd audio driver
lpcm not tested
dts/dolby not tested
dts ma/dolby truehd not tested
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