FYI, i am using PowerDVD 14 with Asus Xonar HDAV Deluxe and without anyDVD. It can output even 192khz/24 bit on analog 5.1/7.1 output. My sound card is not in "HD Audio Compatible Sound Card and Codec List" of PDVD but it operate with PDVD better than TMT 6.

However, WASABI exclusive function of PDVD 14 doesn't work with analog 5.1/7.1 output, a little disappointed.

Hi,

Can you elaborate more?
I assume you were saying that if you enable WASAPI Exclusive mode in PowerDVD when connected to an analog speaker, the audio got down-sampled to 16 bits/48khz ?
Or you were saying that WASAPI Exclusive mode failed to be enable so you could still hear sound from other applications (like WMP)?

Thanks.

I did not use wasapi, son853 did.

Cyberlink already explained what is wrong, for more comments regarding other issues please make a new thread.

thnks

Sebastian

Quote:

Quote: If your talking about dts-hd ma, it is always 24/48 the codec supports higher sample rate but doesn't mean it is being used. For example dts-hd ma supports around 20mbps bitrate but on bluray your only going to get around 5. The only reason you'd use dts-hd is if your not using English audio track on some discs haven't tested these but doubt these would use 96 sample rate considering they supposed to conserve space. It's like saying mp3 supports 320kbps. It doesn't mean it is 320kbps everytime. It just means it can be.

I understand that, but how do you explain what I wrote in my 2nd message ! I think every disk with DTS-HD master audio has 96Khz/24bit sound and the software encoder just downgrades it to 48Khz/24 bit and sometimes lower. Isn't that logical, because the higher the sound get's decoded by your playback software the more it will cost for them !

Wrong. There's not many DTS-HD Master Audio disks with 96Khz, and most are music/concert videos.
Movies are in 48khz, often 24 bits but always sometimes 16 bits.

I know that most movies are NOT 96/24 bit but I have a movie that is 48/24bit and the sound output is 48Khz/16bit !

Like Cyberlink already explained :

"Hi, to Output HD Audio (> 48/16) you need to have a supported Audio device that supports secure audio path in order to follow content protection rules from the industry

if the sound card does not support the secure audio path, the audio must be down sampled.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb649414(v=vs.85).aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Media_Path

br
Michael"


My solution ?

I bought myself Zoomplayer and I can play wathever I want and at whatever quality I like ! For me it's 96Khz/24bit all around whether it is upmixed to that quality or not

That still won't give you better sound quality, but whatever floats your boat.

My solution? I have no sound card but an AV receiver on my PC. Great sound for movies and games, and direct bitstreaming from PowerDVD.

Zoomplayer can't compare to PowerDVD, that software doesn't even have Blu-Ray menu support. My collection: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=194008&action=showcategory&category=1&categoryid=7

But I don't need a menu ! Zoomplayer selects the main movie and than plays it. All those add ons and menu's are not nescesary for me. I just simply wan't to watch the movie that is on the disk It does give me better sound quality, since everything is on 96Khz/24 bit 5.1 surround.

Some people just want bigger numbers, I can understand that. Glad you're finally happy. My collection: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=194008&action=showcategory&category=1&categoryid=7