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My samsung blu ray had a faulty lasser. So bought a LG one yesterday and works a charm. Dont have my hands on a blu-ray movie yet. but when i do i'll let you know how it goes as im 64bit aswell.
Id definetly say tyring a trial of tmt5 or similar is worth a try before you re-install windows.
Also you mentioned you are viewing through Windows media center. What happens if you use just PowerDVD. Thats what im doing at the moment, though only with dvd's so far.
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Well your doing better than me. got a blu ray drive
Samsung SH-B123L 12x Blu-Ray DVD±RW Combo Drive LScribe
and its only reading cd's. doesnt read dvd's or games that i know run. or a burnt cd that i know works. Installed the latest firmware and have updated windows. Have you encountered this along your way?
As for your problem have you tried a different player, like a trial of totalmedia theatre 5. Then we can rule out powerdvd as a problem.
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Have you tried by-passing your avr and plugging straight into the tv from the gtx460?
And how are normal DVD's in the broken setup?
Let me know how the fresh install of windows goes. Be sure to make it a fresh as you can. format the HD first. And install the drivers for the motherboard and graphics card with the disks that came with them.
Not sure if it will make any difference, but to be safe when you fresh install and set things up. dont use your avr. then when things are (fingers crossed) fine and dandy. put your avr into the loop.
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I can feel your pain, thats some trail your going though.
Out of curiosity when you started getting problems with the ice age blu ray and your others where fine. Did you consider the disk being damaged or faulty. eg, buy/rent another copy and try that.
it seems your problem now is a new one. what were the last steps you made before hell broke loose, and where are you now?
you mentioned you were going to re-install windows? if completely fresh software doesnt solve the problem, you might be looking at a hardware issues.
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When i was playing the test files i was mounting the iso images and opening the disk contents and playing the m2ts file. So powerdvd was reading just the file. immediately tried the mkv file after but still no hd audio. must be the file type.
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The problem is solved!!
I had a check with MKV and HD audio. soon found this http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/13346.page
Although it shows as DTS-HD in the input. powerDVD apparently cant handle it. and outputs DTS
so i downloaded some new test files http://www.mediafire.com/?x1mwwymzqwu
(these will be good for others to test with aswell. going into BDMV then STREAM and playing the .m2ts file there
Should i make a new post letting people know about the download, as i think others could find it usefull. there is an ISO for many different formats.)
And like magic everything worked as it should have. selected hd output and the lights on the avr lit up (along with my smile)
I must apologize larry as i feel i have wasted your time  . Although i woudlnt have got there if you hadnt questioned the mkv format so a big thanks to you.  And the great help you gave in general.
You mentioned in your first post "I think i might know your issue and maybe we can figure out mine sometime."
If you tell me your issue or point to a thread where it is being discussed i would like return the favor and lend my research to it.
Again, thank you very much
Matt
p.s well time to go off and get lost in the world of buying a projector 
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Yes both are hdmi monitors
The avr does not have the option to turn off hdmi monitor output. can you do it with your 605, as my 608 will be the same im guessing.
Yes the avr showed as a second monitor and the audio was enabled on the nvidia driver.
Yes i tried all combinations of single monitors and daisy chaining and seperate.
always the same effect. showed as a seconed monitor when not plugged into a monitor. and showed as unplugged in the playback devices.
After searching the internet i havnt found a specific case of 608 users having to edid overide.
But people with a similar sounding prolem as mine guess its a handshake issue.
However, if i set my playback to the little speakers on the 2nd monitor i only get the pcm option for output on powerDVD
then when i switch to the avr for output i get to choose dolby digital/dts.
Here is the setup information in full.
(sorry i did not include this to begin with)
PowerDVD Trial Verison
PowerDVD SR Number DVD101118-01
PowerDVD TR Number TR101125-051
Windows 7 64bit
administrator account
Is your PowerDVD a Retail product or bundles with HW ---- downloaded trial
Used VGA---NVidea GTX 460 1GB
Used VGA driver version---266.58
Used Audio device---HDMI to an Onkyo 608 avr
Used Audio device driver version-- 1.01.0013.0000 (English)
The Audio setting in PowerDVD -- HDMI
and in OS (default devices)-- TX-SR608-1
2- NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Used ODD drive (full model name and Firmware Version)
Drive: D:
Model: ATAPI iHAS124 Y ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/13/2009 23:19:54, 147456 bytes
this is not a blu ray drive. I am using a .mkv file with DTS-HD master audio (which is showing up in powerdvd as input)
to test the setup
will using a blu ray drive help with issues?? Dont want to buy if i have to get a stand alone BD player to get HD audio,
again it shows DTS-HD master audio in the input
Used Display(s)
HDMI
60hz
both identical. Viewsonic VX2260WM
dual monitor environment -- i have tried with single aswell.
extended mode (if use two display) again i have tried clone
What kind of Antivirus SW are you using
Comodo firewall
AVG anti- virus free edition 2011
A fresh DX diag has also been added.
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Another interesting point is that the "tx-sr608-1" only came back into the audio playback devices list (after disappearing when i uninstalled the drivers) when the avr was connected back up to the monitor.
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My very similar onkyo 608 as the same menus and option
However the audio out to the monitor was already turned off.
(by the way its a monitor im displaying on not a TV if it makes any difference)
So i decided to turn it on and i maneged to get the sound coming out of the monitors speakers.
Then i turned it off and it just went back to the way things were before. rebooted and same again.
Now it gets interesting.
I tried your wee work around of running hdmi to the avr with no screen attached. and running the screen from another hdmi port on the graphics card.
So turned on fine and displayed the image however in playback devices the monitor was set as the default audio device and
the other device showing as "tx-sr608-1" the avr was greayed out and said not plugged in, so i couldnt select it to output audio too. hmm...
Had a wee look into this and turning the avr off then on was advised. tried it, nothing happened. tried disabling the audio driver in device manager then enabling them, nothing happed. still "not plugged in". I also tried each of these options with a reboot.
I also tried uninstalling the drivers. The "tx-sr608-1" then disappeared from the playback devices. i then rebooted. drivers installed and showed in device manger but no sign of the "tx-sr608-1" in playback devices.
It only came back when i plugged the pc to the avr then the avr to the monitor. Bringing me back to my original setup.
Throughout all of this still no joy in powerdvd.
The audio deviced for the avr being grayed out when not connected to the monitor seems suspicious.
I should also have mentioned that i am using a dual monitor set up. So usually in playback devices there are 2 devices.
"VX2260wm-0" one monitor, used for secondary display
and "tx-sr608-1" the avr which is connected to the primary monitor
Both from the graphics card. "VX2260wm-0" being dvi to hdmi and the "tx-sr608-1" hdmi to avr then hdmi to monitor
Both monitors are identical. and the hd audio still does not work when i disconect the 2nd display.
Thanks again for helping me out with this  much appreciated
Matt
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Hi Larry
Thanks for having a look.
Yes the default windows audio playback is the avr through HDMI
It is configured for 5.1 speakers and the test tones work a charm.
I followed your steps and it was set to HDMI (current system setting) by defualt
I only had the two output modes. pcm and non-decoded dolby digital/DTS
Movie went in and the audio works fine
back to settings and the input didnt change from HDMI
However the output box was still sadly populated by only two options 
Iv tried with several blu rays to all the same avail.
If you or anyone else has some more ideas i would greatly appreciate them.
Now i have been hearing some things about codecs, could it be something to do with that.
I havnt touched or added any codecs, knowingly. unless they came in when i installed VCL or PowerDVD 10.
Thanks
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Hi there
First off thanks for taking your time to look at my problem its really lost me now.
first of all some info you might need
PowerDVD SR Number DVD101118-01
PowerDVD TR Number TR101125-051
Using windows 7 64 bit with Admin Acount
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 driver 266.58
Default device is TX-SR608(NVIDIA High definition audio)
Using an onkyo 608 av reciver/amp. Connected to vidio card (which can bitsteam HD audio) then to monitor both via HDMI cable 1.3b
Audio going to surround sound speakers.
Audio device is configured for 5.1 surround.
It shows that it supports all audio formats including dolby trueHD and dts-HD
set to 24 bit, 48000 hz
Included as an attachment is my DxDiag
Ok so after getting a new sound set up im wanting to play my movies with HD audio such as DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD. Been doing alot of research and your software seems to come out trumps so i thought it was well worth a try.
In powerdvd 10 when i play my hd film and show info it comes up saying
Audio: DTS_HD Master Audio 5.1 (about 4500kbps)
Output: No information
When i right click and go to settings then audio
Speaker enviroment is set to HDMI
However in output mode i only have 2 options
PCM and Non-decoded Dolby Digital/DTS audio to external
I dont have the option for the HD audio.
So my problem is that i can not get the hd audio from the film to output from powerdvd. Iv gone through lots of forums trying to solve the problem with no avail.
Any help would be much apreciated.
Thanks
Matt
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