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hello,
I have worked out using powerdvd 9 when playing blu rays that contain pcm 24bit audio aka high definition, through pdvd9 and w7mce it goes straight to a reciever untouched via hdmi, but if I were to play a blu ray with just pcm 5.1 through the same setup because its not classed as high definition, windows takes controll and plays it how it wants to based on your preselected speaker setup. ok so because I watch tv and play blu rays on the htpc I have set windows to a 2 speaker setup wihch sends 2 channels to the reciever and so I can use dolby pro logic or plII, but the problem is if I want to play a blu ray with this setup thats contains a 5.1 pcm track not 24bit then it gets played back based on the windows speaker setting, in my case being two, ok now for my question.
Is powerdvd going to implement any controll so that powerdvd itself can automatically change the windows speaker setting to adjust to the movie being played or are we stuck having to manually change the speaker setup to match the movie, in the process have to restore after to retain the audio options for watching live tv such as dolby prologic 2?
I know of reclock and how it can make the audio stream un altered to the reciever but its not ideal for everyone, but to have and option to change windows speaker setting in powerdvd automatically or manually would be a good feature I think.
Anyone else in a similar situation or agree or disagree, is cyberlink working on a feature like this?
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update,
I got 5.1 pcm working, I've descovered that some blu rays have pcm 24bit which automatically play when bitstreaming but, to play just plain pcm from older blu rays I had to have windows speakers set to 5.1 or 7.1, poweredvd doesnt make that change as it seems windows controlls the speaker setting.
This is annoying as my setup best suits using windows speaker setup as 2.0 then when I play a blu ray/dvd powerdvd bitstreams to the reciever which then plays correct soundtrack, but with pcm 5.1 not being 24bit, powerdvd passes the sound onto windows instead of streaming it the reciever.
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primarily running media center edition, controlled via microsoft mce remote, I have the latest catalyst 10.2 drivers installed and latest realtek hdmi drivers for ati 2.42, when I run powerdvd 9 v2528 I have it set for non decoded high def audio, when I select to play using pcm 5.1 powerdvd switches to this but outputs 16bit audio, the pioneer reciever says its pcm 2.0, I'm running the reciever in pure direct pcm so no altering of the stream. I have a 7.1 surround setup but use it for both 5.1 & 7.1 were applicable, the only movie that actually plays in pcm 5.1 is cars, it shows up on pdvd 9 as 24 or 32 bit.
I get the impression that powerdvd is downsampling the pcm track but its bitstream via hdmi straight to the reciever.
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hello,
Just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing issues with getting pcm 5.1 to work.
I have a xfx radeon hd5670 1gig running over hdmi to a pioneer hd reciever, I get all hd audio ie, dts hd, dolby trueHD...etc working on powerdvd 9 ultra, I also get pcm 5.1 when I watch cars but I have 3 other blu rays which refuse to play pcm 5.1 in anything other than 2.0, powerdvd shows it as outputting 16bit, when I play cars I get 5.1 32bit which i think is meant to be 24bit.
I'm running a athlon x2 4200 2gig ram windows 7 ultimate 64bit, powerdvd 9 latest version ultimate, I've also tried the latest ati drivers and the realtek hdmi drivers, both seem to work the same for me, I get all hd audio except pcm 5.1 on my movies only cars seems to work, the other movies are coyote ugly, casino royale, spiderman 3 that have pcm 5.1 but dont playback in 5.1, also I have tried changing the speakers settings in mce to 5.1 but made no difference, i've tried the drifferent drivers but am at a loss, does anyone else have similar issues with pcm 5.1?
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Hello,
I have been running pdvd 9 for a while and have been very happy with it, integration could be better as well as detection for when its already running but i'll leave that for another day.
Anyway I was rapt when support for the ati hd5xxx hd audio was anounced, I had planned to get one and finally enjoy my movies as intended, So I got the patch, bought a hd5670 and thought away we go, after two days of ripping my hair out I and trying different drivers I tested some blu rays with some other software and bang, it all worked, but no hd audio on pdvd 9, so I gave up, happy in the thought it worked, just not with my prefered player.
I then find this forum message and discover that you have to play the movie, then go into the settings and enable hd audio providing your drivers are the right one's!
2 questions,
1 whose gonna know to do that considering thiers no info about it and...
2 Is it gonna be changed so that it detects hd audio and adjusts accordingly like most other programs?
I just find it silly that you have to play movie then adjust audio instead of adjust audio based on what capabilities are detected then play.
I hope it gets changed, cause people with htpc are gonna need a 100 page manual to get blu ray playback 100% fully operational with the lack of information, thank the lord for forums and other users that communicate thier problems to find solutions.
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