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I bought a cheap sound card becasue it had SPDIF output and worked with my nVidias DVD decoder. When my computer is only plugged in to the receiver via COAX SPDIF, I get no system sounds (the dings and bloops), and iTunes, WMP, and MCE provide no sound feedback or sound when playing songs.
When I play a DVD, sound come through fine in Dolby Digital. Also, in Media Center, if I go into Setup and tell it I have 5.1 speakers and hit test, each speaker dings, indicating that Media Center does know how to pass the sound direct through SPDIF in a DD-like manner. Even after that setup, however, when I attempt to play music through WMP or MCE, I get no sound, even though it appears to be playing. There aren't even any bloops as you navigate the menus.
Is it even possible to have Windows Media Player (or MCE) pass a stream directly into SPDIF regardless of the stream type? I.e. - if I play an mp3 or aac file, is there a way to get WMP to do what ever it has to do (upconvert maybe?) to play that stream through SPDIF?
I hope I am asking the right questions. I've search around here, and what I'd like to do sure seems possible (since the questions and answers I found were steps past where I am now).
Thank in advance!
Nate
When I play a DVD, sound come through fine in Dolby Digital. Also, in Media Center, if I go into Setup and tell it I have 5.1 speakers and hit test, each speaker dings, indicating that Media Center does know how to pass the sound direct through SPDIF in a DD-like manner. Even after that setup, however, when I attempt to play music through WMP or MCE, I get no sound, even though it appears to be playing. There aren't even any bloops as you navigate the menus.
Is it even possible to have Windows Media Player (or MCE) pass a stream directly into SPDIF regardless of the stream type? I.e. - if I play an mp3 or aac file, is there a way to get WMP to do what ever it has to do (upconvert maybe?) to play that stream through SPDIF?
I hope I am asking the right questions. I've search around here, and what I'd like to do sure seems possible (since the questions and answers I found were steps past where I am now).
Thank in advance!
Nate