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Thrash
03-07-2006, 9:55 PM
I've set up a PC to try out Vista, primarily as a media centre and everything is working fine including PowerDVD 7 outputing Dolby Digital to my amp.

However, when I fire up media center and play a DVD it appears to only pass 2 channel via the SPDIF and definately not Dolby Digital. I have set media center to 5.1 speakers but there appears to be no specific SPDIF or Dolby Digital option.

Anyone know how it can be turned on?

It's an Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard with built in ALC850 sound and SPDIF for your information.

dejongj
04-07-2006, 7:35 AM
Have you installed the realtek drivers? There are some special ones for Vista....

Thrash
04-07-2006, 8:23 AM
Yep installed the Realtek drivers as before using them I had tried the Asus driver, which did not appear to support the SPDIF.