Matt_C
Distinguished Member
Got a second had card from a user on here yesterday. Fitted card and installed drivers etc, and after messing around for 10mins got it to output DD5.1 and DTS bitstreams from films via VLC media player (WMP plays the same films, but only outputs 2ch stereo which is a little odd)
Anyway, there is one small annoyance - when watching a film, every now and again, randomly, but sometimes every few/10 mins or so, I get a "hiccup" like a little sound drop out - similar to when you get split second sound dropouts when watching Sky or Freeview....
Now the films I have on the PC have previously played fine via the Trust digital optical card in my main PC, so I know the film audiotracks aren't the problem. It's not the AVR or the cable either - the cable and same optical input on the AVR have been used by something else prior to the HTPC and worked fine, but to b sure I tried a new cable and different optical input and still the same....
Which leads me to belive it's either the card, or the codecs/drivers.
Currently I only have FFDSHOW installed to handle the different audio codecs (mp3, dts, ac3, etc etc) so I might try a different AC3 filter see if that helps....
Any other idea's?
Anyway, there is one small annoyance - when watching a film, every now and again, randomly, but sometimes every few/10 mins or so, I get a "hiccup" like a little sound drop out - similar to when you get split second sound dropouts when watching Sky or Freeview....
Now the films I have on the PC have previously played fine via the Trust digital optical card in my main PC, so I know the film audiotracks aren't the problem. It's not the AVR or the cable either - the cable and same optical input on the AVR have been used by something else prior to the HTPC and worked fine, but to b sure I tried a new cable and different optical input and still the same....
Which leads me to belive it's either the card, or the codecs/drivers.
Currently I only have FFDSHOW installed to handle the different audio codecs (mp3, dts, ac3, etc etc) so I might try a different AC3 filter see if that helps....
Any other idea's?