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Windows Forum / Windows Media / General Topics / July 2007No 5.1 sound when playing WMV-files in Vista WMP 11
Hi Im having problem with 5.1 sound when playing wmv-files in WMP 11. I only get stereo. I get 5.1 sound when playing other kind of files. I use SPDIF. Any suggestions? I can add that I use Msi P965 Platinum with Realtek ALC883 HD Audion with the latest drivers. More additions: I get surround sound when playing WMV in Media Player Classic. But then I get no picture, just a green distorted pixlated image. It is very strange that WMV does not recognise that I have surround, when all other software does. I think that if anything should work in a Microsoft environment it should be their very own video format. >More additions: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >all other software does. I think that if anything should work in a Microsoft >environment it should be their very own video format. Go to the More Options menu, under the Now Playing tab (use the small drop down menu under the tab). From there, go to Devices. Click your speakers, choose Properties, and run through the setup to change from Stereo to 5.1 surround. Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs > >More additions: > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs hi and thank you for your reply. The thing is when I go to the properties of Speakers I can only choose Advance.. http://www.bjornange.se/stuff/WMPsettings1.jpg I use SPDIF so when I chose the advance settings for that there are no where I can enter that I have surround speakers. http://www.bjornange.se/stuff/WMPsettings2.jpg Does not SPDIF work with WMV-audio? This is very strange. I have tried everything I can think of and i get no surround when playing WMV-files. This ONLY happens with WMV-files. All other files gives surround. I have tried with several different WMV-files, WMVHD demo files and one wmv-surround-test file and non of them works with surround, even though they have surround sound encoded in them. Do you need a special decoder/filter or something other then the ones included in Vista MCE or Windows Vista Media Player? I will anser my own question here: It seems like it is not possible to send WMA over SPDIF in Vista and with WMP because Microsoft use the Media Foundation Transform filters and AC3 and FFDSHOW does not support that yet. So the only way to get surround sound from WMV-files over SPDIF in Vista is to use a non-Microsoft player software with FFDSHOW or/and AC3filter. >I will anser my own question here: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >WMV-files over SPDIF in Vista is to use a non-Microsoft player software with >FFDSHOW or/and AC3filter. OK, cheers - I didn't know that. Was this from experimenting, or did you see an article online ? Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs > >I will anser my own question here: > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Experimenting combined with a bit of research online on different forums, like avsforum.com. I have one addition to my previous post though, it is offcorse possible to use multichannel WMA over SPDIF in Vista Media Player if you have a reciver that can decode it. I belive there are a couple of recivers out there that have WMA decoders. If anyone have come to a different conclusion please make a post about it because I would love to be proved wrong =) |
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