DVD & MPEG2 decoder audio

[korben_dallas]

I was looking here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...spx#DVDDecoder for a DVD/MPEG2 decoder. I noticed in all of these that the only way to get 5.1 audio is to use an external decoder.

How come???

[korben_dallas]

I may have found my own answer:

http://forums.creative.com/creativel....id=16698#M301

I'm just curious why you would need to select SPDIF to get the sound card to properly decode 5.1 ??

[stanger89]

You can do full software decoding if you want, but generally you need to get a full DVD Player app like Cineplayer Surround or WinDVD/PowerDVD.