Your receiver, is it at TV set or do you have a Home Theater receiver?
If you have a Home Theater receiver you should be able to just select that
sound input on the Receiver. You can watch the Video on the TV set.
When I talk about Home Theater receivers, I mean one of these devices.
http://www.hometheatermag.com/buyersguides/avreceivers/
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"chris051865"
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news:90B203EB-34DF-40AA-AD60-257A74328445@microsoft.com...> The problem I have is the HMDI feeds video so I can't just disable it. I
> think I might switch over to DVI or S-Video just to isolate the video feed
> from audio. That way I can play around with the SPDIF connection.
>
> My receiver does have a Dolby Digital Coaxial input, so I have that all
> connected. I just need to be able to isolate the audio and ensure it is
> using the SPDIF versus the HDMI audio.
>
>
>
> "CSM1" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried a RCA cable from the SPDIF output on your sound card to
>> the
>> Dolby Digital Coaxial input on your receiver?
>>
>> I assume that your receiver has a coaxial digital input that supports
>> Dolby
>> Digital 5.1 surround sound.
>>
>> Skip the HDMI connection completely, just to see if you can get 5.1
>> sound.
>> Of course you do have to be using a source that has 5.1 sound.
>>
>> A DVD played in the DVD drive should work, if you setup the 5.1 sound in
>> the
>> DVD's setup menu.
>>
>> A lot of DVD movies have stereo sound (Dolby digital 2/0) as the default
>> sound. With a setup menu to get the 5.1 sound.
>>
>> I play my DVD movies in PowerDVD 6, when I use MCE.
>> PowerDVD has its own setup for Audio, and SPDIF must be selected to get
>> 5.1
>> sound output.
>>
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>> "chris051865"
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>> news:1354E4B8-1C80-415E-9D61-E32111A31FD3@microsoft.com...>>>I played around with the audio card settings and the SPDIF is turned on.
>>>It
>>> looks like I need to find a way to turn off the HDMI audio feed from my
>>> PC.
>>> When I set the SPDIF as the default, I get no audio, so I need to find
>>> out
>>> how to get it working. I am sure it is some settings like you said
>>> earlier
>>> in the thread.
>>>
>>> Once I get a final resolution (or have more questions) I will update
>>> the
>>> board.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "CSM1" wrote:
>>>
>>>> SPDIF is simply the Dolby Digital Audio.
>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDIF
>>>>
>>>> Your receiver has a coaxial digital input decoder for the Dolby
>>>> Digital
>>>> signal and produces the multi-channel sound.
>>>> Depending on the encoding in the recording.
>>>>
>>>> DVD's have Dolby Digital 5.1 sound most of the time.
>>>>
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>>>> "chris051865"
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>>>> news:4CC70955-9623-4EBD-BFFB-A8CD7AAB622A@microsoft.com...>>>>> Now I feel inadequate . I will do a little research on SPDIF.
>>>>> My
>>>>> guess
>>>>> is I will need to configure the Realtek audio card to tell it to
>>>>> feed
>>>>> the
>>>>> digital audio out. Will I also need to set something on my Nividia
>>>>> 8500
>>>>> GT
>>>>> card as well? Are there any specific Vista settings, etc?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for all the questions, and I certainly appreciate your help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> "CSM1" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "chris051865"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:90C10B7C-282C-40EA-93D8-CD62B8F518C3@microsoft.com...>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "CSM1" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "chris051865"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>> news:9C6F8356-7BB5-4D68-AB97-82EE5F2CD0AE@microsoft.com...>>>>>>>>>I believe I have things pretty much set up with my new HP
>>>>>>>>>Pavilion
>>>>>>>>>desktop.
>>>>>>>>> However, I can't seem to hear any audio from recorded movies
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>> video.
>>>>>>>>> When I play back the display setup and other recorded video
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> concerts,
>>>>>>>>> news clips, etc. the audio works fine. I have an HDMI
>>>>>>>>> connection
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>> GeForce 8500 GT card. It seems to only not work on recorded
>>>>>>>>> movies.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> selected the sample movies that come with MCE and they don't
>>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>>> to record some TV clips and the video works fine but the audio
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> dead.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> have a Realtek HD audio card as well. Do I need to connect an
>>>>>>>>> audio
>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>> feed? I didn't think so given I am getting audio from my HDMI
>>>>>>>>> connection.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yep, you probably need to connect the audio out from your sound
>>>>>>>> card
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>> associated audio connector on the TV.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Read you TV manual to see which port is paired with the HDMI
>>>>>>>> connector
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> audio.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the help. I will give it a shot. I actually have to
>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> audio out of my PC card into my receiver. There is a separate
>>>>>>> digital
>>>>>>> RCA
>>>>>>> jack that I can tie it too so hopefully I can pick up the audio
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> receiver to the TV. The question is whether my receiver will
>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>> audio
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> is getting from the HDMI feed and the RCA jack at the same time
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you use the Digital Audio jack, don't forget to configure all of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> parts of the system for SPDIF output, both digital and analog.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SPDIF has to be configured in every software that handles Video and
>>>>>> Audio.
>>>>>> DVD player, MCE, Windows Media Player. It can be very complicated.
>>>>>> And
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> easy to forget one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do use the SPDIF output from MCE, works great once you get
>>>>>> everything
>>>>>> configured to use SPDIF.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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