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Posted by David Vair on 09/09/07 02:31
WOW, soundcard tips in a videocard newsgroup. Why don't you go TROLL some place else.
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Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
"Skybuck Flying" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:fbvi2m$aen$1@news2.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> Hello,
>
> Tonight I watched Aliens Special Edition DVD.
>
> I was just happy to view this excellent film, with excellent video quality and pretty good 3.1
> surround sound.
>
> However I have a 7.1 surround sound system and I noticed how Nero Show 2 complained about not
> being able to play dolby 5.1 surround sound because of a patent issue.
>
> It turns out one needs to download a dolby surround sound 5.1 plug in, but that's not all !
>
> This cool film has a dvd menu and it has a thx optimizer which plays a surround sound sample for
> each speaker and I noticed it didn't sound properly.
>
> So first I tried different speaker combinations in Nero Showtime 2, but it didn't really fix the
> problem.
>
> It turns out my Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 surround sound blaster has a special THX Setup
> Console.
>
> The speakerset options where set to 2 speakers.
>
> So I set this to 7.1 speakers. This made the sound sound a bit more surround sound but still did
> not fix it completely.
>
> Finally I set Nero Showtime 2 to SPDIF (whatever that is, I'll check it out later) (instead of 6
> speakers), and SPDIF fixed the problem and all samples sounded correctly, each for each speaker,
> so that fixed the problem ! and then I listened to some scenes in the film and there are definetly
> surround sound sample to be heard in the film, so it definetly increases the audio quality.
>
> So here is my short tutorial how to enjoy this film to the max and possible other films as well:
>
> 1. Download dolby 5.1 surround sound plug-in.
>
> 2. Install it.
>
> 3. Configure the THX Setup Console for your Creative X-Fi soundblaster. Set it to 7.1 speakers.
>
> 4. Configure Nero ShowTime to use SPDIF.
>
> 5. Set the movie to dolby surround sound (probably automatic).
>
> 6. Use the movie's THX Optimizer to check if everything is working ok, which it now should =D
>
> 7. Then enjoy the film to it's max.
>
> I wish I had known this upfront because then I could have heard all of it... now I am NOT gonna
> watch the film again because that would take too long. But someday I might listen it again... it
> was fun to hear the surround sound in action though... pretty cool... 3.1 sound was pretty good as
> well.
>
> Anyway now at least future films will hopefully play properly.
>
> I rarely view films on my pc... so this is just a hint to other people who might come across this
> thread.
>
> Configure your dvd player/software/system properly... because it can definetly work in surround
> sound ! =D
>
> (First time I probably heard dolby 5.1... I thought it might work automatically or not at all so I
> didn't bother... but now I know better :))
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.
>
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