Posted by whosbest54 on 01/10/51 11:38

In article <1138382601.918453.52780@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
michaelmossey@yahoo.com says...
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>I play dvd's on my computer and listen via two channel headphones (out
>a 2-channel soundcard). The frustrating thing is that the sound is
>usually not balanced.. when there are sound effects, the dialog gets
>very quiet, and also I think I'm missing all the bass in the sound
>effects (am I not hearing hte subwoofer channel)? I've used WinDVD and
>Windows Media Player. I fiddled with the settings (mono, stereo, dolby)
>and it doesn't make any difference to the sound.
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>So what software will give me good 2-channel mixing?
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>Also is there any dvd playing software that has fast forward/fast
>reverse with controllable speeds? WMP seems to fast forward at 2x only.
>
Try VLC Media Player - it's free. See if it will select a different
sound track like the 2 channel DD or PCM one or will do a better job with
the downmixed DD 5.1 track. It may have different FF speeds.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

I use Power DVD, but that isn't free.

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