5.1 audio cd PLAYBACK

andy

I have a working 5.1 audio cd.
The problem is i cannot play this on my computer as my receiver/decoder won't recognize as dolby digital.
I'm using spdif output(through digital din) and when playing an ac3 file or an avi/ac3 it's perfect.
I have the ac3 filters installed and working.
I think powerdvd recognizes it as pcm and won't do the output how it should.

Any software capable of playing these audio-cds????

I don't know for sure, but I think the problem here is that it is a PCM stream, but the PCM handlers don't know what to do with the extra channels, as they aren't designed to handle them.

I'd do a google search for any software. You might also try making sure that the correct audio out on your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive is being used.

That's all I can think of.

It would be nice if you had mentioned which sound card your using. Most likely the DD stream is being molested by your soundcard.

I'm guessing but you will need to bypass the sound card and take the digital out from the CD/DVD drive straight to an external amp. I'm doing this with DTS Audio CDs currently and it works fine.

[laugh]
Yeah, you should do what he said.

I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1 Player.
I'm playing it from the hard drive (Mounted the image with Daemon Tools)Thanks

Definitely the sound card is molesting the stream, I don't think the daemon tools will work for you in this case also. You will most likely have to burn this WAV as an audio CD though.

Cheers

Where can i get that cable to link the cd-rom to my receiver???

Thanks

download the attachment from this thread.

and from the fact that you didn't reply for about 20 days now, can i conclude problem solved ?

Sorry, didn't know you were waiting for an answer.
It didn't work. But thanks for the tips anyway

I've made an AC3-CDDA using SoftEncode (encode to AC3waw), then burned those wavs like usual Audio CD.
My receiver: Onkyo 595
But...
When I connect the digital audio out from my CD-ROM drive (YES it works! It's coaxial output), nothing happens. The receiver recognizes it like a PCM and plays noise. Ordinary 2 channel Audio CDs are played just fine, digitally to receiver, DACed in receiver and listened
When I lent Sony CD changer (standalone) and connected to Onkyo with optical cable, I heared amazing 5 channel sound.
Maybe optics does better than coax. I really don't know. I'd rather say it is a CD drive's problem.

BaBay

It must be drive.
I stick 5.1 DD CD into either Pioneer LD, Pioneer DVD or Sony CD amp; via Yamaha amp they play perfect surround. Coax or optics makes totally no difference

Seb