DVD audio question

[Gizmo2]

When I play dvd's on my computer, the sound is low and not of very good quality, I have a soundblaster live value, when i play regular games like quake 3 and unreal, the sound is perfectly fine, but when i play dvd's the sound is too low and horrible,
any suggestions ?
Thanks,
Laun

 

[Gizmo2]

Up !

 

[Zucchini]

dvd audio is decoded by software, it has nothing to do with your dvd rom drive😛 Quality varies with different decoders.. the best being intervideo windvd 2.3, it even decodes the subwoofer channel🙂 Powerdvd is ok, but a little behind and without the lfe channel😛 Anything else is highly questionable. What speakers do you have? Also realize that the sound level of dvd is lower to allow for more range/quality😛 So if you have weak speakers .. low volumes are gonna screw you🙂

 

[Gizmo2]

I'm using Cinemaster 99 with windows millenium edition, also Radio shack speakers. The speakers are supposed to be the best they sell.
Maybe I should try a different software instead of Cinemaster ?

 

[nickburns]

i think it might be radio shacks "best speakers", personally i have heard better audio out of a sea shell. i use a crappy set of speakers too and i can hear lots of background noise and squeaks...but i also was using onboard sound at the time too

 

[Zucchini]

wholly cow you have two big strikes against you🙁 If i assume that your speakers aren't total losses then its definetly your software. Cinemaster is pretty much dead now🙂

 

[Auric]

That's a common complaint when not using a full range system, particularly lacking a center speaker. A couple things you can try that do not require spending any moolah is get DVD Genie and use it to try different audio settings in Cinemaster, namely: compression, dynamic range and dialog normaliztion. Secondly, when playing a DVD that has the option play the stereo or surround track instead of the six channel one.