FIXED: Win7+Soundmax(adi1988a) HD Audio = FAIL

[bob4432]

messing around w/ digital out (coaxial) for my htpc w/ win7 that is on a asus m2r32-mvp m/b w/ a x2 5000, 2GB ram - runs fine except neither dts or dd audio will be passed to my receiver except in the test area for setting up sound. if a movie does pass dd, the receiver will click to accept dd but there is serious stuttering, like a really badly scratch cd playing. this is from original dvds.

anybody else having this issue?

also, what is the current, newest 32bit version of win7 rc? i am running ver7100.

any help would be greatly appreciated as i would like to get dd/dts out of the machine....

also, i can't watch a dvd from either windows media center or windows media player - i get an error stating there is an issue w/ my gpu/tv/monitor etc. i am using original discs, not copies and i am outputing through a x1800xt via a dvi-vga adapter into a vga port on my 40"lcd tv - wtf?

edit - turns out the ms drivers in win7 are ok, at least w/ this setup, it was a setting in vlc in passing the correct audio to my receiver - now switched it to the win32 wave extension out and it passes dd/dts nicely

 

[tcsenter]

I avoid anything that uses ADI codecs (or don't expect to use them) for this reason. ADI doesn't release drivers to the public like Realtek, therefore you are dependent on the OEM for drivers. Check ASUS Forums, there are a thousand topics about ADI driver issues which ASUS just can't seem (or doesn't care) to solve, one of which being the utter lack of updated drivers.

 

[bob4432]

thanks, i forgot i had this thread going. figured out the ms driver w/ win7 was ok and that the issue was in vlc - now passing dd/dts fine.

thanks for taking a look