"The Dolby Digital Decoding done by the Live drivers is done in software using the CPU and takes actually requires slightly higher CPU usage (3-4% on a Celeron 416) than when it?s done by WinDVD player, or about 12% more than to pass it on to an external decoder. We have also found the quality of the Live drivers decoding to be on par with the one offered by PowerDVD 3.0 and WinDVD 2.2 both in 4-speaker mode and 6-speaker mode (the latter not supported by PowerDVD 3.0 yet). It also means it?s significantly better than earlier versions of WinDVD and especially PowerDVD. This may make it sound like a useless feature. However, it actually gives you a lot more DVD players to choose from and perhaps also save you some cash if you already own a software DVD player or want one that?s significantly cheaper than PowerDVD 3.0 and the multichannel version of WinDVD. Another advantage is that it?s the only way to get 5.1 output when using PowerDVD 3.0 at the moment."
(Ripped from another post, and ultimately 3dss.com's Santa Cruz review)
2 Questions:
1. Will the Live! 5.1's dolby digital decoding work with any Software DVD player that supports AC-3 output? (In specific the non-multichannel version of WinDVD 2000)
2. Will the Live! 5.1's dolby digital decoding downmix the 5.1 channels to 4 channel? Or will it only decode to the 6 distinct channels?
(Ripped from another post, and ultimately 3dss.com's Santa Cruz review)
2 Questions:
1. Will the Live! 5.1's dolby digital decoding work with any Software DVD player that supports AC-3 output? (In specific the non-multichannel version of WinDVD 2000)
2. Will the Live! 5.1's dolby digital decoding downmix the 5.1 channels to 4 channel? Or will it only decode to the 6 distinct channels?
