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What sound is better
- Thread starter pcslookout
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theprodigalrebel
Lifer
I have no idea about your particular sound card but I do know modern motherboards have pretty good on-board sound.
And of course, you can always try both and compare.
And of course, you can always try both and compare.
pcslookout
Lifer
I have no idea. How would I find this out?
pcslookout
Lifer
Looks like the onboard sound card has a digital audio port! :Q I wonder if I could use this port from my philps dvp 5140 dvd player so I can use my headphones on my pc for for the dvd player? Right now I have to use the red and white cables and plug it into like a headphone type jack.
Not sure if it would make much of a sound quality difference though. Right now for some reason some sound from movies with the dvd player make echo sound it seems at times. Its really strange.
I wish I could just use my NEC DVD-RW drive to play all dvds but for some reason stupid netflix dvds stop playing half way through. At first I thought the dvd was scratched but when I tried playing it on my dvd player it worked fine all the way through. Its like the dvd gets to hot in my NEC DVD-RW drive.
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
You probably have a digital output rather than input on your motherboard.
Do the DVDs always stop at the same spot? Maybe something's screwed up and your drive cannot read the second layer of DVDs?
Do the DVDs always stop at the same spot? Maybe something's screwed up and your drive cannot read the second layer of DVDs?
mercanucaribe
Banned
You can use both at the same time. You could use the Santa Cruz for output, and the motherboard's optical input for your DVD player. I'd be doing the same thing with my Santa Cruz if I didn't lose sound in games sometimes-- I think the drivers suck. My digital cable box makes a hum, so I think I'll try an optical cable instead of RCA->1/8.
pcslookout
Lifer
No and its only some dvd movies from netflix. Mainly the rare foreign films.
pcslookout
Lifer
I can without a conflict ? I always thought the drivers for the Santa Cruz were a lot better than Sound blaster sound cards or whoever makes those other sound cards. I can't remember the sound card company name.
Are you saying your digital cable box makes a hum when using a RCA - > 1/8 cable for the sound even when using speakers ? Is a optical cable a digital audio cable or for the digital audio ports ?
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
Are those all region 1 DVDs?
pcslookout
Lifer
I don't know. I just know if I take the dvd out for a few minutes then put it back in and fast forward back to the place where it just stopped then try to play that part it starts to work fine again but then a few minutes later it stops and does it again a few minutes after the part it did it before.
I have to do that over and over again a few minutes each time and thats no way to watch a movie! I only had this problem near the ending or middle of most movies that do it. It never starts near the beginning so far. This is such a strange problem. I thought maybe its my NEC DVD-RW but it can't be when it plays some netflix dvds just fine. Even some foreign ones played fine before without this issue. This all started happening with a foreign dvd movie but its not like I hadn't played any foreign dvd movies before without issue from netflix because I had a lot. Its enough of a issue that I rather just play it on my philps dvp 5140 dvd player because it never does this. Ever. I never had this problem with my nec dvd-rw before either.
I am thinking its the dvds disc itself on some netflix dvd movies. There not broken or scratched just for some reason don't work well in computer dvd drives. I mean sure my NEC dvd drive is just a dvd reader but who has just a dvd reader now a days? Its nonsense to have just a dvd reader when you can have that and a dvd-rw all for the same price.
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
Yeah, I use a dedicated DVD player as well, mainly just to not deal with the hassle of getting everything right with a computer setup. I'm often using my computer for some other task when I want to watch a movie too, so just using a regular player makes sense for me.
If you think it might be an overheating problem or something, maybe you should try getting more ventilation to the drive or moving it outside the case temporarily to test the theory.
Do you think it might be related to the software DVD player you're using? That would certainly be a cheap and easy thing to try if you haven't already.
If you think it might be an overheating problem or something, maybe you should try getting more ventilation to the drive or moving it outside the case temporarily to test the theory.
Do you think it might be related to the software DVD player you're using? That would certainly be a cheap and easy thing to try if you haven't already.
pcslookout
Lifer
Well I use VLC and it did fine, same version, on many other foreign movies but all of your suggestions are great! I am not as much of a computer geek as I use to be 🙁 I use to love messing things up and trying to figure out how to fix them. Seems like that has long been gone. I guess after dealing with computer problems for so longer sooner or later everyone gets tired of them.
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
I used to like fixing things, not I just try not to mess with things as long as they're working. I haven't done a fresh windows install in a couple years probably since nothing is messed up 😛
If it ain't broke, don't fix it 😉
pcslookout
Lifer
Yep this is the biggest advantage so you can watch a movie and then while you watching the movie to have time pass reinstall windows or defrag. A lot better than trying to do both. I am sure you can if you have a powerful enough system but no matter what you will still feel some kind of slowdown when using your system. Like for example the dvd movie may lag every few minutes or seem to pause.
Of course you could do the same thing with two pcs but building a pc just as a dvd player is way to expensive. A modded xbox would be a much better option if you already have a xbox, find one for $50 or less or already planning on buying a dvd player that costs $100 or more.
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
If I was going to use my computer as the player, I'd get into the whole FFD show optimizations and all that jazz and I haven't really felt like I wanted to do that yet.
pcslookout
Lifer
The only disadvantage of not using a pc or your main pc to play movies is you can't use your dvd player for playing netflix watch now movies for your big screen. You would have to use some type of tv out feature or else you would watch them on the size of your pc screen. Now if your pc screen is 42 inches or larger you really don't have any problem but how many pc use a 42 inch widescreen for their pc monitor around here?
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
Yeah, I do have the computer hooked up to my projector so I could do that if I wanted to. I haven't tried it yet since I've heard mixed things about the quality.
What is the model of your NEV DVD-RW? Can you check in device manager and report back? I may have a newer more capable firmware for you, and region free to boot. Standalone DVD players pale to what a computer can do. Here's a good post http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=719041 I personally use Zoom Player with Cyberlink's latest installed for the DVD video decoder. But I have a Westinghouse 1080P 37" screen 😛 Soon to be a snazzy Samsung 40"... god those LNS4096D's are sexy
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot...&ProductID=2321&ProductName=GA-965P-S3
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/prod...angid=1&PNid=24&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4
We can deduce from those two links your onboard's analog section is going to suck ass. Realtek value chip == ass. If you use your computer for mostly movies/video viewing, the HT Omega Claro is a great sound card, but pricey.
http://www.htomega.com/rgboard/view.php?&bbs_id=soundcards&page=&doc_num=8
Your question earlier, there are two types of common consumer digital audio connection, TosLink and or RCA over S/PDIF protocol.
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/encyclopedia_images/SPDIF.GIF
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot...&ProductID=2321&ProductName=GA-965P-S3
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/prod...angid=1&PNid=24&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4
We can deduce from those two links your onboard's analog section is going to suck ass. Realtek value chip == ass. If you use your computer for mostly movies/video viewing, the HT Omega Claro is a great sound card, but pricey.
http://www.htomega.com/rgboard/view.php?&bbs_id=soundcards&page=&doc_num=8
Your question earlier, there are two types of common consumer digital audio connection, TosLink and or RCA over S/PDIF protocol.
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/encyclopedia_images/SPDIF.GIF
mercanucaribe
Banned
Make sure that Samsung screen supports 1:1 pixels. My friend's 40" Samsung doesn't-- it crops and scales up the image unless you use analog VGA. It makes no sense...