Comments on: PowerDVD 8 Ultra now supports Dolby TrueHD http://www.floppyhead.com/2008/04/02/powerdvd-8-ultra-now-supports-dolby-truehd/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Overview of HTPC Audio and Surround Sound » Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers http://www.floppyhead.com/2008/04/02/powerdvd-8-ultra-now-supports-dolby-truehd/#comment-32808 Overview of HTPC Audio and Surround Sound » Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers Thu, 08 May 2008 02:37:42 +0000 http://www.floppyhead.com/2008/04/02/powerdvd-8-ultra-now-supports-dolby-truehd/#comment-32808 [...] PowerDVD now supports Dolby TrueHD - While hardware does not exist to take care of this feature, Cyberlink has added it anyway. This should bode well for future ovfferings from Asus or Auzentech. [...] [...] PowerDVD now supports Dolby TrueHD - While hardware does not exist to take care of this feature, Cyberlink has added it anyway. This should bode well for future ovfferings from Asus or Auzentech. [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.floppyhead.com/2008/04/02/powerdvd-8-ultra-now-supports-dolby-truehd/#comment-31963 Paul Thu, 01 May 2008 16:56:24 +0000 http://www.floppyhead.com/2008/04/02/powerdvd-8-ultra-now-supports-dolby-truehd/#comment-31963 Huge caveat on this, though: every single codec gets downmixed to 2-channel stereo over S/PDIF. The only way you get advanced audio codecs is via the analog outputs of your computer sound card. This remains an enormous limitation of PowerDVD, and they have been promising a fix for too long. Huge caveat on this, though: every single codec gets downmixed to 2-channel stereo over S/PDIF. The only way you get advanced audio codecs is via the analog outputs of your computer sound card.

This remains an enormous limitation of PowerDVD, and they have been promising a fix for too long.

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