2005-10-04, 09:08 AM
This is my first post. It is time for me to give something back to this forum and this great PVR software.....
I started using GBPVR a couple of months ago. The software delivered everything I was after, but I had continuing problems where I was unable to obtain 5.1 Audio from DVD (either ripped ISO of DVD disk) through SPDIF connection to my receiver from GBPVR. This was strange as DVD playback worked without fault through the PowerDVD application directly. All I was getting through GBPVR was PCM encoded stereo. I tried completely rebuilding my machine, various patches for PowerDVD, driver upgrades for the sound card, and trying combinations of almost every setting in the Config of GBPVR. There were a couple of hints on this forum that looked like they would be successful (ie set SPDIF in WMP), but still had no luck.
Finally I stumbled onto a discussion in a Medio forum and eureka I had 5.1. The trick is a small registry tweak to specifically tell PowerDVD to use the SPDIF output when being used through GBPVR. For PowerDVD, each application can have separate default audio settings (or so it appears). See below:
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Cyberlink\Common\Claud\gbpvr -> "AuDsInterface"=dword:00000004
I think this was previously set to 2. Once changed to 4, 5.1 was enabled from the SPDIF connection to my receiver.
As an aside on the audio discussion. I was also having minor problems with the DVD picture breaking up in GBPVR. I changed from VMR9 to Overlay mode, and now the picture is perfect also.
Apart from these issues with DVD playback, the software is the best I have seen. I am now a convert and have hung up my copy of Showshifter. Keep up the good work Sub.
I started using GBPVR a couple of months ago. The software delivered everything I was after, but I had continuing problems where I was unable to obtain 5.1 Audio from DVD (either ripped ISO of DVD disk) through SPDIF connection to my receiver from GBPVR. This was strange as DVD playback worked without fault through the PowerDVD application directly. All I was getting through GBPVR was PCM encoded stereo. I tried completely rebuilding my machine, various patches for PowerDVD, driver upgrades for the sound card, and trying combinations of almost every setting in the Config of GBPVR. There were a couple of hints on this forum that looked like they would be successful (ie set SPDIF in WMP), but still had no luck.
Finally I stumbled onto a discussion in a Medio forum and eureka I had 5.1. The trick is a small registry tweak to specifically tell PowerDVD to use the SPDIF output when being used through GBPVR. For PowerDVD, each application can have separate default audio settings (or so it appears). See below:
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Cyberlink\Common\Claud\gbpvr -> "AuDsInterface"=dword:00000004
I think this was previously set to 2. Once changed to 4, 5.1 was enabled from the SPDIF connection to my receiver.
As an aside on the audio discussion. I was also having minor problems with the DVD picture breaking up in GBPVR. I changed from VMR9 to Overlay mode, and now the picture is perfect also.
Apart from these issues with DVD playback, the software is the best I have seen. I am now a convert and have hung up my copy of Showshifter. Keep up the good work Sub.