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BryanC:
Try lowering the output buffer and change to WASAPI - Event Style.

Just remember that with spdif, you will not be able to listen to HD audio. You are limited to DTS, DD, and 2-channel PCM. You will also lose the videoclock (resampling) and DSP functionality of MC unless you choose to decode, and then reencode to Dolby 5.1.

If you need any more help, feel free to ask.

maid:
Thank you Bryanhoop. I have got hubbys side working again. Initially I was try to get HD audio from my ripped blurays but my sound card is not good enough to use and so we are back with the spdif output for now. I guess the only option is to look for a better receiver.

craigmcg:
If you upgrade your receiver it will almost certainly have HDMI connectivity which supports both high def audio and video using one cable. This is the good news; the bad news is that the quick Google I just did indicates that your current video card won't send audio unless it is "fed" by a SPDIF, which as you know doesn't support high def audio.

Assuming that this information is correct, I think that if you want to have high def audio and video, you will need to upgrade both your receiver and your PC parts so that you can use HDMI.

maid:
Thank you so much for that. This is what i suspected is it just the video card that we need to upgade in the HTPC and what would you recommend.

craigmcg:
I would definitely get a second opinion on this question as I use a high quality sound card with analog sound outputs to older power amps. I just couldn't justify the cost of upgrading the audio system to allow me to use HDMI digital connection (that and the fact that my wife would have killed me if I had even suggested it).

I have ATI/AMD HDMI video cards in two of my PCs that according to ASUS support both audio and video. I know that there is a Realtek audio driver for the audio portion and an ATI driver for the video. I can't speak to the audio quality (I assume it would be fine since the DAC (digital to analog conversion) would be done by your new receiver) but I have no complaints about the video quality.

I see two options for a potential upgrade for you assuming that, aside from this, you are happy with your current PC:

1) cheaper- buy a high quality soundcard and send the audio to your existing receiver's 6 channel input using analog cables.
2) more  expensive- upgrade the receiver and the video card/motherboard to use HDMI

Do you have a friend/PC shop contact that might let you borrow/try a better soundcard to see if that is a big enough improvement?

I would start with the soundcard option due to the lower cost (and if you still want to upgrade afterwards it could be used for a separate zone in MC or be sold.)

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