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O.P. Huh?  Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
so i got realtek drivers for vista x64 and now system correctly identifies i have 7.1 and testing speakers confirms they all work.

Yet Media Player/Media Center both refuse to play in 7.1 instead its only front stereo :S

any ideas?

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RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
Mind setting a more clear title? :P
Vista 7.1 implies Vista v7.1 which doesn't exist :(
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RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
Did Windows Media Player ever play in 7.1? IIRC WMP only does stereo.
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O.P. RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
dunno i always used to use itunes but i'm still awaiting the vista update from apple 8-)

seems odd that it makes me customise the options in WMC for 7.1 but not actually plays in 7.1 :S

@John Anderton, I'm talking about surround sound obviously ¬_¬
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RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
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Did Windows Media Player ever play in 7.1? IIRC WMP only does stereo.
WMP doesn't need to know how many speakers there are, only the soundcard driver does. So, if you only ever play stereo in WMP, you'll only hear stereo on your 7.1 setup.

Try a DVD with a 5.1 audio track, see if more speakers get used then.
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O.P. RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
no WMP doesn't but WMC does have speaker setup options, i'll try a dvd, seems odd that it doesn't 'upmix' the track :(
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playing a dvd kicked in the back speakers by the way, its a big shame that it doesn't upmix audio files to output through all L and R channels
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playing a dvd kicked in the back speakers by the way
I knew it would.
And doesn't Media Centre just use WMP in the background anyway?
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O.P. RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
yeah same core
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RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas
Yeah, WMP doesn't upmix. Unless there's some sort of plugin to do that i guess you're stuck! =[
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