help reg my HTPC

[Kumaraneks]

i hav built my home theater pc....
asus p6t deluxe mother board
nvidia geforce 9800gtx graphic card...
blue ray rom...
1tb harddisk....

i hav a 50 inch plasma tv....
i hav 2 probs to be solved
1) i could not get 5.1 channel audio thro coaxil cable from my motherbaord (the mother board has coaxil and optical outputs)
2) i am not able to play blueray discs thro my hdmi cable (but i ca play discs in a normal 19" monitor) (i can also play downloaded HD movies..)

pls tell me the solution an the best software to play blueray discs and to play downloaded HD videos....

thanks in advance..!!!

[[wEm]]

Hi there:

According to the sound:
Do you have a realtek chip? Make sure, the standard sound device in windows is the digital output, and NOT the hdmi output

According to the BluRay Problem:
For me, it sound like a HDCP issue. Have you tried using anydvd-hd?
You can also innstall the BDAdvisor from Cyberlink. If it is a HDCP Problem, the advisor should report it to you.

I'm also quite new to blu-ray, but i hope, i could help you

[tlmaclennan]

As for the display problem, can you see your desktop when the HTPC is connected to the TV? I know that I tried hooking my HTPC directly to the Tv and it wouldn't recoginze the TV. I then hooked both my TV and monitor up and was able to setup a dula screen display by using my monitor. Then using the TV I disabled my monitor. To detect the TV I used the setting "Force TV Detection" or something like that.

[PBJblu-ray alltheway]

Originally Posted by Kumaraneks

1) i could not get 5.1 channel audio thro coaxil cable from my motherbaord (the mother board has coaxil and optical outputs)

Right click on the speaker in the task bar (near the clock lower right). Choose playback devices, find the digital output for sound (SPDIF) option, set this as the default, THEN open the program you want to use and the sound should be coming from the digital output of the motherboard.

[Kumaraneks]

thnx for ur replies....

i am able to see my desktop display on my tv an my graphic card detects my tv correctly.....
only during blueray playback it stops ......showing an error"protected content....

pls help me....
do tell me the best sofware for play back..!!!!

[tlmaclennan]

Yea that is an indication that you are not HDCP compliant. You have to find the weak link that is causing the poblem and replace it. Or as [wEm] said, use AnyDVD-HD.

[Kumaraneks]

oh....pls tel me hw to do dat i cnt understand...!!!!!

and the red light from my optical port is not visible.......
i tried installing the drivers again....!!!!

[[wEm]]

For AnyDVD you have to purchaseit, or at least get a trial version.
I think you just have to run anydvd during blu-ray playback. It should recognize the HDCP protection and remove it. Also try the Cyberlink BD Advisor. It will tell you "exactly" what you computer can and can't concerning blu-ray playback.

Red light:
As i already asked, which sound chipset do you have? I think the problem could be, that the "signal connection" is just established, when sound is being played. That's what my realtek hdaudio does at least.
So just play some music and watch

Again, make sure, you have activated the right sound output lika PJBBlu-ray explained.

[Kumaraneks]

i dnt knw ma chipset(audio).....

ill try wt u said!!!

[spstyk]

I had a similar issue a while back when I tried to play a Disney Blu-ray from my laptop onto my 40" LCD. The problem appeared to be that the player detected I was in dual-screen mode (I had the laptop screen and th 40"LCD displaying the same desktop). To get the blu-ray to play, I had to disable the laptop monitor, and only display the desktop on a single screen.

You might check to ensure that only your HDMI port is enabled for displaying the desktop.

For sound, however, I just use the HDMI cable and send it to the 40" LCD which outputs to my audio receiver. I did have to explicitly tell my laptop that the Digital Audio device was the default output before opening my player to get the audio to go through the HDMI cable. (follow PBJBlu-ray's instructions on how to do that).

Good luck.