*Set Intervideo default to SPDIF for DD5.1 playback?

[ejam]

I am currently able to output DD 5.1 to my AV reciever, but I must select SPDIF output everytime I want to play a Divx/AC3 movie.

My current config:
700Mhz Cel. / VIA
Win 2k (SP2)
GeForce2 MX
Fortissimo II (optical to my Rx - Denon AVR1602)
Latest Nimo CODEC pack (Full install)
Doom9 Audio Filters
Media-box Player and/or BSplayer

Is there a registry key I can set to defalut Intervideo to SPDIF out? The procedure described in the "AC3-Q&A" does not apply to my case, becasue I did not install WinDVD(installed Intervideo from Nimo CODEC pack). Therefore, I do not have the ".../SOFTWARE/INTERVIDEO/WinDVD..." key in my registry. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance....:)

[BlackSun]

Simply create the required directory and the key. Or much easier, install PowerDivX and in the player set SPDIF and your done with your favorite player

[ejam]

Thank you, sir...I will try that out as soon as I get home. I have one question though; assuming I already have PowerDVD installed (which has an SPDIF enabler), should setting its audio out to SPDIF enable AC3 pass-thur for Divx movies played on different players that don't have the option to enable SPDIF inherently (i.e. Media-box Player)? Or is it necessary to load a player that will associate a Divx file to my Intervideo settings(i.e PowerDivx, as you suggested)?

[MaTTeR]

Didn't I include the registry hack in my AC3/SPDIF FAQ? I swear I put it in...

Hmmm...seems like you should still see the registry key even though WinDVD isn't installed on your system. Perhaps your AC3 filters haven't been registered properly?

[ejam]

Didn't I include the registry hack in my AC3/SPDIF FAQ? I swear I put it in...
You must certainly did include a reg. hack :) ...which I used. :) I will check to see if my AC3 filters are registered correctly. So, if iviaudio.ax is registered correctly, it should create the (...intervideo/windvd/audio) key or does the hack do that? Also, if the filters weren't registered correctly, wouldn't that prevent me from passing AC3 DD to my AV Rx?

One thing I did fail to mention: the only way I was able to access the Intervideo filter, while using Media-box Player, was via right-clicking the DivX-G400 (in Nimo Pack v4.4) system tray icon that pops-up when I play a movie.

[MaTTeR]

My first thought was you wouldn't hear AC3 at all if the filters weren't registered as well;) The hack doesn't create the registry key, I'm not exactly sure what created it for me to be honest. I'm always uninstalling/installing various filters for testing so it's hard to say. I can tell you that I've never used Nimo's pack, just always used Tsunami's for some reason since it worked. I suspect Tsunami's filter pack might be creating the registry key, just a guess because I can't really test it ATM.

Media-box Player? Never used it before. Did you try using ZoomPlayer, BSPlayer or PowerDivx? All these players allow you to access the InterVideo filter properties.

[ejam]

Media-box Player? Never used it before. Did you try using ZoomPlayer, BSPlayer or PowerDivx? All these players allow you to access the InterVideo filter properties.
I have tried all those players and they work great. I like Media-box Player because it is a part of an integrated browser/player package called Media-Box. You can find it at media-box (http://www.media-box.org)

Simply create the required directory and the key. Or much easier, install PowerDivX and in the player set SPDIF and your done with your favorite player
I added the ".../Intervideo/WinDVD/AUDIO" key manually into my reg and it worked. I can now play movies in DD5.1 without having to enable SPDIF out first via Media-box player. :D

So to recap:
-I have a full Nimo CODEC pack v4.4 installed
-registered doom9 filters
-added "H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Intervideo/WinDVD/AUDIO" DWORD key with a HEX value of 6.
-enable "PowerDVD Audio" under "Digital Output" of my Fortissiom II configuration program.
-PowerDVD installed (came with sound card)

With this config everything is gravy...thanks for all your help :p

[MaTTeR]

:D :D

Thx for the feedback. I'll make a note in the FAQ you had to enter the reg key.