Dialogue parts of 6-channel WMA 9 barely audible

[nFury8]

I'm not an audio expert so please consider these queries as n00b. I have encoded a DVD using Windows Media Encoder 9, then saved the wmv and wma under the ASF container. The audio was encoded with the following settings: 256kbps, 96kHz,5.1 channel 24 bit VBR using WMA 9 Pro. When playing back the video (using zoomplayer 3.2b2, MPC 6.4.5.6, WMP9), the dialogue parts are hardly audible, although the background music and non-dialogue parts are loud enough. Is there a way to make the dialogue parts more audible / louder? I'm using SB Live 5.1 soundcard with Cambridge Soundworks DTT2200 5.1 speakers.

Thanks to anyone who care to respond.

[bleo]

Make sure your computer is properly set up for WMA9Pro 5.1: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/windowsmediaplayer/51audio.asp

[nFury8]

Appreciate the prompt reply, bro. But I already tried it and it's still the same. In fact I made sure that 5.1 setup is properly selected in the control panel and under Creative's Surround Mixer panel before playing the file in different media players. Also made sure that 5.1 setup is properly selected in zoomplayer and MPC. I also have the most current Creative SB driver installed. Running on WinXP Pro SP1.
I'm really stumped.

[Tri]

Try creating 6 waves using BeSweet and don't forget to check 'Dynamic Compresssion: Normal'. In the wmv9 encoder, use the multichannel-source. I Hope this helps...

[nFury8]

originally posted by Tri
Try creating 6 waves using BeSweet and don't forget to check 'Dynamic Compresssion: Normal'. In the wmv9 encoder, use the multichannel-source.
Exactly what I did. Converted the AC3 to 6 waves using Besweet and also used multichannel source in WME 9. But I think I missed that 'Dynamic Compression' part. Thanks, I'll give it another try.

[nFury8]

Managed to achieve what I wanted in the first place. What I did was just used 48Khz instead of 96Khz when encoding in Windows Media Encoder 9. Now the dialogues are louder.:)