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Well that helps, I tried the DVD under Windows Media and sure enough the DD symbol on the receiver lit up and the difference in surround sound was significantly more distinct. The same DVD under both VLC and Media Player Classic would not play in DD though, and neither of the three will play...

Firstly, thank you for the time you've spent attempting to help! I see what you mean with regards to the difference between Advanced Surround and Auto Surround however, even on Auto-Surround I never actually see any of the decoder lights illuminate. I do not have another player to try sending...

It sounds like only simulated surround sound that I am getting, my old receiver would actually light up DTS or DD5.1 on the front display panel when it detected encoded content. I have tried using the Game HDMI port at the back of the receiver as well but get exactly the same results. This is...

Yes I've set my receiver to Auto-Surround as well. What is htib? The reason the display says DVD is because that is the HDMI socket I have my PC connected to at the back of the receiver. Do you ever see the decoder lights come on when you are playing encoded content on your Pioneer receiver...

I see everything as you do but the decoder light for DTS or Dolby Digital on my new Pioneer VSX-823 receiver never lights up for any content I play. I've been playing various downloaded movies encoded in both formats that are mp4, mkv and AVI's. Just for the sake of being certain I've also...

I have exactly the same problem on a Radeon 5800 over HDMI to new a Pioneer receiver and then to 5.1 speakers and TV out of receiver. Under Win7 64bit only two channel output was available in the "AMD HDMI Output" but I finally narrowed that problem down to out of date video card drivers, which...