Recent content by Rpgparnell

It has been a while, but as I recall, I capitulated. In spite of the MB specs claiming VIA VT1708S 8 channel HD Audio CODEC, I read some claims that 8 channels were not supported below the HD 5000 series over HDMI (& I did get it to work over Toslink). So I found an HD6450 sans fan for about...

I have since returned to the onboard HD3300. There is a fair bit of chatter implying that the limited scope of supported formats is due to the AVR or TV to which it is connected. So I moved the HDMI cable to a laptop (with a different AMD HD HDMI driver) and it immediately popped up with 7.1...

Actually, before I changed it to the 2 channel device, XBMC setting for the audio device listed a VIA 7.1 HDMI device which at this point does not seem to exist. This link for this XBMC Wiki started me on my quest and is something I have thoroughly studied. This is where I learned that the Max...

My HTPC began playing XBMC videos very slowly 2 days ago. Googling brought me to look at audio drivers of all things. I have an ASUS MB with HD 3000 IG, AMD chipset and VIA VT1708S Audio (spec'ed at 8 channel.) I have tried updating drivers, a PCI E HD 3450 w/HDMI out, restoring the system back...