Dolby true hd bitsteaming

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just trying to figure something out, i have a Asus P5N7A-VM, im going to be sticking a bluray player in it soon and was woundering if it supports bitstreaming dolby true-hd and dts hd ma. I have a feeling it doesnt and im gonna need a sound card to get the support but i thought id double check first.
 
Gpu is a igp GF9300.

Hmm, certainly makes sense, was planning on a gpu upgrade for it so if i stick to the 5 series its two birds and all that. I allways thought that the Ati audio thing was more of a passthrough than an audio card, or was that the case in early 3xxx series and not the case now or have they allways been independant sound cards?

And yes, i have an Onkyo Av reciever that supports the formats, just wasnt sure on the gpu, like i say i had a feeling it didnt support it but it was the best chipset to get for n HTPC at the time.
 
How can the chipset i have not do it then as it can bitstream DTS etc, i mean... i know it cant but im just trying to understand why it cant, why it can just pass through one format to my amp yet it cant just passthrough another even though it doesnt have to actually manipulate or render the format it any form?
 
I have an amp that will decode the signal and i understand that part i just wounderd why my current igp was incapable of giving the amp it if all it is is a passthrough, what made the 5 series have a more feature rich passthrough than the 4, just didnt understand why you needed anything more than bandwidth to be able to pass a signal to a device.
 
Its missing PAP (Protected Audio Path) that the new series 5 support so it wont let it bitstream as a security measure

Also you need software that supports it too what dvd play back software do you use
 
I was under the impression that Dolby digital DTS was a data stream which my igp supports?

Its missing PAP (Protected Audio Path) that the new series 5 support so it wont let it bitstream as a security measure

Now that makes sense, sort of HDCP for audio, cheers for that.
 
Its missing PAP (Protected Audio Path) that the new series 5 support so it wont let it bitstream as a security measure

Also you need software that supports it too what dvd play back software do you use

Yeah spot on.

For playback software you can't beat Total media 3 100x better than powerdvd IMO
 
Its missing PAP (Protected Audio Path) that the new series 5 support so it wont let it bitstream as a security measure

Also you need software that supports it too what dvd play back software do you use

Its also a bandwidth limitation. SPDIF is only designed for a maximum of 1.5mbit whereas HD audio is much, much higher.
 
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