Its been bugging me… I’ve had this kick-butt system in the living room for years, but for some strange reason with Windows Vista (now 7) I lost my ability to pass pre-encoded digital audio out my SP/DIF port for anything other than DVDs and Recorded TV… which is a really annoying little hole in the setup.  My wife can attest, that every few months, I’ll interrupt our evenings with a little experiment to try to fix this “problem”… though, its only really a problem to those (like for instance: me) who care/notice the surround sound when its missing/down-mixed to stereo… so, no support for this little quirk. :) Any ways… today, I FINALLY solved my problem. :D

So, what is the solution?

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