G5 dvd playback with 5.1

[jimsowden]

I just got a powermac G5 1.6 and have had a panasonic 5.1 channell Dolby Digital System hooked up to my plasma. I was hoping to rid myself of my dvd player and just use the DVI on the G5 for a dvd player with better quality. I notice that when I hook up the toslink cable to my system I only get 2 channell PCM. Even when playing a DVD with the 5.1 channell selected. Is there and option to click or program to install that will give me 5.1?

 

[jimsowden]

figured it out

I couldn't switch from computer audio to DD5.1 because I hadn't stopped the disc. Once you stop, the menu for audio in preferences becomes um-opaqued and yuo can switch to 5.1. Needlesly complicated.

 

[Nermal]

It does say in the audio preferences that you need to stop the disc to change the settings. This probably has something to do with a limitation between switching DVD tracks, rather than a limitation with the player itself.