WinDVD9 supports TrueHD and DTS-HD

According to EngadgetHD, the latest version of the popular WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray (it actually supports HD DVD as well) has finally updated support for the latest audio codecs Blu-ray has available, namely TrueHD and DTS-HD. Also improved in the update is support for BonusView and the HD video camera Codec, AVCHD. Of course the software is still buggy but a very effective HD video playback ... [ read the full article ]

Originally posted by arcanix:

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So? To transfer TrueHD or DTS-HD you need a soundcard that has a HDMI 1.3 connection. There's no such thing right now.

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You don't need an HDMI soundcard. Decoding of Dolby TruHD and DTS HD-MA is done in the software and each channel can be transmitted thru analog 5.1.




You need an HDMI 1.3 output if you want to transmit the HD soundtracks bitstream to your AV receiver and you want to let the receiver do the decoding. If your player (or if your software in this case) can do the decoding, then you don't need HDMI at all.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. March 2008 @ 20:09