Thanks to these forums I took my time and got a hassle-free XP Home Edition install on my Compaq 5900z (whew ... dodged a bullet.) No DVD player, and Windows Media Player won't play DVDS. Again ... posts here let me know that in advance. So I'm trying out PowerDVD XP, and it works great! I'm quite certain I'll drop the $50 for it if I can get an answer to one bug: No sound. Picture's great, all the other features are great ... But no sound. Latest Creative drivers, everything's turned on behind the scenes etc., etc. But no sound. Any ideas or fixes? Folks here helped make my XP install a three-hour affair, rather than an entire weekend. I hope someone can do that again. Thanks for whatever help you can provide. Patrick

Don't overlook the obvious. There is a volume control on the somewhat overly complex PDVD interface. If I remember correctly the program starts with the volume at 0. Check the mute as well.

Patrick, You may also want to check out the configurations of PDVD, theres a bunch of different setup options for audio and such. Tc -M@nny

Patrick, got the same problem here, Sony DVD, Hurculies sound card. Up till power DVD video was choppy and unwatchable. Now video is great but no sound. Let me know if you succeed.

I have a dell Inspiron notebook with an ATI rage video card. Windows medai players errors out and cant play anything. I downloaded powerDVD and great i get a movie now...but no sound...I checked all the settings and volumes..but no luck???

I have a dell Inspiron notebook with an ATI rage video card. Windows media player errors out and cant play anything. I downloaded powerDVD and great i get a movie now...but no sound...I checked all the settings and volumes..but no luck???

the reason you may not get any sound is because the only sound cards powerDVD supports are: PCI interface: Aureal 8830 (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) Avance Logic ALS300 +(support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) CMI 8338/8738 (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) Creative SoundBlaster Audigy family (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 family (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) Creative SoundBlaster Live! Family (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output) Creative CT5880 (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output) Crystal 4630 (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) ESS Canyon3D (support 4/6 speaker and S/PDIF output) ESS Allegro (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output) ESS Solo-1 ForteMedia 801AU (support 4/6 speaker output and S/PDIF output) Philips/VLSI Thunder Bird Q3D (support 4 speaker output and S/PDIF) Philips/VLSI Thunder Bird Avenger (support 4/6 speaker output and S/PDIF) Yamaha YMF743 (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output) Yamaha YMF744 (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output) Yamaha YMF754 (support 4 speaker and S/PDIF output)