no audio from DVD's

I built a PC using an ABIT VT7 MB with a VIA PT880 chipset., P4-3GHZ,
512MB, a DVD/CDRW, a DVDR, WinXP Pro, Power DVD 5.0

I connected a sound cable from both optical drives. The sound works
while playing audio CD's on either drive. There's no sound when using
commercial DVD's, though.

Any suggestions?

-Jaze

"jaze" <lyingbastard.DeleteThis@juno.com> wrote in message...
 >I built a PC using an ABIT VT7 MB with a VIA PT880 chipset.,
 > P4-3GHZ, 512MB, a DVD/CDRW, a DVDR, WinXP Pro,
 > Power DVD 5.0
 >
 > I connected a sound cable from both optical drives.

There is no point doing this. The sound on modern OSes is extracted via the
ATA cable. The standalone audio cable does nothing.

 > The sound works while playing audio CD's on either drive. There's
 > no sound when using commercial DVD's, though.
 >
 > Any suggestions?

Have you checked to see if your wave out volume is down or muted? Other than
that, it's a case of checking PowerDVD's audio settings. If you can see a
picture though, there's no obvious reason why you shouldn't get sound also.
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