looking for small 5.1 surround sound test iso

joe · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.

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T Shadow · Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 21

"joe" wrote in message@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
> 5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
> are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
> for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
> don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.

The Creative software the came with my Audigy2 does "left
speaker"......."center speaker"........ "right speaker"........etc. Great
for seeing if the speaker works. Would imagine most sound cards have this.
Getting surround sound is another matter.

T Shadow · Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 21

"T Shadow" wrote in message$0$10953$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> "joe" wrote in message
> @p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
> > 5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
> > are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
> > for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
> > don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.
>
> The Creative software the came with my Audigy2 does "left
> speaker"......."center speaker"........ "right speaker"........etc. Great
> for seeing if the speaker works. Would imagine most sound cards have this.
> Getting surround sound is another matter.
>

Disregard. Forgot which group I was posting in.

Bill McClain · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 2

On 2007-12-17, joe wrote:
> Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
> 5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
> are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
> for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
> don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.

I believe the THX Optimizer has 5.1 tests. It is included on some DVD
titles. There is a search box here, plus a link to the entire list:

http://thx.com/home/dvd/search.html

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Ric Seyler · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 16

joe wrote:

>Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
>5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
>are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
>for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
>don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.
>
>
If I remember correctly, "Terminator, Judgment Day" has a THX routine
in the setup menu.

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T Shadow · Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 21

"T Shadow" wrote in message$0$10990$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> "T Shadow" wrote in message
> $0$10953$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > "joe" wrote in message
> >@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
> > > 5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
> > > are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
> > > for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
> > > don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.
> >
> > The Creative software the came with my Audigy2 does "left
> > speaker"......."center speaker"........ "right speaker"........etc.
Great
> > for seeing if the speaker works. Would imagine most sound cards have
this.
> > Getting surround sound is another matter.
> >
>
> Disregard. Forgot which group I was posting in.
>

Come to think of it my receiver does the same thing with white noise.

Gandalf · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

joe wrote:
> Hello I thought it would be easy but so far not luck. I got a cheap
> 5.1 surround sound system yesterday and i think some of the speakers
> are not working well. Does anyone know of a vcd/dvd format iso image
> for testing 5.1. surround sound speakers. I found a wma file but i
> don't think my dvd player will play it. thanks.

Pink Floyd Pulse and David Gilmour DVDs have very nice setup sections.

joe · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks for the info. I found a dvd with the thx logo and it included
all the tests my surround sound is now wokirng like a charm.

zahir · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

On Dec 23, 4:42 pm, joe wrote:
> Thanks for the info. I found a dvd with the thx logo and it included
> all the tests my surround sound is now wokirng like a charm.

hey Joe,
I'm having probably the similar issue with rear speaker of my home
theatre system. I ran the sound check provided by the system itself
and all of the speakers seem to be working just fine but when I play
any CD, rear speakers does not seem to work. ne idea???

joe · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

Sounds to me, like u might need to set it up to play cd using all
speakers. By default is likely to play only with front speakers. In my
computer it works different than it does on my coby surround dvd
player. My computer has eax options under the sounblaster config
program.

On Dec 25, 1:02 pm, zahir wrote:
> On Dec 23, 4:42 pm, joe wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info. I found a dvd with the thx logo and it included
> > all the tests my surround sound is now wokirng like a charm.
>
> hey Joe,
> I'm having probably the similar issue with rear speaker of my home
> theatre system. I ran the sound check provided by the system itself
> and all of the speakers seem to be working just fine but when I play
> any CD, rear speakers does not seem to work. ne idea???