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ldichiara - May 7, 2007 - 8:49 am

I have a really basic question concerning quicktime which I should know the answer to, and am assuming that it is a yes..but wanted some confirmation. Does the Apple DVD Player support Dolby Digital Playback?
If I were to hook up a 5.1 surround sound system to my laptop, would I be able to experience movies with that technology?

LKT - May 7, 2007 - 11:27 am

Hi, Lenny,
The basic answer to your question is yes, if your powerbook has Digital Out (or S/PDIF connection.)
The little more long-winded answer can be found in a couple of the articles I listed below. The second article has some very useful information about the different audio from Quicktime and Apple's DVD Player.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.h...150890&coll=cp

http://www.thismuchiknow.co.uk/?p=24

Please let me know if this has helped any or not. If not, please let me know which Powerbook model you have and I'll do some more digging.

Leigh