Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs Forum

I've been having this issue for a while now. During a recorded I've noticed the is no sound from the rear (and center) speakers. I've checked all the sound settings, reinstalled the sound card driver and checked Media Center's speaker settings, and it all checks out. The odd thing is, there is sound from all speakers when viewing live TV, Any Ideas?

Here is a link to my YouTube video that demonstrates the issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6A-PQl8KI

That is probably because the recording is stereo (i.e. 2 channel), in which case there would be no data for the rear channels. Most surround sound systems allow for the rear channels to be synthesized from a stereo input for simulated surround. Scott.