Originally Posted by
Polychrome I guess I'm not so much troubleshooting as wondering if this is just me using the wrong speakers. I think my sound card is trying to do surround, despite not having the right type of speakers to output to. (Speakers are plain pair with a built-in sub.)
Windows 7, VIA HD.
Issue happens only in video playback, no matter the codec. Makes me think it's a setting more than anything.
First I would check the VIA VDeck application software that probably installed with the driver. My guess would be there's different sound profiles setup depending on the media playback. I'm guessing this is the issue.
If all the settings appear ok then I would try a different media player and see if you get the same result.