Postby CloudStalker » 20 Oct 2007 23:19
Press the "Start" button, go to "Control Panel", when the window pops up double-click "Sound and Audio Devices", Click on the "Audio" tab and select "Advanced" under "Sound Playback", Click on the drop-list under "Speaker setup" and select "5.1 surround sound speakers".
For VLC, select the player and go to Preferences -> Audio -> (check the box) Use S/PDIF when available, save and restart VLC.