SBX Pro Studio Settings for 2.1 Speakers (Z/ZX/ZXR) question

What would be the best settings for a 2.1 speaker system? Previously i had this setup:
Windows Sound Panel: Stereo
Sound Blaster Settings: Stereo + SBX ON
Now i have it setup to this:
Windows Sound Panel: 5.1 (rear, sides, sub disabled)
Sound Blaster Settings: 5.1 (rear, sides, sub disabled) + SBX ON
Only thing ive noticed with this new setup is i can enable 5.1 on games and movies but still just use 2 speakers.

the latter setup allows 2.1 virtual surround (SBX Pro Surround) utilizing all 6 sources from games / movies.
when you disable SBX Pro Surround - rear & center sources play on fronts as is - without the virtual surround filters applied to it (basically the card downmixing instead of the game).
ATM my rear speakers are disconnected so I disable them and get to keep my center working as part of an uncommon, fully supported 3.1 setup

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You've got Tiger and Automator! Learn how to use them help you make some "presets".
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/
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I use Automator as either a "workflow" on a stand alone "application". Workflows can be triggered by a control click on a file where the "apps" act like AppleScript "Droplets". Drag a file to the droplet and let the application do its thing.
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Starting up with DVD PRO STUDIO, HELP for beginner

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I understand, mainly from reading the forums, that jacking up the streaming bit rate for video makes a nicer quality image on the DVD, but it does so at the cost of compatibility with lower end or older DVD players. Understood.
However, I am a beginner so I have no idea what streaming rate to use (I think Apple suggests about 6). It's no good testing with my DVD player because I have a BlueRay player that seems to work with 7 (mbps?) just fine.
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Mike,
Definitely planning on DVD5 for the compatibility reason you mentioned and also because they are a heck of a lot cheaper to work with.
So, I did a burn of a 45 minute video, but set the average bit rate to 3.2 (gave me 130 minutes on DVD5) and I'm plenty happy with the resolution, and output file for video was 1.2GB or so. (I only had audio on select shots) It's mainly the other number, the max bit rate, that I'm not sure what to set it to.
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How Best to Import iPhone 4 video into Premier Pro CS5 - Settings for new import "sequence preset"?

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As Ann has advised do not expect too much, you are going down a lot in quality.
Why are you also going from NTSC to a PAL output?
Premiere will drop frames to get from 29.97 to 25.
PAL DVD players read NTSC discs fine as long as they are region 0
Why are you trying to produce a DVD anyway?
A Bluray would be far better quality.
Also a minimum 9 is way wrong, c9.6 is the max in the spec and hence avoided as your system is trying to push the spec limits to close.
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CPU Type:
PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs:
2
CPU Speed:
1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):
512 KB
Memory:
4.5 GB
Bus Speed:
900 MHz
Boot ROM Version:
5.1.4f0
Serial Number:
G84081BTQES
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Chipset Model:
GeForce FX 5200
Type:
Display
Bus:
AGP
Slot:
SLOT-1
VRAM (Total):
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Vendor:
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Device ID:
0x0321
Revision ID:
0x00a2
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2060
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Type:
Display
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LCD
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Supported
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Online:
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Display:
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Video System NTSC, PAL, HD Video Formats DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO HD, HDV, XDCAM HD, IMX, P2, AVC-Intra, AVCHD, XDCAM EX, Uncompressed 8-bit and 10-bit HD (4:2:2 YUV) via PCI card, Uncompressed 8-bit and 10-bit SD (4:2:2 YUV) via FireWire or PCI card Audio Formats 48 kHz, 16-bit Supported Codecs ProRes 4444, ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (Proxy), ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes Apple Intermediate Codec, OfflineRT Photo-JPEG Codec Supported File Types Video: QuickTime
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Memory: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 4 GB for applications; Additional 46 GB for optional templates, content and tutorials (9 GB for DVD Studio Pro 4 content, 7 GB for Motion 4 templates and tutorial media, 22 GB for Soundtrack Pro 3 audio content, 8 GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates
Graphics: AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card; Final Cut Studio is not compatible with Intel graphics processors
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Hardware: DVD-ROM drive for installation
Color Requirements
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Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600; ATI Radeon X1600; nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, 7600 GT, 7300 GT, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, 6600; nVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Display: 1680 x 1050
Hardware: 3-button mouse
4K and 2K DPX Files: 512MB of VRAM
32-Bit Rendering: 256MB of VRAM
DVD Studio Pro Requirements
Computer: PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo for HD DVD playback
Hardware: SuperDrive or other DVD recorder for burning; Double-layer recorder required for double-layer burning; External hard drive or Internet transfer required for delivery of HD projects to replicator; DLT drive, external hard drive or Internet transfer required for delivery of SD projects to replicator
Soundtrack Pro Requirements
Hardware: Audio interface with 6-channel sound output required for 5.1 surround monitoring; Audio interface with multiple inputs required for multitrack recording
Recommended Configurations
Memory: 2 GB for compressed HD and uncompressed SD editing; 4 GB for uncompressed HD
Motion Recommendations
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1900 XT, X850 XT, X800 XT, X1600; nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL; nVIDIA Quadro FX 4500; 256 MB VRAM for 32-bit rendering
Color Recommendations
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1900 XT
Display: Dual displays with 1920 x 1200 resolution Qualified Hardware FireWire camcorders and decks; Mac OS X-compatible analog and SDI capture hardware

It will likely run FCP but won't run Motion or Color. If the fastest external drive connection you have is FW800 then you'll be somewhat limited in the number of streams of video you can work with at the same time.
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x

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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/713070
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It Stands for "Coder Decoder."
Your format is like a container for your video file. Certain containers can hold certain codecs and not others. Other containers can hold other codecs. Sometimes different containers can hold the same codecs.
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A coffe cup (container) can hold pretty much any liquid you drink, where a red solo cup (container) won't hold scolding water. So, the coffe cup would be your container of choice most likely because it has the most options for liquids (codecs). But, you might want a red solo cup for just a single crappy beer at a party (a moderate quality streaming video on the web). In that case, you don't need all the optoins of another container.
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http://goo.gl/8GZq4i

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