The only problem seen with Vista with players and sound besides drivers at first was seeing no video at all in WMP 11. You can hear any audio spotlessly while needing VLC to play a dvd or view any video file on the drive. Once I get a newer version of PowerDVD or reinstall Vista at some point like when getting a new drive in hopefully something will be solved there.
Vista simply being a newer version of Windows would often rule the need for a newer version of a player or any other desktop type application. WMP 10 remains the best for XP and you can't see in Vista since you would have to cut 11 out of the OS without the add/remove Windows components option seen anymore.
For seeing a loss of the rear channels the thought of a non Vista ready application for sound still able to run would require the updated for Vista. The problem being seen there is would be the software for sound not the new version of Windows once you have the settings configured with the correct version installed or the simple need to reinstall it. All softwares sees bugs at times.
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