DVD Video w/ AC3 audio

I've tried a number of different ways to play DVD material on the HD1000
with only a little success.

1) DVD -> VOB files
I used DVDDecrypter (http://www.dvddecrypter.com/) in stream editing mode to
create VOB files (MPEG2 Program Streams) with only the MPEG-2 video and AC3
audio:
    Found stream id 0xBF  = Private Stream 2
    Found stream id 0xE0  = Video Stream 0
    Found stream id 0xBE  = Padding Stream
    Found stream id 0xBD  = Private Stream 1, substream 0x80, AC3 Audio
stream 0

These play back with CinemaSix 0.9, but:
    -) Audio is stereo PCM, not AC3 5.1
    -) Audio is pretty much always out of sync (even after hitting rotate)


2) DVD -> MPEG2 Transport Stream
VLC (http://www.videolan.org) does this pretty cleanly, but I can't figure
out how it chooses the audio program.  A sample file looks like:
    Found PID 0x0000, Program Association Table Stream
    Found PID 0x0042, Other Stream
    Found PID 0x0044, stream id 0xE0 = Video Stream 0
    Found PID 0x0045, stream id 0xBD = Private Stream 1

These play with StreamPlayer, but:
    -) No audio at all

With CinemaSix 0.9:
    -) Audio is Stereo PCM, not AC3


3) DVD -> MPEG2 Transport Stream -> ATSC compatible MPEG2 Transport Stream
Use VLC as above, then use the TStoATSC tool found at
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~balazer/atsc/ to perform the last step.
I used the -c option.  Note that it NULL pads the output, so the files (and
bit rates) get a log bigger.
    Found PID 0x0011, stream id 0xE0 = Video Stream 0
    Found PID 0x0000, Program Association Table Stream
    Found PID 0x0010, Other Stream
    Found PID 0x1FFF, Null Packet Stream
    Found PID 0x0014, stream id 0xBD = Private Stream 1

StreamPlayer:
    -) AC3 5.1 audio with good sync (!!!)

CinemaSix 0.9:
    -) Audio is still Stereo PCM, not AC3
    -) Video/audio is choppy and audio will stop after a while
    -) Remote stops responding (running out of CPU?)


Thoughts/comments?

Derek