5.1 in games via Optical

ok. if the card doesnt have DDLive or DTS Connect, it will not output DD/DTS unless it is playing a DD/DTS soundtrack. this means:

* DD/DTS (however many channels) > DD/DTS
* games that dont specifically output DD/DTS (there are very few that do) > 2 channel PCM only over spdif
* windows sounds > 2 channel pcm.

for anything that isnt DD/DTS to start with to output as DD/DTS, the soundcard needs DDL or DTSC.
 
Ergo - get a Xonar D1 or DX or maybe one of the X-Fis that does DDL (check - first some need you to mess about with modded drivers etc).
 
james.miller said:
ok. if the card doesnt have DDLive or DTS Connect, it will not output DD/DTS unless it is playing a DD/DTS soundtrack. this means:

* DD/DTS (however many channels) > DD/DTS
* games that dont specifically output DD/DTS (there are very few that do) > 2 channel PCM only over spdif
* windows sounds > 2 channel pcm.

for anything that isnt DD/DTS to start with to output as DD/DTS, the soundcard needs DDL or DTSC.
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Confused said:
I know this :)

What I'm now asking is if a card with DDL/DTSC will output 2 channel as DD/DTS and not PCM. :)
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it will do this, as i highlighted in my last post.
confused said:
I know it'll pass through 5.1 and it will output EAX etc to 5.1 DD/DTS
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it will NOT do this:)
 
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Ordered the Xonar, and installed it yesterday, and it works exactly as I required it to.

I still have passthrough for DD/DTS sources (DVDs etc)
I have things that should be stereo being output onto just the front speakers, as a DD stream
I have 5.1 surround sound from games

So yes, it did work exactly as I want it to.
 
james.miller said:
thats good, we were right then!
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Not really... and I've just re-read all the posts, most people seemed to disagree with me, or complicate the issue by stating things that are of no relevance... anyway, I digress, it's working now as I wanted it, whether others were right or not, it doesn't really matter!

I went for the exact card I linked to in my first post - the Asus Xonar DX (although I've just realised through re-reading the original post that I put the text on the link as D2, not DX... :o)
 
Sorry about the going off on a tangent. You would be amazed how many people don't realise what their existing hardware is capable of!
 
the asus xonar can output dolby live and DTS Connect in 5.1, i use it on my xfi to get games to work in surround with optical.
 
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