X-FI, 5.1 and DTS?

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Hi, i may have said somthing about this in another thread or two, but thought i should make a thread just for this.

Ok, so i want Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS in movies, after installing Intervideo dvd thing i managed to get 5.1, but the thing is, yea its 5.1, but i go into the Creative Entertainment thing with the Hi-Fi and Gaming looking thing were you switch modes, and i disable Dolby Digital and DTS, and i still get Dolby Digital, this tells me that the actual decoder on the sound card aint been used and its been software decoded or somthing, and i want to use 5.1 and DTS on the sound card, not some Intervideo Audio Codec, as when i go into Start/All Programs/Creative/Creative Entertainment Settings, then entertainment center, Dvd Playback settings (InterVideo Audio Decoder) then properties, then i set it to 6 speaker mode (5.1ch), so its using this for surround sound, so if i uninstall Intevideo, i wont have surround sound again, and your proberbly thinking whats the problem, your getting surround sound aint you?, well yea, but i payed £150 for this sound card so i expect to be using all of its fetures and not some crappy software decoder :s.
 
Logitech Z5500 connected to X-FI Fatal1ty, i want to use the fatal1ty's decoder, not some crappy intervideo thing, how do u use the cards decoder with analoug?
 
no i did not buy it for software decoding, i bought it for DTS, and Dolby Digital 5.1 with analoug and for coax and optical connections. I want to use the Decoder in the X-FI Fatal1ty, i dont want to use a software decoder.
 
well tough, i bought it and i cant change that, i also use it for games and the eax stuff.

Now what is 5.1 and DTS decoding in the creative entertinment thing then?, there is an option for the sound card ot do it, or an externam decoder, so your telling me, i dont need a sound card that supports dts or dolby digital to even have dolby digital?, just forget that i even have the z5500 digital for the moment, i have some crappy £10 5.1 speakers as far as your concerned, so no decoder on the speakers ok, i disable dolby digital 5.1 and dts on the sound card, and still get dolby digital 5.1 in movies, before i got the sound card i could not have Dolby digital or dts in movies or games etc...

Ok Ok, i dont quite understand what you are saying. Also, i dont have a digital coax cable or optical, and dont want to buy one becouse i was told i could have full dolby digital and dts support using my analoug cables.


Thanks shakey jake, i will give all that a try :), one question, were is the audio console, and were is the decoder tab? :s
 
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To watch DVD's i actually use the creative entertainment center when you press the power button on the remote, on the intervideo codec thing, there is an option to use spdif, is that the option that makes it use the decoder on the card?, if so, how can i tell when its using the card and not software?

Also when using the creative entertainment center, i get loads of parts were there is really low fps, its like a slideshow, the audio is the same tho :\.
 
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Ok, i disabled dolby digital and DTS, set it to externam decoder, and i got no sound at all, thats a good sign right? and in the corner the thing still came up, it said Dolby Digital Bitstream out.
 
Ok, now i got that problem out of the way, i got another one, with my current settings, on some songs, i need to turn the sub tottally off becouse of the bass coming out of the speakers is enough :s, infact, i think its too much really for the speakers to cope with even tho it sounds ok, the thing is, i dont know what settings to change so the bass is the same on the sub but not the speakers, there is far far too much on the speakers, you should see the center speaker go at half volume, moving in and out about 1cm coz of the bass, and i dont want that to happen.
 
Ok, i want uninstall this crappy Inter Video Audio Decoder, but i cant seem to find any option anywere to uninstall it, is this Inter Video Audio Decoder a part of the Creative sound drivers? also i can find anywere at all to remove Win DVD, no option in ADD or Remove programs :confused:
 
It may still be the same, but i dont want it using CPU usage, and i want to use the X-FI's decoder seen as i payed for it!

Software Decoder is crappy, when you payed £150 for a card that does it in Hardware and also software uses CPU up more and i dont want that.

How do i uninstall this InterVideo decoder stuff? and Win DVD 7?
 
I bought a new card for DTS, DD5.1 ,EAX5, Front Panel, The remote, Coax, Optical and all the other fetures the X-FI has, and becouse its the latest sound card so it will last for years as soundcards do get outdated nearly as quick as Graphics cards, it's also nice that somthing i have is reccomended my Games Makers.

Anyway all i want to know is, how do i remove this InterVideo Audio Decoder and Wind DVD 7 when there is no option anywere to remove it?
 
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Yes, thats the first place i went to, i also looked in start menu, no menu or anything for Inter Video Win DVD 7 :\.
 
yea i would but its doing software decoding and making my movies lag coz of it, i need hardware decoding.
 
Wht are you on about, but you dident listin to us, i couldent look into the future and know that si what your going to say, i got the soundcard BEFORE you told me.

As i said, i did not just get it for DTS and Dolby Digital, i got it for all its fetures, now i DO NOT want to use SOFTWARE decoding seen as i got a card that can do it in HARDWARE.

What is this about AC3 filter is i must use analoug connection, i am using analoug connection connected to the X-FI, and i was told to use hardware decoding i needed to use analoug as digital would only produce stereo.

So cant i use the hardware decoding on the X-FI or somthing?.

And remember, i did not just get it for DTS and DD5.1 i got it for all the other fetures so please stop saying i dont need this card, i do for other stuff and its going to last along time.
 
hardware decoding and software decoding do the SAME THING - decode a multi-channel digital source into a multi channel analogue feed that the soundcard can output to an amp/speakers.
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Yea i know they are the same, i dont care, i got a card, i want to use what the card can do.

Secondly, you only get 2 channel if your playing games, the card is perfectly capable out outputting 5.1 and more via digital for movies. now as i said in
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Well if i only get 2 channel when playing games, why when i am in a game like ut2k4 can i only hear shooting from say the rear right speaker when someone is shooting at the rear right?




I never said you couldn't. I dont know what you expect to gain from it, but there's no reason why not.
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Nothing, i just want to use the Decoder on the sound card, and a software one would be using my cpu.


Why do you only take notice when we say something you dont like :confused
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i take notice of everything :)
 
My second post already dispelled that myth. why didnt you read it? :confused:
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Becouse at the time you added that to your second post i was making a post and i did not see that.


because your connected via analogue?
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well yea, i dont need to use optical and coax. But i want to use the decoder on the card to listin to DTS and 5.1 DD with analoug.
 
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