5,1 surround not working

[Nickpcgamer2016]

hooked up to my sony 5.1 reciever via HDMI and im getting only stereo

[Tracido]

Welcome to the club, it's 100% NON functional with Sound Blaster Z analog, and digital 5.1 Sound Cards already, but you can PAY for Dolby Atmos to have the 3D positional audio WORK with a 2.0/5.1 COMPATIBLE PS4/PS5 headset, have fun.

[Nickpcgamer2016]

im not using a soundcard though and its still not working, just my nvidia gpu to my reciever via HDMI but the surround mix just isn't working

[Tracido]

Originally posted by Nickpcgamer2016:

im not using a soundcard though and its still not working, just my nvidia gpu to my reciever but the surround mix just isn't working

Ohh, so it just refuses to even work with receivers, too, noted.

I was using an actual sound card, inside my rig itself, fake sound bars and USB crap that fakes software audio might work, though, if you have something else to use, do it.

[gimmeGibby]

Ditto on above = I have an RTX 3070 -into-> Yamaha RX-v683 Receiver and the settings won't even SHOW/ALLOW 5.1/Surround selection.
This is literally *THE* only game out of, hundreds?, over Epic, Steam, Rockstar, GOG, Xbox Game Pass, stand-alone Humble Store installs, etc that cannot select 5.1 (except of course indie games that don't even have that option coded.)

[Nickpcgamer2016]

Originally posted by sa da tay:

Ditto on above = I have an RTX 3070 -into-> Yamaha RX-v683 Receiver and the settings won't even SHOW/ALLOW 5.1/Surround selection.
This is literally *THE* only game out of, hundreds?, over Epic, Steam, Rockstar, GOG, Xbox Game Pass, stand-alone Humble Store installs, etc that cannot select 5.1 (except of course indie games that don't even have that option coded.)

i can select it but i can tell its still not playing in surround

[Mexicola9302]

Connect the GPU via HDMI to your AVR. If your AVR doesn't support whatever you need like 2160p @120 HZ, HDR or whatnot. Just use a second HDMI cable, connect that with the second HDMI output of your GPU, connect it to your AVR, and let your AVR run as a second monitor that you let run at 1280x720 at 60 HZ. So one cable goes from GPU to AVR, and one goes from GPU to TV or Monitor.

This way i worked around this exact same problem, i had in Cyberpunk. There i didn't have surround sound via toslink/optical, so i had to use 2 cables on my GPU. Now with my newer AVR that support HDMI 2.1 i got no problems anymore. But i had to use toslink/optical because my older AVR didn't support 2160p, 120HZ, G-Sync and HDR but my TV already did.

Except of course you already connected it via HDMI, then all you gotta do is activate surround in your sound adapter.

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by Tracido:

Welcome to the club, it's 100% NON functional with Sound Blaster Z analog, and digital 5.1 Sound Cards already, but you can PAY for Dolby Atmos to have the 3D positional audio WORK with a 2.0/5.1 COMPATIBLE PS4/PS5 headset, have fun.

In my experience Sound Blaster sound cards have always had issues with games, especially modern ones, and aside from that always had weird quirks and never worked quite right. They're pretty much junk. A good motherboard with a cable for each channel has worked flawless for me even across different OS'

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by Mexicola9302:

Connect the GPU via HDMI to your AVR. If your AVR doesn't support whatever you need like 2160p @120 HZ, HDR or whatnot. Just use a second HDMI cable, connect that with the second HDMI output of your GPU, connect it to your AVR, and let your AVR run as a second monitor that you let run at 1280x720 at 60 HZ. So one cable goes from GPU to AVR, and one goes from GPU to TV or Monitor.

This way i worked around this exact same problem, i had in Cyberpunk. There i didn't have surround sound via toslink/optical, so i had to use 2 cables on my GPU. Now with my newer AVR that support HDMI 2.1 i got no problems anymore. But i had to use toslink/optical because my older AVR didn't support 2160p, 120HZ, G-Sync and HDR but my TV already did.

Except of course you already connected it via HDMI, then all you gotta do is activate surround in your sound adapter.

If it works, it works. But damn if I haven't read about a more ghetto setup. Why are ya'll routing audio through your GPUs anyways?

[Mexicola9302]

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

Originally posted by Mexicola9302:

Connect the GPU via HDMI to your AVR. If your AVR doesn't support whatever you need like 2160p @120 HZ, HDR or whatnot. Just use a second HDMI cable, connect that with the second HDMI output of your GPU, connect it to your AVR, and let your AVR run as a second monitor that you let run at 1280x720 at 60 HZ. So one cable goes from GPU to AVR, and one goes from GPU to TV or Monitor.

This way i worked around this exact same problem, i had in Cyberpunk. There i didn't have surround sound via toslink/optical, so i had to use 2 cables on my GPU. Now with my newer AVR that support HDMI 2.1 i got no problems anymore. But i had to use toslink/optical because my older AVR didn't support 2160p, 120HZ, G-Sync and HDR but my TV already did.

Except of course you already connected it via HDMI, then all you gotta do is activate surround in your sound adapter.

If it works, it works. But damn if I haven't read about a more ghetto setup. Why are ya'll routing audio through your GPUs anyways?

To have uncompressed PCM 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound or dolby atmos while gaming.

I play computer games on my TV, and a AVR is connected to it, so why shouldn't i use a "real" AVR with "real" speakers is the question. :D

I have this:
https://res.cloudinary.com/lautsprecher-teufel/image/upload/w_1920/v1/products/Ultima_40_Surround_Mk3/ultima-40-mk3-surround-black-1300x1300x72.jpg but with 2 different subwoofers and 4 instead of 2 of the smaller speakers. So the 2 large ones, 4 smaller ones and the center and 2 subwoofers. I mean it sounds awesome.

With that AVR.
https://www.denon.com/-/media/images/denon/avr-x1700hdab/avr-x1700hdab_eu_2440x1560-gallery01.jpg?w=1220&h=780
https://www.denon.com/-/media/images/denon/avr-x1700hdab/avr-x1700hdab_eu_2440x1560-gallery04.jpg?w=1220&h=780

[Mr Green]

Same, Snos Arc soundbar with two ONE speakers and it does not play through correct channels.

[「 Boss 」]

Originally posted by Mexicola9302:

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

If it works, it works. But damn if I haven't read about a more ghetto setup. Why are ya'll routing audio through your GPUs anyways?

To have uncompressed PCM 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound or dolby atmos while gaming.

I play computer games on my TV, and a AVR is connected to it, so why shouldn't i use a "real" AVR with "real" speakers is the question. :D

I have this:
https://res.cloudinary.com/lautsprecher-teufel/image/upload/w_1920/v1/products/Ultima_40_Surround_Mk3/ultima-40-mk3-surround-black-1300x1300x72.jpg but with 2 different subwoofers and 4 instead of 2 of the smaller speakers. So the 2 large ones, 4 smaller ones and the center and 2 subwoofers. I mean it sounds awesome.

Okay that makes more sense, I was a little confused LOL ty.

[Tracido]

Originally posted by 「 Boss 」:

Originally posted by Tracido:

Welcome to the club, it's 100% NON functional with Sound Blaster Z analog, and digital 5.1 Sound Cards already, but you can PAY for Dolby Atmos to have the 3D positional audio WORK with a 2.0/5.1 COMPATIBLE PS4/PS5 headset, have fun.

In my experience Sound Blaster sound cards have always had issues with games, especially modern ones, and aside from that always had weird quirks and never worked quite right. They're pretty much junk. A good motherboard with a cable for each channel has worked flawless for me even across different OS'

1500+ games here, not a SINGLE game has an issue with this card, which has updated drivers.

I use digital audio & analog, and Sound Blaster has a MONOPOLY on the 5.1 Dolby, and DTS digital audio through optical, and that's how it is, and, so, it gets a lot of driver updates, because it has to work with so many things, even on my single system with that many titles, right now.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS GAME ONLY HAVING STEREO AND MONO FOR SOUND CARDS with 5.1 to 7.1 setups.

[SAMUUU]

not yet fixxed?

[Mexicola9302]

I wonder why ppl still buy soundcards, nobody needs that anymore.

All you have to do is google your mainboard like this "asus b550 plus dts connect audio driver hack" and follow the instructions. Then you have perfectly working DTS or Dolby Digital or whatever audio you want. And don't need a Creative Soundblaster Z or something. The Mainboard is more than enough. Well if you use optical/SPDIF output.

This might help:
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/drivers-realtek-audio-intel-2xx-3xx-4xx-5xx-6xx-7xx-amd-3xx-4xx-5xx-6xx.11390/
https://www.gizdev.com/get-dolby-atmos-sound-system-dts-audio-with-realtek-mod-driver/
https://github.com/AlanFinotty/AAFOptimusDCHAudio-Realtek/releases
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/unlocked-realtek-hd-audio-drivers-for-windows-10-dolby-digital-live-dts-interactive.228612/

Just invest some time and read in the forums etc. to learn how to install it.

I no longer need stuff like that, because i got a HDMI AVR now that supports what i needed. But 2 years ago i installed a hacked audio driver like this and DTS connect worked perfectly fine in all games except Cyberpunk 2077 for some weird reason.

[Tracido]

^ Lies. 5.1 Optical Out ONLY comes from a Sound Blaster PERIOD.

IT IS CALLED LICENSING LAWS, and lying about it makes only you look bad and makes gamers have to LEARN THE HARD WAY from your LIES.

Anyway I fixed it for myself by simply LOWERING AUDIO QUALITY to 96Khz instead of my normal 192Khz at 24 bit I'm used to.