5.1 surround on pc

[Tea]

Hey,

I've got a 5.1 speaker setup connected via optical cable directly to my motherboard via the optical port.

I'm using windows default audio drivers for it and within the playback devices menu it shows the speakers under Digital Audio (S/PDIF); the configure button is greyed out for my speakers. I read that this is due to my speakers doing the audio processing onboard.

I've tried two games with 5.1 selected but no luck, I'm confused as to how I get the speakers to output to 5.1 in games and other media.

Is there a specific setting I need to set within the windows audio options or is there a different driver that will support my 5.1 speakers?

Speakers : Sony HT RT3

Any info is much appreciated

[[☥] - CJ -]

Goto the vendor support site for your motherboard and install the soundcard drivers they provide.

Default drivers are only there to get you started, they arent meant to be used on a regular basis.
They wont have full functionality like the actual drivers have.

[Azza ☠]

What sound card do you have?

Digital optical cable requires sound encoding to support surround (dolby digital or dts, etc).

Under Control Panel > Sound > Default Device > Configure

Setup 5.1 surround under that.

Enable audio upscaling on your sound card (if supported).

[Tea]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Goto the vendor support site for your motherboard and install the soundcard drivers they provide.

Default drivers are only there to get you started, they arent meant to be used on a regular basis.
They wont have full functionality like the actual drivers have.

WIll try that now thanks;

As for sound card, I don't have one; the speakers seem to do the audio processing onboard, dolby digital; under default device the configure button is greyed out and unclickable

[[☥] - CJ -]

The soundcard would be the integrated card on the motherboard

what motherboard do you have?

[Tea]

I've got an Asus x79 Deluxe; The latest driver on the manfacture's website under audio is "Realtek Audio
Audio: REALTEK HM_TUF V6.0.1.7848"

Just installed the latest realtek driver, gonna restart

[[☥] - CJ -]

That should do the trick.
Go through the Windows or Realtek control panel and set it up the way you want it, just be sure its set for 5.1 and go from there

[Tea]

Just checking now; the configure button is still greyed out, it gives me the option to choose supported formats, 48khz - dolby digital; but no speaker configuration choice

[[☥] - CJ -]

Alright..

Try using the Windows CP for Playback devices, select the speaker thats being used and hit Configure, see if you can do 5.1 from there

[Tea]

Doesn't seem to be any option for configuring speaker setup, just sample rate and audio codec

There is one new option under sample rate and bit depth "DTS Interactive (5.1 sound)" but the speakers I'm using don't support DTS

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Law:

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Goto the vendor support site for your motherboard and install the soundcard drivers they provide.

Default drivers are only there to get you started, they arent meant to be used on a regular basis.
They wont have full functionality like the actual drivers have.

WIll try that now thanks;

As for sound card, I don't have one; the speakers seem to do the audio processing onboard, dolby digital; under default device the configure button is greyed out and unclickable

Right but u can't get full features from the OS generic audio driver; go to the Motherboard site and get the Audio Drivers and install; reboot when done, then fully configure everything via Windows Playback/Recording.

Realtek? Then u get that here; it covers every "Realtek HD Codec" for Laptops/Desktops.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads

[Tea]

I've installed latest Realtek drivers, problem is there is no configuration options for speaker setup, just bit depth, sample rate and audio codec; my speakers seem to decode the audio on its own.

Reaktek seems to be DTS whereas my speakers only support Dolby Digital, it';s all confusing

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Speakers > Configure > 5.1
If using Optical, there is no config, just set Digital to Playback Default.

[Tea]

Where is playback default? Under playback device properties there's supported formats and that's it

[chiefputsa☒lag]

right click 'speakers' icon on task bar.
click 'playback devices'.
on 'playback' tab, set as 'default device' whatever device you want as default.

[Tea]

Yes that's already done but still only get stereo from them and games do not output to 5.1 with 5.1 selected within the game itself