5.1 surround sound?

[freaksavior]

I have the nividia audio decoder installed wich supports 5.1 dd and i have logitech z-640 speakers, and the onboard audio, i am trying to play a movie in 5.1, can someone help me out?

[sneekypeet]

Have you tried rightclicking the speaker down by the clock in the taskbar>>>Adjust audio proprties>>>>Speaker settings >>>>advanced>>>>>speakers tab, there is a dropdown box to select config!!!!!

[freaksavior]

yeah, i have messed with that as well, and it shows 5.1 speakers. I get the effects, but no voices, and this is weird!

[sneekypeet]

Who is the Actual Audio chip manufacturer?

[freaksavior]

i'm not sure, it just says HD audio, i have looked on asus website, and computer management, but it only says hd audio. How can i find out?

[sneekypeet]

says at newegg ti has an ADI audio chip Part# AD1988B....going to google it now!!!!

[freaksavior]

http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,AD1988B,00.html

[sneekypeet]

everthing keeps leading me back to the fact you may need a soundmax audio driver for correct functionality? Sorry but if its set in windowze and no voices in the film means 1 of 2 things to me , center channel is pluged into wrong port,or wrong driver breaking up the sound !

Oh and just so you know the sound on my Abit wouldnt work unless I had the audiomax installed!

[freaksavior]

i got the audio drivers from asus which are audio max. should i reinstall them?
http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/audio/logitech_z640/images/wires2.jpg

thats what my wires look like! and the mobo show blue, green, pink, brown, black, grey!

[DOM]

Does yours have a Matrix button like that

[freaksavior]

not like you posted dom, but yes it does have a matrix button

[DOM]

yeah I know its not like your as yours its on that speaker you posted right?

but thats how mine is, have you tryed turning it off or on from where it is you know what I mean and see if it works or did you already get it to work ?

[russianboy]

make sure your center is turned up, sometimes the volume for surround can be up, but the center/voice can be turned down.

[DR.Death]

find the sound options in the player and see if it is set to 2.1 or something like that

[Darren]

I have the nividia audio decoder installed wich supports 5.1 dd and i have logitech z-640 speakers, and the onboard audio, i am trying to play a movie in 5.1, can someone help me out?

I do n't understand why you are running onboard with such a speaker setup. Wouldn't be easier to purchase a specialist 5.1 soundcard with does DTS/DD on the fly via coaxial or fibre optic, such as the X-meridian?


fact:
You will not be able to get 5.1 from anything other than DVDs without a REAL soundcard that supports DDL or DTS interactive, so bight the bullet and get a REAL soundcard. http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-meridian.php

[DR.Death]

the asus boards come with 7.1 onboard

[Darren]

the asus boards come with 7.1 onboard

Plenty of cards come with 7.1, cheap $10 soundcards can come with 7.1, that is 7.1 using a prologic IIx experience, or 7.1 PCM. To achieve Dolby or DTS via 5.1 you need an encoder as well as a decoder. The asus can decode, but it cant encode!

Edit: Freaksavior, if your main concern is watching DVD movies use your onboards SPDIF feature and ditch the analogue that way you will get accurate passthrough hence allowing all the audio channels to be present, however this will only work in DVDs without the appropriate soundcard.

[freaksavior]

OOO, someones got passion!

I don't buy a sound card because at the moment! i have a massive $1 in my wallet! :rockout:

It's not that big a deal to me if i get 5.1 but since the asus board has 7.1 and i have 5.1 speakers, i thought it would be nice to ACTUALLY get it to work.

[DR.Death]

how do u have it set up in the Preferences

[freaksavior]

which preference? the windows sound or the sound max? or maybe you mean the nividia decoder.....

[DR.Death]

sound max and what u are using to play them

[freaksavior]

umm sound max, i ran the setup utility to set up 5.1 and i was using WMP11 with nvidia Pure decoder

[DR.Death]

have u tried inter video because i have no clue why media player is not working in 5.1

[Darren]

The bottom line is there is no possible way to get Real 5.1 DTS/DOLBY with the asus unless with SPDIF passthrough. Other than that you are wasting your time. Auzentech x-plosion can be had for $45, so get saving Freaksavior.

[Namslas90]

I know this is dumb, but, this CODEC pack solved all my problems with audio;

http://cccp-project.net/

:toast:

[DaMulta]

I have that set of speakers. Do you have the matrix button on? If so turn it off.

[DaMulta]

You want 5.1 ?
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm

Install this and install everything except the media player classic. After the install or right before it, it will ask you about you speaker set click 5.1 .Then go with the recommendations that it gives to during the install.

Bam you have 5.1 or what ever in media player.

[freaksavior]

i have both, nvidia pure decoder and the one you suggested DaMulta, but it's still not working............it's to much trouble imo so...i think i'm going to give up!

[Namslas90]

i have both, nvidia pure decoder and the one you suggested DaMulta, but it's still not working............it's to much trouble imo so...i think i'm going to give up!

One last thing before you give up. Recheck ALL connections and setting carefully, always a chance you missed something!!

:toast:

[freaksavior]

Woot! thanks DaMulta i got it working now!

So no giving up!

again, thanks!

[Darren]

you have 5.1, but believe me it aint dolby

[freaksavior]

oh big woop! so, at least it's fake 5.1.

I watch most movies on my surround sound with DTS-ES and dd and regular dts so.

Thanks for the help, i really do appreciate it!

[DR.Death]

who cares about Dolby i like my 5.1 system quite fine