Realtek Modded Audio Driver for Windows 10/11 - Only for HDAUDIO

[Diogo Silva]

I don't have a Equalizer in Realtek Audio Console, why?
I have only this functions.

 

[HankChen_]

Why do I choose to install Cinema 5 and it will install at 720°? But I cannot find the audio when I use 720°, Cinema 5 can be used normally.
I am sure the installation process is correct, because I have been using it for a while, that is, every time I install,
I have to reinstall many times before I have a chance to install Cinema 5 correctly.
How can I solve it? Sorry that English is not my native language, thank you!

- download latest version. (only standard version works on my system for now)
- turn off your internet connection totally, both ethernet and wifi. (this is mandatory)
- uninstall all previous AAF mod driver or other (original realtek drivers) and don't restart yet.
- delete left over drivers with DriverStoreExplorer (the entities which have the provider Alan Finotty at all segments and Realtek ones under the sound).
- purge and clean your registry with ccleaner.
- restart your computer.
- install AAF Mod drivers.
- restart your computer
- check from windows settings > system > sound that your sound card is seen as AAF Optimus Sound.
- if you had done everything in order than drivers should work as they are intended to be.
- now you can turn on your internet connection.

I think I may not express it clearly. Just like the photo I took, I chose to install Cinema 5, but it was not installed properly. I installed it according to the referenced method. How can I solve it? Thank you!

 

[OsirisTeam]

NEW DCH DRIVERS RELEASED IN GITHUB
DCH DRIVER VERSION 6.0.8975.1
NEW UPDATES
NEW EXTENDED VALIDATION CERTIFICATE INTRODUCED (MORE DETAILS IN GITHUB)

ATTENTION: You will need to uninstall the currently installed version before continuing with this installation. A condition has been imposed for this due to problems reported by some users.

**Updated installer (today)

GO TO 1st PAGE
ENJOY!!!

HOW TO UNINSTALL BRO

 

[Athlonite]

HOW TO UNINSTALL BRO

the same way you uninstall any program in windows

 

[rhlgamer]

HOW TO UNINSTALL BRO

Uninstall like a normal application...
There after remove it's traces with c cleancer by registry cleaning and reamaining traces with GitHub Drive store explorer by deleting aaf optimus like inf under sound section

 

[Polished_Stripes]

HOW TO UNINSTALL BRO

- download latest version. (only standard version works on my system for now) - turn off your internet connection totally, both ethernet and wifi. (this is mandatory) - uninstall all previous AAF mod driver or other (original realtek drivers) and don't restart yet. - delete left over drivers with DriverStoreExplorer (the entities which have the provider Alan Finotty at all segments and Realtek ones under the sound). - purge and clean your registry with ccleaner. - restart your computer. - install AAF Mod drivers. - restart your computer - check from windows settings > system > sound that your sound card is seen as AAF Optimus Sound. - if you had done everything in order than drivers should work as they are intended to be. - now you can turn on your internet connection.

Can you try these steps? I couldn't make it work for the first time too.
And I know another one who could make Sonic and Dolby work with these procedure.
We couldn't make SBConnect work either.

Follow these steps.

 

[robnitro]

Uninstalled, rebooted, installed new version, yay 5.1 shows as REARS now

****But creative and dolby software is not installed???
I get sonic3 (but sonic still doesn't work says device not found)

 

[BiggityBates]

Uninstalled, rebooted, installed new version, yay 5.1 shows as REARS now

****But creative and dolby software is not installed???
I get sonic3 (but sonic still doesn't work says device not found)

Same problem a lot of us are having, Alan is looking into it. At least you got 5.1 to show up. I could only get stereo on my install

 

[lightzout]

Checking back in just to say thanks Alan, my music sounds amazing now. New users here are encouraged to read as much as possible and understand the experimental nature of a project like this before getting frustrated. It takes lots of patience and failures to figure out what works. I have Creative 360 working. I dont want to make more work. Everything is perfect but I still enjoy playing with the customization. I can speak from first hand experience it is not easy but in my case it was worth every late night to be able to listen to music like this. Be kind and help a fellow out - we have all been stuck in the windows drivers hell.

 

[Zer0Maniak]

I'm really new to this so I'm reading, re-reading this thread over and over to make sure this works properly! I understand that there are some issues that me and others that are experiencing like sound blaster connect, and Dolby Atmos not recognizing my audio devices but I believe this is as far as I can get. (Unless I'm doing something wrong ) but other than that I can get 5.1 surround and I'll probably look for more changes in the audio when I get the chance.
(Using Optical Cable Out, Z390 Steel Legend, Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec)

Thank you for this mod!

EDIT:I actually switched to the standard drivers and they work now... so I guess I must've did things right If all the programs can detect my audio device now

 

[robnitro]

Same problem a lot of us are having, Alan is looking into it. At least you got 5.1 to show up. I could only get stereo on my install

Workaround since the driver doesn't allow for me to extract the appx packages:
Run installer until it tells you to reboot. Don't choose anything yet!
Go to C:\ProgramData\AAF and copy all of the folders to another place.
Inside you will see the appx files that you can install one by one. After, you can choose reboot.
I installed creative and dolby and they work now.

 

[Tingang-21]

Hello ... Alan. First let me say, thanks very much for your hard work, for making your mods driver app finally work on my device.

But here also allow me to report some results after a few hours using this new mods driver.
1. The first time, when I finished installing the driver (after rebooting the device), I noticed that the dolby driver for headphones was first on the spatial sound list. (as shown in attachment number 2). then some time after that suddenly disappears from the spatial sound list (as shown in attachment number 3). Somehow?!

Updates:
I just finished observing the reinstallation process in the second scenario. And it turns out, dolby atmos for headphones now still exist in the spatial sound menu. (Attachment number 9) After I delete it manually, the remnants of the driver associated with AAF DCH Optimus Sound are inside: "% systemroot%\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository".

2. Then I noticed also on the Realtek Audio Device Tweak app, that RTKHADAUT.DAT is red. Is that normal? (as shown in attachment number 5)

3. So on I went on with a number of UWP apps such as (Dolby Atmos OEM, Sonic Studio 3 and Sound Blaster Connect) that didn't seem to work normally. (seen in attachment number 6,7,8). Only Realtek Audio Consule works (as shown in attachment number 4)

4. Finally, a third-party music player app (AIMP) Force closes after a few seconds of running. However, the default music app from Microsoft can run normally. There seems to be a conflict between the playback driver on the system and the music player app.

Hope there is a solution from you.
T.I.A.
Regards.

Hello Alan ... here I want to update my previous problem report, related to the AIMP music player app which experienced a forced close by itself when used.

Apparently, the cause of the AIMP app being force close is cause I installed the AAF DCH Optimus Sound driver by using an installation configuration:
1. Creative Sound Blaster Connect (UWP) 720°
2. [A-Volute]: Sonic Studio 3 (ASUS ROG) or Nahimic 3
3. Dolby Atmos and;
4. Realtek ASIO

AIMP will run normally if I choose the installation configuration:
1. Creative Sound Blaster Connect (UWP) 360 ° or Cinema 5
2. [A-Volute]: Sonic Studio 3 (ASUS ROG) or Nahimic 3 (not installed, even though the sound blaster connect is automatically installed by itself)
3. Dolby Atmos and; (Although Dolby Atmos Access cannot be opened.)
4. Realtek ASIO

So that I can report, based on several experiments..
Thanks.

 

[AAF Optimus]

Those who are having problems, follow the mandatory spoiler on the 1st page of this thread.

 

[Fihn]

I'm really new to this so I'm reading, re-reading this thread over and over to make sure this works properly! I understand that there are some issues that me and others that are experiencing like sound blaster connect, and Dolby Atmos not recognizing my audio devices but I believe this is as far as I can get. (Unless I'm doing something wrong ) but other than that I can get 5.1 surround and I'll probably look for more changes in the audio when I get the chance.
(Using Optical Cable Out, Z390 Steel Legend, Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec)

Thank you for this mod!

EDIT:I actually switched to the standard drivers and they work now... so I guess I must've did things right If all the programs can detect my audio device now

In the same boat. With my x570 board and Logitech z906 system I couldn't get 5.1 sound through optical using either the DCH-UAD drivers or H4cZillas driver mod. Went with Alan's standard drivers and have full surround with Atmos, DTS:x and others.

EDIT: Thank you Alan for your hard work in providing us with audio excellence

 

[Zer0Maniak]

In the same boat. With my x570 board and Logitech z906 system I couldn't get 5.1 sound through optical using either the DCH-UAD drivers or H4cZillas driver mod. Went with Alan's standard drivers and have full surround with Atmos, DTS:x and others.

EDIT: Thank you Alan for your hard work in providing us with audio excellence

Idk if you wanna give it a shot, but alan just posted another file in page 1, for the mandatory file. Download the file and uninstall the Standard drivers,

- download latest version. (only standard version works on my system for now) - turn off your internet connection totally, both ethernet and wifi. (this is mandatory) - uninstall all previous AAF mod driver or other (original realtek drivers) and don't restart yet. - delete left over drivers with DriverStoreExplorer (the entities which have the provider Alan Finotty at all segments and Realtek ones under the sound). - purge and clean your registry with ccleaner. - restart your computer. - install AAF Mod drivers. - restart your computer - check from windows settings > system > sound that your sound card is seen as AAF Optimus Sound. - if you had done everything in order than drivers should work as they are intended to be. - now you can turn on your internet connection.

Can you try these steps? I couldn't make it work for the first time too.
And I know another one who could make Sonic and Dolby work with these procedure.
We couldn't make SBConnect work either.

Re-install the DCH-UAD drivers, reboot pc, install the mandatory file as Admin (run exe as admin), and then reboot again, and then, you should be able to get 5.1 surround to work, as well as the programs to detect your audio drivers. (for me only the dolby digital live 5.1 works for me)

then again I am new but this works for me now

 

[X3NN]

I've only installed SB Connect with the mod. At first everything worked fine but now (after some restarts?) I only get this when starting Connect

https://imgur.com/a/v9kJCQH

If I unplug and plug the headphone in again it crashes without any info.

 

[AAF Optimus]

I've only installed SB Connect with the mod. At first everything worked fine but now (after some restarts?) I only get this when starting Connect

https://imgur.com/a/v9kJCQH

If I unplug and plug the headphone in again it crashes without any info.

Execute these commands:
net stop UWPService
net start UWPService
and try again.
If it doesn't work, restart your computer.

 

[X3NN]

Execute these commands:
net stop UWPService
net start UWPService
and try again.
If it doesn't work, restart your computer.

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately just restarting the pc didnt work. After unplugging everything and reinstalling the Mod again it works for now. I will try your suggestion the next time it happens.

 

[Tingang-21]

Those who are having problems, follow the mandatory spoiler on the 1st page of this thread.

Hello Alan .. I just finished testing after executing the rtkhdaud file that you shared.
I can only say: You deserve to be called the God of sound drivers, man!! everything now becomes reality for me. Thanks very much for u're hard work.

Then, I want to report some of my experimental results, which are:

1. I feel there is a vast comparison between the sound effects of the settings when we set "enable audio enhancement" with "disable". I'm more likely to choose sound effects when "disable audio enhancement", cos the music sounds more out, and it's clear. In my opinion

2. Moreover, music profile settings on Dolby Atmos Access, which in my opinion are somewhat clogged the sound effect, apart from other profiles. Maybe you can do magic once more for that.

3. Finally, I noticed, after executing the rtkhdaud file that you shared, the dolby atmost for headphones settings have now disappeared again from the spatial sound menu settings list. Somehow. Maybe you can fix it also in the next release.

Oh, yeah, do you think it's normal for file attachment number 6?

Once again, thank you so much. You Rock Man ...

 

[Redgard]

Everything seems to work for DHCP driver.

Just "Sound Blaster Connect" and "Dolby atmos" seems a little bit unstable.

 

[AAF Optimus]

Oh, yeah, do you think it's normal for file attachment number 6?

No. Send me this file (rtkhdaud.dat, located in %systemroot%\System32\drivers) to examine.

 

[Tingang-21]

No. Send me this file (rtkhdaud.dat, located in %systemroot%\System32\drivers) to examine.

Sorry, I was already sleeping late this morning. But thanks very much for your response.
I noticed, apparently I have 2 files that you meant in % systemroot% \ System32 \ drivers. So I think I just sent them both.
1. rtkhdaud.dat
2. rtkhdaud_older.dat

T.I.A.

 

[Godzilla]

Thanks for the Mod Alan , I installed the latest version and everything works fine , I had some problems with the last version ( Switching from Headphones (Wired) to Bluetooth Headphones crashed the Sound Blaster App and Sonic Studio app ) , the problems I found were - there's no equalizer in the audio console app , the realtek test utility doesn't work for me , the apps get unstable with spatial sound , dolby access crashes frequently with this mod but dts sound unbound works fine for spatial sound , There are some small bugs here and there but it's still better than the DTS : Headphone X app which came with my gaming laptop .

 

[BiggityBates]

Nice! it worked for me after you sent that file to run! So was I correct in thinking that the installer wasn't correctly deploying/configuring that file and that was the reason the Realtek configuration tool was blank?

 

[Tingang-21]

Hello Alan .. I just finished testing after executing the rtkhdaud file that you shared.
I can only say: You deserve to be called the God of sound drivers, man!! everything now becomes reality for me. Thanks very much for u're hard work.

Then, I want to report some of my experimental results, which are:

1. I feel there is a vast comparison between the sound effects of the settings when we set "enable audio enhancement" with "disable". I'm more likely to choose sound effects when "disable audio enhancement", cos the music sounds more out, and it's clear. In my opinion

2. Moreover, music profile settings on Dolby Atmos Access, which in my opinion are somewhat clogged the sound effect, apart from other profiles. Maybe you can do magic once more for that.

3. Finally, I noticed, after executing the rtkhdaud file that you shared, the dolby atmost for headphones settings have now disappeared again from the spatial sound menu settings list. Somehow. Maybe you can fix it also in the next release.

Oh, yeah, do you think it's normal for file attachment number 6?

Once again, thank you so much. You Rock Man ...

Report Update:
Hello Alan. This afternoon, I just also noticed that the rtkhadaud file that you shared to change the AAF DCH Optimus Sound driver to an Analog Output Sound driver, is now back again to AAF DCH Optimus Sound.
So that all UWP applications, such as: Sound Blaster Connect, Dolby Atmos Access, now can't be operated again.