5.1 in Movies but Not Games via HDMI

[dozy4850]

When reviewing your model Asrock Z490 Taichiit has the following specifications:
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection
- WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
- ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
- Pure Power-In
- Direct Drive Technology
- PCB Isolate Shielding
- Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
- Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
- Gold Audio Jacks
- 15μ Gold Audio Connector
- Nahimic Audio

I noticed that your Asrock z490 Taichi motherboard has the same Realtek ALC1220 as my Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 motherboard.
So yes, it should be able to unlock DDL and DTS Connect, but it will only work when connected to the SPDIF interface. I recommend that you download an official Realtek Audio version R2.80 or R2.79 from another page and that its weight is approximately 300mb so that you can unlock DDL and DTS Connect.

So all I need to do is download this Realtek Audio R2.80 and I will get DDL and DTS Connect?!!! Do you have a link? @Gustavo Sicha

When reviewing your model Asrock Z490 Taichiit has the following specifications:
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection
- WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
- ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
- Pure Power-In
- Direct Drive Technology
- PCB Isolate Shielding
- Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
- Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
- Gold Audio Jacks
- 15μ Gold Audio Connector
- Nahimic Audio

I noticed that your Asrock z490 Taichi motherboard has the same Realtek ALC1220 as my Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 motherboard.
So yes, it should be able to unlock DDL and DTS Connect, but it will only work when connected to the SPDIF interface. I recommend that you download an official Realtek Audio version R2.80 or R2.79 from another page and that its weight is approximately 300mb so that you can unlock DDL and DTS Connect.

Wait this thing: https://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/18007/

Has DDL and DTS Connect?!!

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

So all I need to do is download this Realtek Audio R2.80 and I will get DDL and DTS Connect?!!! Do you have a link? @Gustavo Sicha


Wait this thing: https://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/18007/

Has DDL and DTS Connect?!!

actually all Realtek Audio R2.70, R2.72, R2.80 and R2.82 come with DDL and DTS Connect but by default these encoders are hidden or blocked. what you have to do is unlock them by means of a patch that I will place again in the guide below

 

[dozy4850]

actually all Realtek Audio R2.70, R2.72, R2.80 and R2.82 come with DDL and DTS Connect but by default these encoders are hidden or blocked. what you have to do is unlock them by means of a patch that I will place again in the guide below

Oh wow. Thank you so much! So it can download the latest R2.82 and use the patch instructions you will post and I can get DDL and DTS via SPDIF? That would be a god send! This way I wouldn't have to deal with an old Creative Sound card that will undoubtably would have some wonky drivers as Creative products are often prone to

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

for some reason the encoder DTS Neo: PC (Movie, Music) disappears in versions R2.82 and above
This is a screenshot of Realtek Audio version R2.79 and earlier versions

 

[dozy4850]

for some reason the encoder DTS Neo: PC (Movie, Music) disappears in versions R2.82 and above
This is a screenshot of Realtek Audio version R2.79 and earlier versions

@Gustavo Sicha Your guide dissappeared. What happened? I'm just finishing work and was able to try it

 

[Mussels]

Not sure why we keep getting threads on this, it's such a well known problem

SPDIF, and therefore ARC that uses it - are stereo.
The ONLY way to get extra channels is using dolby digital or DTS encoding.

Therefore, unless you have a DD/DTS source (such as pre-encoded movies or a sound card with real time encoding) - you get stereo.


You need to ditch arc. Why even use it, when the soundbar has HDMI in?
Unreliable driver mods as a workaround seems an insane option, it's like getting a 4K 120Hz OLED and doing everything you can to drop it to 720p

 

[dozy4850]

Not sure why we keep getting threads on this, it's such a well known problem

SPDIF, and therefore ARC that uses it - are stereo.
The ONLY way to get extra channels is using dolby digital or DTS encoding.

Therefore, unless you have a DD/DTS source (such as pre-encoded movies or a sound card with real time encoding) - you get stereo.


You need to ditch arc. Why even use it, when the soundbar has HDMI in?
Unreliable driver mods as a workaround seems an insane option, it's like getting a 4K 120Hz OLED and doing everything you can to drop it to 720p

The Soundbar has HDMI in. However I cannot get DDL and DTS from my RTX 2080 Ti since Nvidia doesn't do that. I wasn't aware this was a well known problem.

Actually eARC is supposed to be able to carry uncompressed 7.1 and 5.1 signals so you're wrong on that account

Thirdly no its not. You didn't even understand my issue. I want to try SPDIF now since its the only thing that can process DDL and DTS.

eARC is supposed to be the fix if this is to be believed:

The modded drivers are only for the SPIDF outputs unless I am wrong. The analog outputs don't use it so the driver wouldn't cause any quality issue no different from if the driver came with DDL and DTS Connect unlocked

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

@Gustavo Sicha Your guide dissappeared. What happened? I'm just finishing work and was able to try it

I have no idea why the guide becomes invisible?


Guide to enable Dolby Digital Live and/or DTS Interactive:

In a nutshell, the process to follow is as follows:
1. Uninstall your existing Realtek drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) and reboot. You will have to disable the use of signed drivers Guide (How To Disable Driver Signature Enforcement, How to disable mandatory use of signed drivers)
2. Download and extract zip file containing original Realtek HD audio drivers R2.80 (In my case I use the version R2.82/6.0.1.8210).
3. Use Pihto's patch to patch the DLL files (the password is ''realtek''). The target filenames are listed on the patcher window. They begin with "rltkAPO64.dll, rltkAPO.dll" and may be in "win32" and "win64" subfolders of the Realtek package. You will have to manually select each file to patch and run the patcher multiple times to patch all matching files.
4. Now run the Realtek setup program. You may be asked to install unsigned drivers. Choose yes.
5. Do not immediately reboot. Instead, open regedit and ensure the "DisableProtectedAudioDG" registry fix is still present. If not, add it again.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio]
"DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001

6. Reboot, and Dolby Digital Live/DTS Interactive should be available.
7. Working properly on Windows 11 with Realtek version R2.82 or R2.80

This guide only works for the S/PDIF interface and will unlock Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect

 

[dozy4850]

I have no idea why the guide becomes invisible?


Guide to enable Dolby Digital Live and/or DTS Interactive:

In a nutshell, the process to follow is as follows:
1. Uninstall your existing Realtek drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) and reboot. You will have to disable the use of signed drivers Guide (How To Disable Driver Signature Enforcement, How to disable mandatory use of signed drivers)
2. Download and extract zip file containing original Realtek HD audio drivers R2.80 (In my case I use the version R2.82/6.0.1.8210).
3. Use Pihto's patch to patch the DLL files. The target filenames are listed on the patcher window. They begin with "rltkAPO64.dll, rltkAPO.dll" and may be in "win32" and "win64" subfolders of the Realtek package. You will have to manually select each file to patch and run the patcher multiple times to patch all matching files.
4. Now run the Realtek setup program. You may be asked to install unsigned drivers. Choose yes.
5. Do not immediately reboot. Instead, open regedit and ensure the "DisableProtectedAudioDG" registry fix is still present. If not, add it again.

6. Reboot, and Dolby Digital Live/DTS Interactive should be available.
7. Working properly on Windows 11 with Realtek version R2.82 or R2.80

This guide only works for the S/PDIF interface and will unlock Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect

Got it. Now when you disable driver enforcement, it renables it after you restart the computer. Is this an issue or do you only need it disabled for the one time you need to install the modifed driver?

Also the second guide you sent about disabling it is in spanish sadly so I don't understand the pictures. I can google translate the text but not the pictures:
https://answers.microsoft.com/es-es...o-el-uso/778da35d-deab-4a99-84fb-02a274bf5fc5

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

How to Enable or Disable Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows 10 | Tutorials (tenforums.com)

Got it. Now when you disable driver enforcement, it renables it after you restart the computer. Is this an issue or do you only need it disabled for the one time you need to install the modifed driver?

Also the second guide you sent about disabling it is in spanish sadly so I don't understand the pictures. I can google translate the text but not the pictures:
https://answers.microsoft.com/es-es/windows/forum/all/windows-10-cómo-deshabilito-el-uso/778da35d-deab-4a99-84fb-02a274bf5fc5

I recommend that you use versions less than or equal to R2.80, such as R2.79 or R2.72, since if you use, for example, R2.82, higher versions after having installed unsigned drivers and then restarted the PC, possibly You still won't be able to unlock the DDL and DTS Connect this is a problem that only happens with versions R2.82 onwards and the only solution is to reinstall the modified driver from Device Manager

 

[Mussels]

The Soundbar has HDMI in. However I cannot get DDL and DTS from my RTX 2080 Ti since Nvidia doesn't do that. I wasn't aware this was a well known problem.

Actually eARC is supposed to be able to carry uncompressed 7.1 and 5.1 signals so you're wrong on that account

Thirdly no its not. You didn't even understand my issue. I want to try SPDIF now since its the only thing that can process DDL and DTS.

eARC is supposed to be the fix if this is to be believed:
View attachment 234334

The modded drivers are only for the SPIDF outputs unless I am wrong. The analog outputs don't use it so the driver wouldn't cause any quality issue no different from if the driver came with DDL and DTS Connect unlocked

eARC is HDMI only, it doesnt use SPDIF at all.

I absolutely understand your issue. Its in the first post and clear as day.

I have noticed I get solid 5.1 in movies and even some surround effects in my music. BUT...

When it comes to games like Halo MCC, Infinite and others, I get "fake" surround sound.

Because you're getting stereo sound, and the receiver is upmixing it.

People want things a way the technology simply isnt designed for, and cant be done. HDMI and SPDIF are royal pains in the ass.
The only way HDMI audio is meant to work, is source -> receiver -> TV, with ARC meant to pass out the basic audio that digital TV or internal smart TV apps use to external sound systems, not meant to be used for high bandwidth audio from sources like PC's and BD players


You can fight and struggle with complicated workarounds and solutions, or just change the setup to be used how it was designed to be used. I ran HDMI audio for a long, long time and there was some longass threads discussing how the hell to make the audio limitations of HDMI work correctly, and the answer is that its simply a pain in the ass on PC.
You need to run HDMI standard video (1080p60/4k60) to a receiver, to the TV - or be stuck at stereo, most of the time.

You can run it as a second fake monitor, you can use HDMI splitters, you can use modded drivers, you can buy unsupported old sound cards and hope they work... or just shuffle the order of some cables around.

Simply read the threads about the modded drivers and see how many people want this to work, only to find out the limitations cripple them in other ways (cant update the OS, stuck in unsigned driver mode breaking games anti-cheat, etc)

 

[dozy4850]

I have no idea why the guide becomes invisible?


Guide to enable Dolby Digital Live and/or DTS Interactive:

In a nutshell, the process to follow is as follows:
1. Uninstall your existing Realtek drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) and reboot. You will have to disable the use of signed drivers Guide (How To Disable Driver Signature Enforcement, How to disable mandatory use of signed drivers)
2. Download and extract zip file containing original Realtek HD audio drivers R2.80 (In my case I use the version R2.82/6.0.1.8210).
3. Use Pihto's patch to patch the DLL files. The target filenames are listed on the patcher window. They begin with "rltkAPO64.dll, rltkAPO.dll" and may be in "win32" and "win64" subfolders of the Realtek package. You will have to manually select each file to patch and run the patcher multiple times to patch all matching files.
4. Now run the Realtek setup program. You may be asked to install unsigned drivers. Choose yes.
5. Do not immediately reboot. Instead, open regedit and ensure the "DisableProtectedAudioDG" registry fix is still present. If not, add it again.

6. Reboot, and Dolby Digital Live/DTS Interactive should be available.
7. Working properly on Windows 11 with Realtek version R2.82 or R2.80

This guide only works for the S/PDIF interface and will unlock Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect

Thank you so much for the help so far! It's asking me for a password to extract that Pihto's patch. What is it? @Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Thank you so much for the help so far! It's asking me for a password to extract that Pihto's patch. What is it? @Gustavo Sicha

lol, forget to mention the password ''realtek''

 

[dozy4850]

eARC is HDMI only, it doesnt use SPDIF at all.

I absolutely understand your issue. Its in the first post and clear as day.


Because you're getting stereo sound, and the receiver is upmixing it.

People want things a way the technology simply isnt designed for, and cant be done. HDMI and SPDIF are royal pains in the ass.
The only way HDMI audio is meant to work, is source -> receiver -> TV, with ARC meant to pass out the basic audio that digital TV or internal smart TV apps use to external sound systems, not meant to be used for high bandwidth audio from sources like PC's and BD players


You can fight and struggle with complicated workarounds and solutions, or just change the setup to be used how it was designed to be used. I ran HDMI audio for a long, long time and there was some longass threads discussing how the hell to make the audio limitations of HDMI work correctly, and the answer is that its simply a pain in the ass on PC.
You need to run HDMI standard video (1080p60/4k60) to a receiver, to the TV - or be stuck at stereo, most of the time.

You can run it as a second fake monitor, you can use HDMI splitters, you can use modded drivers, you can buy unsupported old sound cards and hope they work... or just shuffle the order of some cables around.

Simply read the threads about the modded drivers and see how many people want this to work, only to find out the limitations cripple them in other ways (cant update the OS, stuck in unsigned driver mode breaking games anti-cheat, etc)

Hmm but I see people here commenting that they are getting 5.1 with DDL and DTS Connect? Are they not getting true 5.1?

As for anti cheat... I didnt know hack drivers can trigger them. I guess I will have to see once and if I can get the Realtek 2.8 to work

As for old sound card, Well isn't the point of DDL and DTS to take that uncompresse sound and encode it to 5.1 in Dolby or DTS?

As for Reciever option, were I to go that route, I suppose I'd have to connect HDMI from GPU to Reciever and the AVR will do dolby conversion so it is 5.1?

lol, forget to mention the password ''realtek''

Wait DDU is only for graphics drivers. How can you uninstall realtek drivers with it @Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Hmm but I see people here commenting that they are getting 5.1 with DDL and DTS Connect? Are they not getting true 5.1?

As for anti cheat... I didnt know hack drivers can trigger them. I guess I will have to see once and if I can get the Realtek 2.8 to work

As for old sound card, Well isn't the point of DDL and DTS to take that uncompresse sound and encode it to 5.1 in Dolby or DTS?

As for Reciever option, were I to go that route, I suppose I'd have to connect HDMI from GPU to Reciever and the AVR will do dolby conversion so it is 5.1?

Dolby Digital Live Converts any audio signal on a PC or game console into a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel 16bit, 48 kHz, 640 kbit/s format.
DTS Interactive takes multichannel audio and converts it to a DTS 5.1 channel 24bit, 48 kHz, 1.5 Mbit/s stream

But to convert any 2.1 stereo audio to 5.1 channel surround sound, one of 2 real-time technologies are used: Dolby Pro Logic II or DTS Neo PC.

Hmm but I see people here commenting that they are getting 5.1 with DDL and DTS Connect? Are they not getting true 5.1?

As for anti cheat... I didnt know hack drivers can trigger them. I guess I will have to see once and if I can get the Realtek 2.8 to work

As for old sound card, Well isn't the point of DDL and DTS to take that uncompresse sound and encode it to 5.1 in Dolby or DTS?

As for Reciever option, were I to go that route, I suppose I'd have to connect HDMI from GPU to Reciever and the AVR will do dolby conversion so it is 5.1?


Wait DDU is only for graphics drivers. How can you uninstall realtek drivers with it @Gustavo Sicha

instead of selecting the GPU simply select AUDIO and then select REALTEK(WIP)

 

[dozy4850]

Dolby Digital Live Converts any audio signal on a PC or game console into a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel 16bit, 48 kHz, 640 kbit/s format.
DTS Interactive takes multichannel audio and converts it to a DTS 5.1 channel 24bit, 48 kHz, 1.5 Mbit/s stream

But to convert any 2.1 stereo audio to 5.1 channel surround sound, one of 2 real-time technologies are used: Dolby Pro Logic II or DTS Neo PC.


instead of selecting the GPU simply select AUDIO and then select REALTEK(WIP)

Cool thanks

So I only need to patch these two files:

"rltkAPO64.dll, rltkAPO.dll

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Cool thanks

So I only need to patch these two files:

"rltkAPO64.dll, rltkAPO.dll

Yes

 

[dozy4850]

Yes

Sadly this is what I get from my regedit:

There is no "DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001

@Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Hmm but I see people here commenting that they are getting 5.1 with DDL and DTS Connect? Are they not getting true 5.1?

As for anti cheat... I didnt know hack drivers can trigger them. I guess I will have to see once and if I can get the Realtek 2.8 to work

As for old sound card, Well isn't the point of DDL and DTS to take that uncompresse sound and encode it to 5.1 in Dolby or DTS?

As for Reciever option, were I to go that route, I suppose I'd have to connect HDMI from GPU to Reciever and the AVR will do dolby conversion so it is 5.1?


Wait DDU is only for graphics drivers. How can you uninstall realtek drivers with it @Gustavo Sicha

a bit of detailed information:

Dolby Digital Live (DDL) is a real-time encoding technology for interactive media such as video games. It converts any audio signals on a PC or game console into a 5.1 channel 16bit, 48 kHz, 640 kbit/s Dolby Digital format and transports it via a single S/PDIF cable.

• Dolby Pro Logic II: DPL II processes any high-quality stereo signal source into five separate full frequency channels (right front, center, left front, right rear and left rear), while also decoding 5 channels from stereo signals encoded in traditional four-channel Dolby Surround. DPL II implements greatly enhanced steering compared to DPL, and as a result, offers an exceptionally stable sound field that simulates 5 channel surround sound.

DTS Connect is a blanket name for a two-part system used on the computer platform only, in order to convert PC audio into the DTS format, transported via a single S/PDIF cable.[31] The two components of the system are DTS Interactive and DTS Neo PC. It is found on various CMedia soundcards and onboard audio with Realtek ALC883DTS/ALC889A/ALC888DD-GR/ALC892-DTS-CG and SoundMAX AD1988 chips, as well as several cards based on the X-Fi chipset, such as the SoundBlaster Titanium series and Auzentech's X-Fi Forte, X-Fi Prelude, X-Fi Home Theater HD and X-Fi Bravura cards.

• DTS Interactive: This is a real-time DTS stream encoder. On the PC, it takes multichannel audio and converts it into a 1.5 Mbit/s DTS stream for output. Because it uses the original DTS codec to transmit audio, fidelity is limited to 5.1 channel at 48 kHz, 24bit 1.5 Mbit/s .
• DTS Neo PC: This is a technology based on the DTS Neo:6 matrix surround technology, which transforms any stereo content (MP3, WMA, CD Audio, or games) into a simulated 7.1-channel surround sound experience. The 7.1-channel surround sound is output as a DTS stream for output via a S/PDIF cable port.

 

[dozy4850]

a bit of detailed information:

Dolby Digital Live (DDL) is a real-time encoding technology for interactive media such as video games. It converts any audio signals on a PC or game console into a 5.1 channel 16bit, 48 kHz, 640 kbit/s Dolby Digital format and transports it via a single S/PDIF cable.

• Dolby Pro Logic II: DPL II processes any high-quality stereo signal source into five separate full frequency channels (right front, center, left front, right rear and left rear), while also decoding 5 channels from stereo signals encoded in traditional four-channel Dolby Surround. DPL II implements greatly enhanced steering compared to DPL, and as a result, offers an exceptionally stable sound field that simulates 5 channel surround sound.

DTS Connect is a blanket name for a two-part system used on the computer platform only, in order to convert PC audio into the DTS format, transported via a single S/PDIF cable.[31] The two components of the system are DTS Interactive and DTS Neo PC. It is found on various CMedia soundcards and onboard audio with Realtek ALC883DTS/ALC889A/ALC888DD-GR/ALC892-DTS-CG and SoundMAX AD1988 chips, as well as several cards based on the X-Fi chipset, such as the SoundBlaster Titanium series and Auzentech's X-Fi Forte, X-Fi Prelude, X-Fi Home Theater HD and X-Fi Bravura cards.

• DTS Interactive: This is a real-time DTS stream encoder. On the PC, it takes multichannel audio and converts it into a 1.5 Mbit/s DTS stream for output. Because it uses the original DTS codec to transmit audio, fidelity is limited to 5.1 channel at 48 kHz, 24bit 1.5 Mbit/s .
• DTS Neo PC: This is a technology based on the DTS Neo:6 matrix surround technology, which transforms any stereo content (MP3, WMA, CD Audio, or games) into a simulated 7.1-channel surround sound experience. The 7.1-channel surround sound is output as a DTS stream for output via a S/PDIF cable port.

Thanks. Sadly there is no "DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001
after going through the steps:

@Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Lamentablemente esto es lo que obtengo de mi regedit:

View attachment 234397

No hay "DisableProtectedAudioDG"=dword:00000001

[USUARIO=174933]@Gustavo Sicha[/USUARIO]

You need to create it for that, select right click on the blank => New => DWORD (32 bit) value and then name it ''DisableProtectedAudioDG'' with hex value ''1''

remember that this record may self-delete after a forced Windows 10 update from Windows Update it's always good to check if the record is still there after a big windows update

 

[dozy4850]

You need to create it for that, select right click on the blank => New => DWORD (32 bit) value and then name it ''DisableProtectedAudioDG'' with hex value ''1''

remember that this record may self-delete after a forced Windows 10 update from Windows Update it's always good to check if the record is still there after a big windows update

Thank you so much!!

SO this is waht I have right now. I selected Dolby Digital Live as default format:

But I only see a DTS NEO overlay here:

Is this normal @Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

Thank you so much!!

SO this is waht I have right now. I selected Dolby Digital Live as default format:

View attachment 234406

But I only see a DTS NEO overlay here:

View attachment 234407

Is this normal @Gustavo Sicha

Yes, DTS Neo PC only works when you enable quadraphonic mode, 5.1 or 7.1
I recommend that you enable Dolby Home Theater (DPLII)
You may have to select DTS Interactive so you can use DTS Neo PC

 

[dozy4850]

Yes, DTS Neo PC only works when you enable quadraphonic mode, 5.1 or 7.1
I recommend that you enable Dolby Home Theater (DPLII)
You may have to select DTS Interactive so you can use DTS Neo PC

So by changing the format to DDL or DTS, all sounds will be 5.1 and it will actually take the uncompressed MULTICHANNEL game sound and shove it through SPDIF to true 5.1 sound. And not stereo beign upmixed to 5.1? @Gustavo Sicha

 

[Gustavo Sicha]

So by changing the format to DDL or DTS, all sounds will be 5.1 and it will actually take the uncompressed MULTICHANNEL game sound and shove it through SPDIF to true 5.1 sound. And not stereo beign upmixed to 5.1? @Gustavo Sicha

• Dolby Pro Logic II: DPL II processes any high-quality stereo signal source into five separate full frequency channels (right front, center, left front, right rear and left rear) 5.1 Surround.
• DTS Neo PC: This is a technology based on the DTS Neo:6 matrix surround technology, which transforms any stereo content (MP3, WMA, CD Audio, or games) into a simulated 7.1-channel surround sound experience. The 7.1-channel surround sound is output as a DTS stream for output via a S/PDIF cable port.

Dolby Digital Live (DDL) is a real-time encoding technology for interactive media such as video games. It converts any audio signals on a PC or game console into a 5.1 channel 16bit, 48 kHz, 640 kbit/s Dolby Digital format and transports it via a single S/PDIF cable.

DTS Interactive: This is a real-time DTS stream encoder. On the PC, it takes multichannel audio and converts it into a 1.5 Mbit/s DTS stream for output. Because it uses the original DTS codec to transmit audio, fidelity is limited to 5.1 channel at 48 kHz, 24bit 1.5 Mbit/s .

Thank you so much!!

SO this is waht I have right now. I selected Dolby Digital Live as default format:

View attachment 234406

But I only see a DTS NEO overlay here:

View attachment 234407

Is this normal @Gustavo Sicha

DTS Neo PC is only suitable for quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 analog connections selected and u must have a 3.5mm 5.1 or 7.1 jacked

Also, I remember that when I changed the DTS Neo PC options from Music to Movie, nothing happened when I listened to any stereo or multichannel sound.