Sound card that can encode and output Dolby Digital-EX or DTS-ES 6.1?

[antuk15]

Hi all,

I have an older AV receiver that supports Dolby Digital-EX and DTS-ES 6.1 and would like a sound card that can encode games to 6.1 and output it over optical/coaxial.

Is it possible?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Any soundcard with a TOSLink can do that - So can your built in audio for your motherboard for that matter.

However you get more bandwidth from HDMi so if you have any blueray rips that use the higher definition codecs and you watch a lot of movies - this is the way to go.

 

[antuk15]

Any soundcard with a TOSLink can do that - So can your built in audio for your motherboard for that matter.

However you get more bandwidth from HDMi so if you have any blueray rips that use the higher definition codecs and you watch a lot of movies - this is the way to go.

I've looked in the Realtek audio software and there's only output options for 5.1?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Go into the Realtek software and set output to SPDIF then head on into windows audio control panel where you setup all your speakers and see if you can wrangle it into 6.1 or 7.1

Also make sure youre running the most upto date drivers from Asus or Realtek for your audio.

 

[CityCultivator]

Not any soundcard with SPDIF can output 5.1.
SPDIF can only support uncompressed stereo.
5.1 require realtime encoding of the uncompressed signal into Dolby Digital or DTS audio for the signal to be carried on SPDIF, and this require licensing by the motherboard manufacturer.
Modded drivers can help you if there is no licensed support for your motherboard.
You can provide model of motherboard to see if there is 5.1 support.
Go to this forum section to see available modded drivers.
6.1 or more is not usually available over SPDIF; there are no known encoders for these.

Try HDMI though; no driver modding will be necessary if it is properly supported.

 

[antuk15]

Not any soundcard with SPDIF can output 5.1.
SPDIF can only support uncompressed stereo.
5.1 require realtime encoding of the uncompressed signal into Dolby Digital or DTS audio for the signal to be carried on SPDIF, and this require licensing by the motherboard manufacturer.
Modded drivers can help you if there is no licensed support for your motherboard.
You can provide model of motherboard to see if there is 5.1 support.
Go to this forum section to see available modded drivers.
6.1 or more is not usually available over SPDIF; there are no known encoders for these.

Try HDMI though; no driver modding will be necessary if it is properly supported.

I'e changed boards and 5.1 over SPDIF works completely fine, I can't use HDMI because as I said above my receiver is old and only supports 6.1 over SPDIF which is why I'm asking if there's a way to get my PC to send 6.1 over SPDIF to my receiver so I can make use of my rear back channel.

 

[CityCultivator]

I'e changed boards and 5.1 over SPDIF works completely fine, I can't use HDMI because as I said above my receiver is old and only supports 6.1 over SPDIF which is why I'm asking if there's a way to get my PC to send 6.1 over SPDIF to my receiver so I can make use of my rear back channel.

Are you using Dolby Digital Live or DTS connect/DTS Interactive?
These are the two ways to send realtime (Windows audio/games) discrete channels 5.1 through spdif
Else you will be using stereo which the receiver will process to 5.1, via Dolby Prologic/DTS Neo:6

Note: for encoded movies, this does not apply; you bitstream the audio skipping decoding on the PC.

 

[antuk15]

Are you using Dolby Digital Live or DTS connect/DTS Interactive?
These are the two ways to send realtime (Windows audio/games) discrete channels 5.1 through spdif
Else you will be using stereo which the receiver will process to 5.1, via Dolby Prologic/DTS Neo:6

Note: for encoded movies, this does not apply; you bitstream the audio skipping decoding on the PC.

I am using Dolby Digital Live but it's still 5.1

I think I'm just stuck with it.