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5.1 analog sound card MacPro
To avoid the lack of analog ports in the past I bought a USB headset, it broke recently :( I'd really like to use my uber pair of headphones unfortunately they use analog so I'm having a little ...
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Mp3 Surround Sound through Optical Out
I have an onboard Realtek sound which has Optical Out (S/Pdif?). My stereo also seems to support DTS and Dolby Digital. When I click test on these formats I hear sound from all speakers (one at a ...
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How to play MP4 file with AAC 5.1 through S/PDIF
I have a laptop with Windows 7 x64 and a Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro. I connect the HDMI output of the notebook to my LCD-TV and the external soundcard to my home-theater receiver through an ...
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Is there a foolproof way to detect if my sound card supports 5.1 surround sound?
Not sure if this is a very basic question for this community, but I am finding it real hard to determine if the sound card in my computer supports 5.1 speakers?
The Device Manager -> Sound, Video and ...
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ALC892 and 5.1 Headset
I have a XMG P501 with an ALC892 and want to use a 5.1 headset with it.
My problem is that the system use jack sharing and I can't use the same jacks for my mic, because they are used by s/c and rear.
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Music but no voice on headphones
I have normal stereo headphones which work fine
On a specific PC running Windows 7 the external speaker and USB speakers work fine too
But when I plug in the headphones, all I hear is muffled music, ...
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Upmixing stereo mp3 to 5.1 output over SPDIF
I have a Cambridge Soundworks DTT3500 setup connected to my Windows 7 computer via an S/PDIF connection and am wanting to upmix mp3 to the 5.1 output that via foobar2000. I have so far only managed to ...
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Installed new GTX 560, the old sound card disappeared from settings, trouble with 5.1 sound
Home-made gaming PC (pretty modest, don't get any ideas), running Win XP (yeah, I know, but it's fine by me), using old-ish AMD dual core on an AM2 socket. It's connected via HDMI (through a DVI/HDMI ...
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laptops with 5.1 surround sound card for external use and not internal [closed]
I want to buy a laptop with 5.1 sound card from which i should be able to connect my external 5.1 speakers for example creative inspire 5.1 or similar creative model speakers.
Is this option ...
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How can I manually set the channel delays on my Asus Xonar D2 sound card?
I'm using a Xonar D2 with a piece of test equipment that's very sensitive to the timing of a 5.1 audio signal. Unfortunately, the sound card is adding a delay to some of the channels (15ms for the ...
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Make an M-Audio ProFire 610 show up as a 5.1 device
I'm trying to get Windows XP to recognize my ProFire 610 as a 5.1 device, but I'm not having much luck. Some individual applications will treat it as 5.1 (for instance, WinAmp), but the system as a ...
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5.1 Surround Channels are Jumbled
I had this exact setup working previously, but after a reformat it went screwy on me. I have an Onkyo A/V Receiver hooked up to my PC, via optical S/PDIF. Attached to the receiver is a 5.1 speaker ...
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Why does my 5.1 surround work in testing only?
I've got a 5.1 speaker setup. In both this SoundMax utility (I think it came with my motherboard), and in the Windows 7 sound test, all 5.1 speakers work properly, but that's the only time that I can ...
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Audio out over DVI/HDMI of Radeon 4870 is not 5.1
My computer is connected to my receiver using an HDMI cable and the DVI to HDMI adapter I received with the graphics card - ATI Radeon 4870. On my old system (Vista 64 bit) everything worked well, and ...
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How do I listen to 5.1 audio properly when my latop/headphones are only 2.0?
A while back I was wondering why my dvd was so quiet on my computer then solved it by chosing the 2.0 track instead of the 5.1 track.
But now I have a DVD which only has 5.1, how can I watch it ...
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Software to upmix stereo to 5.1
I used a Creative USB SoundBlaster Live External soundcard before
The soundcard had a feature called CMSS® 3D2 described on the website as
"Enjoy virtual surround sound on stereo ...
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Use all 5.1 speakers with a 2.1 audio source
I just bought a 5.1 surround sound speaker set for my computer in my bedroom. The rear speakers are next to me in bed while the front speakers are at the other end of the bed at my feet. While I enjoy ...
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Why is selecting “Speaker Fill” in Sound Configuration required in order for the rear speakers in a 5.1 setup to work?
I have a 5.1 speaker system plugged into my Windows 7 machine.
After selecting both options for the 5.1 (rear L&R and side L&R), I still did not have output in either rear speaker when ...
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How do I get Realtek HD Audio 5.1 working on Windows 7?
I have problem with Realtek 5.1 driver for Windows 7 x64. I've installed newest drivers for Realtek HD Audio, but 5.1 still doesn't work, the only thing that works is front stereo. However, when I ...
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5.1 Sound on my Mac
I have a set of 5.1 speakers, and I've been connecting them to my Macbook via two audio cables with a coupler on both ends. I get the extra volume and bass response that a 5.1 system brings, but I'm ...
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Stereo sound through whole 5.1 speaker set - is it possible with WinXP or 7?
Is it possible to "upmix" (split) stereo output from games, winamp, youtube and so on through 5.1 speaker set? Movies from DVD or some games uses all 6 speakers, but most of today's usage does not.
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