Does this game support 5.1? If so can some PC Boffin help me

**Soukyuu** · 05-12-2011 10:48 PM

I am not sure how to configure it using optical output, but this is how i set it up for analog out:

I am guessing you can set it to surround here:

If your GPU's HDMI is overriding the setting somehow, you should go to your card's control panel and set the HDMI output to video only.

**yoursfaithfully** · 05-12-2011 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Soukyuu

I am not sure how to configure it using optical output, but this is how i set it up for analog out:

I am guessing you can set it to surround here:

If your GPU's HDMI is overriding the setting somehow, you should go to your card's control panel and set the HDMI output to video only.

I second this. I'm not bothering using my video card for audio at all. Unless you have a budget MOBO, you have a MOBO that supports 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound, probably with optical and coaxial digital out, as well as analog. I played around with an old 5.1 M-Audio (which is supposed to be good) card, and I found absolutely no improvement over using my MOBO's DAC, so unless your MOBO came with terrible chips I really don't think your graphics card is going to be much of an improvement. Also, unless you have high-end speakers, I really doubt you'll notice much of a difference between optical/coaxial and analog.

**Grundy** · 05-12-2011 11:32 PM

Like I said, I used my Astro's initially when playing FFXIV and I'm pretty sure the sound is Dolby Digital only and not Dolby Surround.

**AlexiaKidd** · 05-13-2011 12:06 AM

kk I have disabled my ATI graphics card's sound settings so it no longer has anything to do with sound. My mobo is an M4A87TD and according to the manual the audio is handled by a VIA VT 1818 8 channel HD Audio Codec. I have updated all drivers for mobo and the audio codec from Via and still I can only select 2 channel sound in Windows and the Via HD Vdeck software is exactly the same and only highlights the 2 speakers for HDMI and Optical/spdif/toslink.

When I play FFXIV my amp only has the light on for 2 channel. When I play a movie with a 5.1 track through XBMC where I can force it from within it's sound options I get the 5.1 lights up and it sounds great. Portal 2 also has the option to set 5.1 as your sound and that seems to work as well.

I have also tried running a program called ac3filter which is supposed to be able to encode and force 5.1 on the fly through the spdif (which I think is how XBMC does it) but can't get it to do it with FFXIV ; ;

**Soukyuu** · 05-13-2011 03:07 AM

Originally Posted by Grundy

Like I said, I used my Astro's initially when playing FFXIV and I'm pretty sure the sound is Dolby Digital only and not Dolby Surround.

Actually, Dolby Surround is a subset of Dolby Digital: clicky
I think you are mistaking dolby digital for dolby pro logic (which is a technique to upmix a stereo track to surround)

FFXIV definitely has true 5.1 sound, but it looks like the VIA chipset/driver is being an ass and not realising it (or FFXIV not seeing your hardware as 5.1). That's why I prefer realtek chips, they didn't give me any problems so far.

**xeqtr** · 05-13-2011 03:34 AM

Hello Alexia, Leon Maxi here

have you been into you're BIOS and checked if you're onboard soundcard is enabled, this is all I can think of as you can't select you're digital soundcard in windows, I run mine through a AV reciever via optical with no problems at all, I just enable digital in sound devices and it also sees my AVR too. Maybe I will catch you in game tonight to try help.

**Neptune** · 05-13-2011 02:12 PM

Interesting.. I will disable my Nvidia 470 audio in that case. Question though: how should I output my 5.1? Can I do it over the phono speaker jack?

**Grundy** · 05-13-2011 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Soukyuu

Actually, Dolby Surround is a subset of Dolby Digital: clicky
I think you are mistaking dolby digital for dolby pro logic (which is a technique to upmix a stereo track to surround)

FFXIV definitely has true 5.1 sound, but it looks like the VIA chipset/driver is being an ass and not realising it (or FFXIV not seeing your hardware as 5.1). That's why I prefer realtek chips, they didn't give me any problems so far.

I really didn't know that - thanks for the info!

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