5.1 audio problems

[vagabond86]

Hello all! Just hoping to get some help solving a problem I am having with the audio on my PC. I am trying to get Final Fantasy XIV to work in a 5.1 DTS setting, running through optical (or TOSLINK) cable, but can only get it to output stereo in this manner. I am looking to make this happen through the onboard audio on my Asus Z87 Pro motherboard, which uses an ALC1150 RealTek HD audio system. This setup includes a DTS Connect audio codec, which should encode the signal and allow for surround sound to work no problem. What's odd is that my receiver switches over to DTS mode when receiving audio input from the game, but sound only comes through the front speakers. I am able to make all other games that offer 5.1 support run using this set-up, but of course, the only one I really care about - FFXIV - is being stubborn. Any suggestions, input, or perhaps advice on where to go to find the answer to this problem? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[Ekko]

Hi,

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Surround-Sound!

[Squa11_Leonhart]

For DTS Connect to work, you must set the analog device as the default output device in windows sound propties, and configure it to 5.1.

DTS Connect will then encode the 5.1 signal and output it via the toslink/spdif port.

There is a guide specific to Creative sound cards here http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=509795

but the summary

Quick Summary
1.) Plug the correct optical cable to your sound card.
2.) Enable Dolby Digital Live / DTS in sound card drivers.
3.) Set speakers in Windows to 5.1 / 7.1 and make them default playback device
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This will enable 5.1 sound in all other games that use 5.1 / 7.1 sound but do not output it as Dolby Digital / Dts (They very rarely do).

If you set the toslink port as the default device, Xaudio titles like FFXIV will default to stereo, as thats all the windows sound properties provides for uncompressed pcm audio.