Dolby Digital out from SBLive 5.1

Zig · Dec 26, 2002, 06:13 PM

There are many software players, that support Dolby Digital. My SB Live supports AC-3 decode but I wanna use my Yamaha AV-reciever.

My question is, how can I get AC-3 output from SBLive 5.1 spdif (orange jack)?

Kaiser Soze · Dec 27, 2002, 12:41 PM

in the surround mixer, you should enable "digital output only" and on the right side, ther is a settings button, there you've to turn off dd 5.1 decoding.

yy4u · Jun 5, 2006, 09:34 PM

I have the Sblive 5.1
I have hooked up the sound card via the Digital out plug to the Spdif in on my receiver.
I put the newest sound drivers in & turned off the ac3 decoding & set to spdif out only.
When I play DVD movie with power DVD set to spdif passthru no sound comes out at all
When I switch to stereo the sound comes out but its only stereo no blue light on my Sony receivers no DD 5.1
I have tried everything all I want to do is get DD5.1 to pass thru on DVD movies

**dj_stick** · Jun 6, 2006, 12:09 AM

there should be an option somewhere within the CL driver suite to enable AC3 passthrough

you may also have to set the audio output options correctly from within your DVD playback application

yy4u · Jun 15, 2006, 05:08 PM

I got it. I was using the 5.0 ver of power DVD & it was messed up. I also tried Ver4 & 6 both had problems but Ver 7 seems to works.

Dec 26, 2002, 06:13 PM	#1
Zig DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kaliningrad, Russia Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Dolby Digital out from SBLive 5.1 There are many software players, that support Dolby Digital. My SB Live supports AC-3 decode but I wanna use my Yamaha AV-reciever. My question is, how can I get AC-3 output from SBLive 5.1 spdif (orange jack)?

Jun 5, 2006, 09:34 PM	#3
yy4u DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Cant get this to work I have the Sblive 5.1 I have hooked up the sound card via the Digital out plug to the Spdif in on my receiver. I put the newest sound drivers in & turned off the ac3 decoding & set to spdif out only. When I play DVD movie with power DVD set to spdif passthru no sound comes out at all When I switch to stereo the sound comes out but its only stereo no blue light on my Sony receivers no DD 5.1 I have tried everything all I want to do is get DD5.1 to pass thru on DVD movies

Dec 27, 2002, 12:41 PM	#2
Kaiser Soze DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	in the surround mixer, you should enable "digital output only" and on the right side, ther is a settings button, there you've to turn off dd 5.1 decoding.

Jun 15, 2006, 05:08 PM	#5
yy4u DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I got it. I was using the 5.0 ver of power DVD & it was messed up. I also tried Ver4 & 6 both had problems but Ver 7 seems to works.