Surround Sound question..

neenmo · Dec 6, 2003, 11:57 PM

I might be missing a fundemental part of this whole thing, so If im just stupid, maybe someone could point me in the right direction..

I'm failry good with PCs and such, and I love the kX drivers. I've got lots of custom routings and effects on audio, and I love it. It's great for my SB LIve! 5.1. There's one thing i've not been able to get to work tho.. which is properly decoding the surround info from my DVD player.

Ive got a DVD player sitting on my desk, not in my computer. I've got the line out of the DVD player into the line-in of my sound card. From this point, I'm lost. I haven't got a clue as to how to tell my computer to decode the surround information and send it to the correct speaker. I've tried sending the sound through the 'Surrounder' and similar plugins in the DSP settings, but nothing has decoded the sound correctly.

How can I do this? There's got to be a way to do this using regular old analouge RCA cables into my computer.. If there isn't, what do I need? Do I need to change something on my DVD player? Do i need to go Optical? If so, is there even an optical input on my soundcard?

Thanks in advance to ANYONE who can help a confused 5.1 newbie.

neenmo · Dec 7, 2003, 02:49 AM

anybody..? i know someone must know..

Robert McClelland · Dec 7, 2003, 04:21 AM

Um did you try to turn it on? to 5.1 or just re clear dsp and reset it and then turn it on.

vikflash · Dec 7, 2003, 05:37 AM

HI

I'm pretty new to this too but if I understood (someone will correct if I'm wrong)
it is impossible with analog in , and with sblive.

you need audigy with live drive (front connections for optical in).
if you ain't got one, there are spdif input on the card itself (CD spdif for exemple).

Audigy can do direct recording through spdif. It is just like data extraction. and kx can decode and send to respective speakers.

how could kx reproduce 5.1 dvd sound through one in analog stereo pair. it could only emulate a kind of surround.
sblive and audigy can send 5.1 In analog through minijacks only one way (out) to an external 5.1 amplifier.

Check the connections behind your dvd player.

My tip would be to tell you to buy an internal dvd drive. now it coasts nothing and it is the fastest and cheapest way 4 U to have 5.1 ac3 sound

Hope I answered your question
vikflash

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Dec 7, 2003, 11:37 AM

yes, in order to decode ac-3 streams you will need a digital connection (optical or coaxial) and an audigy/audigy2 card

however, if your dvd player is capable to 'encode' in dolby surround stereo, you can use a more complicated set-up with a ProLogica effect (browse the forum for details...)

/E

Dec 6, 2003, 11:57 PM	#1
neenmo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Surround Sound question.. I might be missing a fundemental part of this whole thing, so If im just stupid, maybe someone could point me in the right direction.. I'm failry good with PCs and such, and I love the kX drivers. I've got lots of custom routings and effects on audio, and I love it. It's great for my SB LIve! 5.1. There's one thing i've not been able to get to work tho.. which is properly decoding the surround info from my DVD player. Ive got a DVD player sitting on my desk, not in my computer. I've got the line out of the DVD player into the line-in of my sound card. From this point, I'm lost. I haven't got a clue as to how to tell my computer to decode the surround information and send it to the correct speaker. I've tried sending the sound through the 'Surrounder' and similar plugins in the DSP settings, but nothing has decoded the sound correctly. How can I do this? There's got to be a way to do this using regular old analouge RCA cables into my computer.. If there isn't, what do I need? Do I need to change something on my DVD player? Do i need to go Optical? If so, is there even an optical input on my soundcard? Thanks in advance to ANYONE who can help a confused 5.1 newbie.

Dec 7, 2003, 04:21 AM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,647 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Um did you try to turn it on? to 5.1 or just re clear dsp and reset it and then turn it on. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Dec 7, 2003, 02:49 AM	Thread Starter #2
neenmo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	anybody..? i know someone must know..

Dec 7, 2003, 05:37 AM	#4
vikflash HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 150 Rep Power: 0	HI I'm pretty new to this too but if I understood (someone will correct if I'm wrong) it is impossible with analog in , and with sblive. you need audigy with live drive (front connections for optical in). if you ain't got one, there are spdif input on the card itself (CD spdif for exemple). Audigy can do direct recording through spdif. It is just like data extraction. and kx can decode and send to respective speakers. how could kx reproduce 5.1 dvd sound through one in analog stereo pair. it could only emulate a kind of surround. sblive and audigy can send 5.1 In analog through minijacks only one way (out) to an external 5.1 amplifier. Check the connections behind your dvd player. My tip would be to tell you to buy an internal dvd drive. now it coasts nothing and it is the fastest and cheapest way 4 U to have 5.1 ac3 sound Hope I answered your question vikflash

Dec 7, 2003, 11:37 AM	#5
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	yes, in order to decode ac-3 streams you will need a digital connection (optical or coaxial) and an audigy/audigy2 card however, if your dvd player is capable to 'encode' in dolby surround stereo, you can use a more complicated set-up with a ProLogica effect (browse the forum for details...) /E