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<blockquote data-quote="Robert_E" data-source="post: 68101" data-attributes="member: 853"><p>Crafty, you can ONLY get 5.1 audio from a PC over SPDIF if your soundcard supports Dolby Digital Live or DTS Connect. (I'm not talking about bit-streaming DD and DTS from movies since SPDIF can carry that). You are limited to 2 channel PCM otherwise. (DDLive and DTS connect compresses the 6 audio channels to a DD or DTS stream in real time and that's sent out via the SPDIF connectors)</p><p></p><p>I tried DDLive on my X-FI and you could hear audible degrading in the sound when doing frequency sweeps so I never used it after that. Either stick to analogue connections from the soundcard or ditch the soundcard and take HDMI to the AVR from a proper screencard. This is the only connection I've got to the AVR from the PC and it's fantastic being able to send full surround sound to the amp when gaming/demoing on the big screen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert_E, post: 68101, member: 853"] Crafty, you can ONLY get 5.1 audio from a PC over SPDIF if your soundcard supports Dolby Digital Live or DTS Connect. (I'm not talking about bit-streaming DD and DTS from movies since SPDIF can carry that). You are limited to 2 channel PCM otherwise. (DDLive and DTS connect compresses the 6 audio channels to a DD or DTS stream in real time and that's sent out via the SPDIF connectors) I tried DDLive on my X-FI and you could hear audible degrading in the sound when doing frequency sweeps so I never used it after that. Either stick to analogue connections from the soundcard or ditch the soundcard and take HDMI to the AVR from a proper screencard. This is the only connection I've got to the AVR from the PC and it's fantastic being able to send full surround sound to the amp when gaming/demoing on the big screen. [/QUOTE]
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