Yep, you just need to use the 6 _analog_ out channels of your soundcard / motherboard instead of a digital cable.Originally posted by: naldo
I dont know about Dolby Digital, but there are tons of games in 5.1, basically everythign out there worth playing.
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yep, you just need to use the 6 _analog_ out channels of your soundcard / motherboard instead of a digital cable.Originally posted by: naldo
I dont know about Dolby Digital, but there are tons of games in 5.1, basically everythign out there worth playing.
Originally posted by: Oyeve
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yep, you just need to use the 6 _analog_ out channels of your soundcard / motherboard instead of a digital cable.Originally posted by: naldo
I dont know about Dolby Digital, but there are tons of games in 5.1, basically everythign out there worth playing.
I know this. I have a full 7.1 stereo system hooked up to my PC, even a turntable. But the only game I have that is in real Dolby Digital is SW Battleground. Surely there must be more real DD games out there.
Dolby Digital 5.1 is just a scheme for encoding and compressing multichannel audio to send as a digital signal. Aside from simplified cable hookup, it's actually inferior to uncompressed analog 5.1 surround [ unless your soundcard has awful DACs on the output ].Originally posted by: Oyeve
I know this. I have a full 7.1 stereo system hooked up to my PC, even a turntable. But the only game I have that is in real Dolby Digital is SW Battleground. Surely there must be more real DD games out there.
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Dolby Digital 5.1 is just a scheme for encoding and compressing multichannel audio to send as a digital signal. Aside from simplified cable hookup, it's actually inferior to uncompressed analog 5.1 surround [ unless your soundcard has awful DACs on the output ].Originally posted by: Oyeve
I know this. I have a full 7.1 stereo system hooked up to my PC, even a turntable. But the only game I have that is in real Dolby Digital is SW Battleground. Surely there must be more real DD games out there.
So you should really be asking "what games offer 5-point surround instead of just stereo or 4-point?" assuming you've connected your soundcard using analog cables.
Originally posted by: Elcs
Thats just not acceptable. Soundstorm analogue is just great /sarcasm
Originally posted by: Funkertosh
*ripped from the Creative site*
"Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro features built-in DTS-ES and Dolby Digital® EX decoding to deliver captivating audio playback in 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 surround with DVD movies."
There is no mention of its use in games though.
Originally posted by: Oyeve
Thanks for the info guys, but the original question was what games are DD. SW Battle grounds says DD on the box, I just wanted to know what other games are actually labeled as being DD. I havent seen DD on any recent games nor on many older ones.
So, I guess what you're saying is that the sound in the game (on the CD) is analog and to send a digital signal from the soundcard to your sound system (e.g. receiver), that 5.1 analog would have to be converted to digital and then have to be converted back to analog for output to the speakers after amplification. Is that right? If it were digital on the CD, it could be sent directly (via optical or coaxial digital connection) to an amplifier (e.g. receiver) where the onboard DAC would take care of it.Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Dolby Digital 5.1 is just a scheme for encoding and compressing multichannel audio to send as a digital signal. Aside from simplified cable hookup, it's actually inferior to uncompressed analog 5.1 surround [ unless your soundcard has awful DACs on the output ].Originally posted by: Oyeve
I know this. I have a full 7.1 stereo system hooked up to my PC, even a turntable. But the only game I have that is in real Dolby Digital is SW Battleground. Surely there must be more real DD games out there.
So you should really be asking "what games offer 5-point surround instead of just stereo or 4-point?" assuming you've connected your soundcard using analog cables.
The data for the sounds in a game come from a CD, but are mixed together in real time to make new sound. For example if a monster is behind you one second that's where the "Rawrrr!" comes from, then you turn around and it's now sent to your front-left speaker and mixed with a sword slash sound. The CD data might have one "rawrrr" fragment (stored as a WAV file or another format) that is never actually played quite like it is on the CD.Originally posted by: Muse
So, I guess what you're saying is that the sound in the game (on the CD) is analog and to send a digital signal from the soundcard to your sound system (e.g. receiver), that 5.1 analog would have to be converted to digital and then have to be converted back to analog for output to the speakers after amplification. Is that right? If it were digital on the CD, it could be sent directly (via optical or coaxial digital connection) to an amplifier (e.g. receiver) where the onboard DAC would take care of it.Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
So you should really be asking "what games offer 5-point surround instead of just stereo or 4-point?" assuming you've connected your soundcard using analog cables.
So, I guess what you're saying is that although I have my soundcard connected to my receiver with a digital connection, I should also connect it with analog connections if I want 5.1 from my PC games.
Originally posted by: Looney
Doom, EQ2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory... are the recent games i've played with it. Infact, i personally think it's better than EAX3 (or was it 4) on my laptop (iXPS2 which is using Azalia). I bought the Creative Labs PCMCIA Audigy 2 ZX for my laptop, but actually found i liked the Azalia much better... and saved a couple of hundred bucks in the process.
Originally posted by: Funkertosh
Since most PC games are ports you may find that the PC versions of these titles share the same DD trait. Unfortunately most ports are bad so they may have stripped it. It's a place to start at least.