I have an HTPC with an Asrock Z87 Extreme6 motherboard (http/www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme6/) outputting audio via optical cable to a Pioneer Elite VSX-74VXTi. I use this setup for both media watching and PC gaming. Currently if I play a movie that has a 5.1 track it will play in 5.1 (verified by my ears and the AVR's display switching to display the current audio format (DD, DTS, etc.)) however I cannot get it to detect surround sound from any PC games. I can turn on the motherboards "DTS Connect" feature, but that just makes it say DTS on the AVR any time any sound is played and does not seem to be a true 5.1 solution, plus it muxes stereo content into its pseudo DTS configuration as well and I would rather not have that on all the time. Is there any way I can get the PC to either simply output a raw signal and let the AVR handle everything or is there something that can be configured so that it knows how to properly handle the audio output from a game without messing with how it handles my movies and such?
I have several PC games that splash the DD logo when loading up and I know they offer surround sound, I get that the real time creation of many different sound streams within a gaming environment is a little different than just simply spitting out a pre recorded piece of content, but surely this is possible?
I have several PC games that splash the DD logo when loading up and I know they offer surround sound, I get that the real time creation of many different sound streams within a gaming environment is a little different than just simply spitting out a pre recorded piece of content, but surely this is possible?