Rear speakers not functioning on a Creative 5.1 Home Theater

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Hi All,
I am facing a problem with my Creative 5.1 channel home theater on my desktop computer. All individual speakers are functioning properly when tested through Realtek HD Audio Manager, however whenever I am listening to songs or watching a video (online/offline) it seems that all the output is coming through the front three channels only, i.e. (Front Right,Centre & Front Left). Even the youtube test for the surround sound shows clear indications that the rear channel sounds are only coming from the front pairs only. However whenever I try an Auto Test from the Realtek HD Audio Manager, it shows that all individual speakers are playing without any flaws, including the rear ones. I tried to uninstall the old drivers & tried to reinstall latest ones from realtek website but it didnt help.

I am running a system with Intel Core2Duo 3.00GHZ with an Intel DG31PR motherboard, which has 4 GB DDR2 RAM and NVIDIA GTX 750Ti graphics.

Kindly Assist.

Many Thanks,
Roy

 

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music and most youtube is recorded stereo only. you will not get sound out of the rears.

many surround sound tests on youtube are made by idiots and are stereo only not surround sound. if windows speaker test works then your speakers are working.

from what you've said it seems like normal performance and nothing amiss.

play a dvd with 5.1 sound. you will get audio on rear channels. if you absolutely want audio on the rear then you may have a speaker fill or other option in your drivers which pushes front channel audio to the rear as well (meaning two left channels and two right channels for more volume/ambiance.. not actual 5.1 sound. its still stereo sound.)