Spdif, true surround, doesn't work?

[Jawnta]

Hi, I have a problem that whenever i play a movie with like 5.1 sound i dont get true surround in my speakers, im using spdif and it worked before in windows 7 and now i have win10 and it doesn't work anymore i have no idea what so ever how i did to get it to work in win7... when i "test" dts / dolby in playback devices it works, the light lits up as it should, but whenever i play a movie in VLC it doesn't, tho it should, coz im using a movie with DTS sound tried different kinds of movies with "true surround" but it doesn't work. and i know it should work coz i used the same movie in win7 when it did work. anyone have any idea what to do? it feels like it doesn't send the correct signal anymore..

thanks

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managed to solve it

 

[photonboy]

First of all, I prefer K-LITE STANDARD.
http/www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

You may want to see if new drivers/software exist. If you're using Realtek start here:
http/www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

As of today, the correct version is R2.79 and is this big: 128412k

Fixing issue:
I forget exactly, but I believe you select SPDIF from playback devices, but also have to select the correct method from within VLC (or WMPC-HC for K-Lite).

For example, for K-Lite: http/www.codecguide.com/faq_configuration.htm

Start with: "How can I send the audio to my receiver instead of my PC speakers?"

When you launch a video you may see the link to the audio codec in your lower right (System Tray) or you can manually navigate to the correct codec link to change the settings.

I can't test this myself.

So, to summarize:
1) Playback Devices (or through audio software) set to correct Surround Sound setting (i.e. 5.1)
2) " " also set to SPDIF (assuming that's really the connection you use)
3) AUDIO CODEC used by media player properly set to decode from SPDIF