Dolby Digital And Dolby Digital Soundcards

I just bought a AUZENTECH Dolby Digital Soundcard. I bought in the hopes of improving my movie sound after I download a DVD rip with AC-3/Dolby Digital sound. What I have been finding is that the sound that comes out, regardless of the file ( I have yet to download a Bluray rip), I get all channel stereo or in other words, every speaker puts out the same sound. I used Media Player classic and I have chosen a 5 speaker set and still no change.
Any thoughts on this? Is it the DVD rip, or the sound card? Thanks
Vagus
Answer #1
Did you install and configure the audio drivers you got correctly? Normally when you buy a sound card you get a driver cd with it. I personaly think it’s just a driver problem.
Answer #2
DVD rip with AC-3/Dolby Digital sound
You are going to need ffdshow codec to run the “surround sound”.
How ever, The best result I have found is to use the codec I mentioned but, download .mkv versions,
These should give a “DTS” experience.
There is always a chance the source file is not true Dolby and in which case the sound will be equal across all speakers.
Once you have the codec installed you can check the output stream and see if it is multichannel sound or stereo
Answer #3
thanks . This seems to work better. I’ll try the .mkv file and see the difference. What I am noticing is that sound is like a “Hall” setting. Sounds hollow. That might just be the settings on the sound card.
Thanks
Answer #4
No worries, like I said, .avi with ac3 never sounded that good to me.
Get a .mkv with DTS audio, they sound great through surround.
I pump mine through a 7.1 and I love it.
Answer #5
It should work. I have an old SBLive connected with spdif (not optical) to my amp, and my AC3 DVDrips sound exactly like the original DVD sounds. Playing with VLC.