Greetings all,
When researching my latest build, I wanted to have a machine that had the capability to do Dolby Live encoding on the fly for games and send the output to my receiver via SPDIF (no analog for me thanks). My last machine (which is still kicking after running 24/7 for the last five years) was built on an Abit NF7-S, which I also spec'd specifically for the nForce2's same ability to do live encoding.
Alas, with Crysis, the HD3850 could not keep up, so I just built an i7 system with a GTX 295. I chose the Gigabyte EX58-UD5 because it was one of only a handful of boards out there that could do dolby live encoding (or at least so I read) with its onboard ALC889A. I did not want an add-on X-fi.
The problem is... no joy. Blu-ray and DVD can pass through the spdif no problem, which is the easy part of course. But none of my games encode in surround. I can't find even find an encode tab or config in either the realtek driver or vista's sound control. Am I missing something here?
I've spent the better part of the day searching around for answers, but most hits relate to the x-fi only. Any help would be appreciated. I am not new to this business, but am I also not oblivious to forums that will scream back "search noob" for new members. So if I can provide any more info for those who can help, please ask.
Cheers.
When researching my latest build, I wanted to have a machine that had the capability to do Dolby Live encoding on the fly for games and send the output to my receiver via SPDIF (no analog for me thanks). My last machine (which is still kicking after running 24/7 for the last five years) was built on an Abit NF7-S, which I also spec'd specifically for the nForce2's same ability to do live encoding.
Alas, with Crysis, the HD3850 could not keep up, so I just built an i7 system with a GTX 295. I chose the Gigabyte EX58-UD5 because it was one of only a handful of boards out there that could do dolby live encoding (or at least so I read) with its onboard ALC889A. I did not want an add-on X-fi.
The problem is... no joy. Blu-ray and DVD can pass through the spdif no problem, which is the easy part of course. But none of my games encode in surround. I can't find even find an encode tab or config in either the realtek driver or vista's sound control. Am I missing something here?
I've spent the better part of the day searching around for answers, but most hits relate to the x-fi only. Any help would be appreciated. I am not new to this business, but am I also not oblivious to forums that will scream back "search noob" for new members. So if I can provide any more info for those who can help, please ask.
Cheers.
