2013-10-12, 21:15
(2013-10-12, 19:54)spanktastic2120 Wrote:(2013-10-12, 13:51)rich.h Wrote: My system specs are as follows:This is unrelated to your issue, just some advice about your setup.
Asus asus p8z77-v deluxe
I have an asus mobo with optical output, it is horribly insufficient. Basically windows can only output stereo through your optical cable unless a program specifically takes control of the audio output and uses spdif passthrough, which prevents audio from any other program playing at the same time. And if you want to use it for games you are stuck with just stereo because the mobo wont encode it to 5.1 optical on the fly. If you have a surround sound unit that has multiple channel analog input (for the 6 or so analog outputs on the mobo) you should use that instead, it will give you a much much better experience.
Sometimes windows won't handle anything other then stereo by default... first you need to configure speakers and select 5.1 or 7.1 even if you don't have those actual speaker configurations... then Windows will allow DTS/AC3 when you enter properties....