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    Games with Optical Out 7.1 Surround ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Aceleo, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. Aceleo

    Aceleo Notebook Guru

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    Hi
    the m17x has a optical output port......like we dont know that !

    I have the Turtle Beach DPX21 headphones which can easily put out 7.1 using the optical output on my PS3

    so the thing is, 7.1 DID work in movies and also when i test the sound on the Audio Properties

    but i cudnt make it work with any of the games.....
    i play bf3 and mw3
    but i tried alooot, it doesnt work
    with bf3 it cms in stereo

    i changed the audio in BF3 to home cinema
    i looked thru many forums but cudnt get a solution
    i also went thru documents and chnged the settings etc

    i hope sm1 who is gettin 7.1 on there hdphones through the optical output cann help

    thanks in advance !

    P.S my specs are in my signature :cool:

    what dont u guys ever use the benefits of the optical out ?

    please help guys !
     
    Aceleo, Jun 22, 2012
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  2. MickyD1234

    MickyD1234 Notebook Prophet

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    Just a random suggestion; did you try setting the SP/DIF output as the default audio device in windows? I've seen some games that refuse to use any driver other that the default.
    No optical device to try it on :(

    Edit: where I am coming from :) ; I had a game that would not use my usb headset properly and I ended up with windows sounds coming out of the headset but the game out of the speakers :eek:
     
    MickyD1234, Jun 23, 2012
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  3. Aceleo

    Aceleo Notebook Guru

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    yes i did, like i said everywhere else it cms 7.1 except fr games
     
    Aceleo, Jun 24, 2012
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    I thought Skyrim had good surround support. have you tried that?
     
    rsgeiger, Jun 26, 2012
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  5. JTOverath

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    I want to say I read somewhere that the way they encode the audio in PC games you can't get surround from digital outputs (looked myself for my desktop). You can only get surround from analog surround systems. Can't remember where I read that though.

    Movies are encoded digitally so you get the surround there.
     
    JTOverath, Jun 26, 2012
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