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I need help with enabling DTSDOLBY DIGITAL with A SPDIF optical audio.

The device supports DTSDD (LOGITECH Z906.) These speakers are badass.

The optical cable I just got from a audio store, i plugged it in the optical in for the speakers and pluged it into my motherboards optical in.

Test Dolby Digital 5.1 Driver Is Realtek

The motherboard is a MSI X370 xpower gaming titanium The OS is windows 10 with build 17134 running The audio driver is realtek with ALC1220 audio codec I Tried to follow and it did not work I just want my games to run 5.1 true surround with optical in INFURIATES MY MIND.

Test Dolby Digital 5.1 Software From The

Then select either the Advanced or Supported Format (I dont remember which) tab and configure for Dolby or DTS Normally the setup for Dolby is done via the driversound software from the manufacturer.

Check to make sure you have the latest version, or if the wrench icon has any of this setting.

When I click on Configure I can configure my speakers - View attachment 105019 View attachment 105020 Also, the Z906 has configuration that you need to set (DTS Digital Surround) and Decode to get the proper sound output.

However, there is this screen where it is showing the speakers configuration.

Most theaters have many speakers along the walls to ensure everyone gets the same-ish experience.

The immersive format is also being used as a new way to experience music from the likes of the Beatles to Ariana Grande on both mobile phones and speakers.

While the biggest change from previous formats is the addition of height channels, Atmos soundtracks will work with a traditional five-speaker-and-subwoofer (5.1) system or as many (or few) speakers as you have.

In this explainer Ill break down how Atmos works, why height speakers and upward-firing soundbars are cool, and everything youve ever wanted to know about Dolby Atmos but never bothered to ask.

The best sound will be with a multispeaker setup, but even soundbars with Atmos (like the Vizio SB36512 above) offer a much bigger and more enveloping soundstage than stereo bars.

Ceiling speakers are great, but many companies sell upward-firing speakers that will come close in performance without the need for speaker mounting or installation.

Making sound surround To understand what makes Atmos different than, say, its direct predecessor Dolby Digital, lets first take a look at how sound is mixed for movies and TV shows.

Everything you hear in a movie, from the music to the voices to the sound effects, all gets mixed into specific channels.

For simplicitys sake, well say these channels are, as you look at them in a room, left front (L), center (C), right front (R), right surround (RS) and left surround (LS).

All the low frequency booms and thumps go to the.1 subwoofer channel.

This diagram should help: A traditional 7.1 surround system in a theater.

Lots of speakers, but only a few channels to direct the sound to.

So a sound would come from the left wall not a specific speaker on that wall.

When the music swells during a dramatic moment, thats usually in the front left and right channels.

Zooming and swooping special effects might appear in the surround speakers.

To an extent, this same mix of channels also translates to the home.

After all, if you have a 5.1 speaker system, you have all those same speakers.

Except you dont. Not exactly.

Where your speakers are, how powerful they are, and increasingly, how much range each has, varies greatly compared to a decent movie theater.

Instead of assigning a sound to a channel (and by extension, a speaker), Atmos lets filmmakers assign a sound to a place.

Not pan from left surround speaker to right sound speaker but pan smoothly across the rear wall.

Not only does this give greater flexibility, but it improves the experience in the theater and, potentially, at home.

With Atmos (on the right), sound designers can pinpoint exactly where in any Atmos theater they want a sound to appear.

This could be just about any place in the room, including overhead.

The mixing is different, as weve discussed, but so is the decoding.

At different theaters the number of speakers can vary dramatically, but Atmos will scale with them regardless.