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so i have a sony str-de598 reciver. i want to get surround sound out of my pc. i understand pc stuff and games are normaly in pcm not dolby digital or dts. but is there like a converter. my motherboard asus p5k-se/epu. old i know i will build a new pc soon but, is there like a usb device that encodes pcm 5.1 to dolby digital or dts 5.1, or how can i do this without geting a new hdmi receiver 

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so i have a sony str-de598 reciver. i want to get surround sound out of my pc. i understand pc stuff and games are normaly in pcm not dolby digital or dts. but is there like a converter. my motherboard asus p5k-se/epu. old i know i will build a new pc soon but, is there like a usb device that encodes pcm 5.1 to dolby digital or dts 5.1, or how can i do this without geting a new hdmi receiver 

use the channels on the back of the motherboard using 3.5mm to RCA cables and just plug them into the "Multi Ch In" on the back. 

The outputs on the back of the motherboard should be listed in playback devices, so 3.5mm stereo to dual RCA for main left and right, Black is sub I think, pink and blue are inputs and I think gray is center with Orange being stereo surround? Not entirely sure. 

 

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I went the clever route myself, I installed Unlocked drivers for the onboard RealTek chip which unlocked the chip's Dolby Digital Live function, allowing real time 5.1 DD AC-3 transcoding for the output.  So my HTPC is hooked directly to a soundbar over TOSLINK and and now does 5.1 instead of 2.0

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Cool that's a good way but I'm okay with this I will get new equipment later anyway.

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It's true surround sound it's just analog instead of digital but it's okay sounds way better than 2.0

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I had some issues getting the subwoofer to work right but I think it's right now

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Most of the newer av recievers don't even have analog multichannel anymore. Only optical and hdmi and maybe 1 analog 

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Everything's all good with that receiver but if I get a new one I'll probably use HDMI

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Hdmi is honestly the best cable. It's truly a 1 all do all cable 

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On 8/7/2017 at 8:33 AM, IxsharpxI said:

Hdmi is honestly the best cable. It's truly a 1 all do all cable 

yeah i will get an hdmi receiver eventually

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