Surround sound problems with X

When testing surround sound in the SB control panel, all speakers work fine. When running any game/application that has surround sound, sound only comes from the 2 front speakers. This includes DVDs with the AC3 audio decoded on the PC, and games that worked in surround flawlessly with my previous sound card (onboard ALC888 based chip). Any ideas?Thanks!

Hi.
You can only play stereo audio through optical output for uncompressed audio format. To be able to play more than stereo through optical, you need to be playing compressed audio (dolby/dts). You can read more about this in this thread. http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/Digital-Connections-SPDIF-and-Dolby-Digital-Info/td-p/45857

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