Audigy SE: Dolby Li

I am looking for a cheap sound card that supports 5., and the Audigy SE caught my eye. I had good experiences with Creative in the past, so I'm leaning twoard getting it. But one of my most-played games supports surround only in Dolby Li've mode. Does the Audigy SE support Dolby Li've, and if not what are some cheap ($30-$40) alternati'ves that do?
Thank you.

The Dolby Digital Li've is not encoded in the game. It is just a way to send 5. channels via SPDIF to a digital receiver. If you have an analog 5. PC speaker system, then you don't need DDL (you don't have a digital input). You just need to hook up the analog outputs to your speaker system. And let know windows about that That guy has in the description that is NOT an Atari Employee. Maybe he is thinking that you have an XBOX - that one has only stereo analog out and DDL over digital conection.Now, I don't know if the game itself has surround sound - should be an option on sound menu. That's another problem...Message Edited by SoNic2367 on 04-02-200609:24 PM

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I hope someone in here can help me. I search for a Sound Card which is able to decode Dolby Sourround from an extern digital input.
I have an encoded Dolby Sourround (5.) signal (coaxial) from e.g. DVD Player. Is the
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http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=973
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Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Support Pack - Compiled on Feb 24 2008 by Daniel Kawakami
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* 02/24/2008:
- Finally fixed Speakers and CMSS setting synchronization, so Audio Center was removed.
- Completely uninstall the previous version, including all applications, before installing this one.
* 02/2/2008:
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* 02/9/2008:
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- Audigy 2 ZS Notebook is now properly supported / detected by Setup
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- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)
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- any external Audigy soundcards
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- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.20
- Speaker Settings 2.00.60
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<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx"]http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx[/url]
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To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
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Advanced EQ and Special FX only work in 2. speakers or Headphone settings.
- EAX effects, Advanced EQ and Special FX (Using SPDIF Out)
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- Equalizer settings are lost
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