DD, DTS and CMSS Quest

i own an Audigy 2 ZS (latest drivers) and I have a set of Altec Lansing 25 Speakers(5.) connected to the analogue outputs. My DVD playback software is Intervideo WinDVD 6. My question is this: to get 5. sound for DD and DTS I have to enable CMSS from the EAX console. If CMSS is switched off i only get sound through the 2 front speakers. Is this a design decision? I would have thought the DD and DTS decoder on the Audigy 2 ZS would play the sound to all the speakers automatically. I have the latest drivers (but not program updates) and checked all possible settings with the Creative and WinDVD6 programs also WinXP(SP2) settings.
Thanks for your time

This is wrong. CMSS is not DD or DTS. They are completely different and unreleated. In order to enable DVD software to allow the card for DD and DTS you must make sure it is using the card not the software to decode the sound. Right now it sounds like you are using the software. So the question is can your software decode DTS and DD? For example, when you play a DVD in DTS you should see a little red DTS icon on in your player. I use power dvd and you have to buy audio packs to enable DTS and DD. But since the Audigy 2 ZS can decode DTS and DD you have the set the audio settings to S/PDIF. CMSS only decodes stereo sound, DTS and DD are totally different technologies to my knowledge. If your software only supports stereo you can use CMSS to make it "surround" but it is not DD or DTS.
This is in one of the mod's post above:
2) Decode the AC3/DTS with your Sound Blaster.
You should choose this option if you don't have an external decoder. In the DVD software, select 'SPDIF' as the audio output method and make sure that 'SPDIF Pass-through' in the souncard options is off. The DVD software will now pass the compressed audio to your soundcard, which will then decode the data. The soundcard will output the 6 channels using the analogue connections (or digital DIN, more on this later). If you try to use a digital optical/coax connection to your speakers, you will only hear faint sounds from the front left/right speakers.Message Edited by Gilgamesh on 03-2-2005 04:29 PM

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