DTS, AC3 Decoding Audigy 2Zs or PowerDV

Hello All,
Q. according to creative the Audigy2Zs has Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, but does anyone know if this is hardware or software decoding.
Q2. I have Powerdvd 6 deluxe with all the audio packs. Do you disable the Audigy2zs decoder or keep it on. Double the juice twice the power!?
regards,
AL

(Q) Apparently it is HARDWARE decoding.
(Q2)
Case : If you disabled DVD software decoding ("S/PDIF Out") and enabled your soundcard's AC-3 / DTS decoders, your soundcard will be responsible for AC-3 / DTS decoding.
Case 2: If you enabled DVD software decoding of AC-3 / DTS, then the DVD audio data will already be decoded into surround sounds before sending to your soundcard. In this case, your soundcard will ALWAYS receive uncompressed surround sounds, and there is NO DIFFERENCE in enabling / disabling your soundcard's AC-3 / DTS decoders.
"Twice the power won't double the juice."

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Pops sounds when Decoding AC3 with audigy

Hi, i want to make audigy zs decode ac3, doing the following:
in powerdvd 6 , i set to spdif out, and in audigy "use internal decoder" is enabled, it works fine with dts decoding, but with ac3 there's pops sounds during loud scenes, if i enable "dynamic range compress" in AudioHQ, the pops sounds disapears but the dynamic range is gone too, something i don't want because i really want to enjoy that sound.
Is there a way to listen the wide range sound of AC3, i mean with dynamic range enable without the pops sounds that produce when decoding ac3 with audigy zs?
someone has tried this or there's no chance to do it at all!

Well, a think all of you are not telling the truth, because you dont' even test it in the scene i mention(Lord of thr rings)
For you to know, there's movies that there's no pops sounds at all, like the original star wars trilogy, shrek , no problem, but in LOTR trilgy there's a problem.
Now for BigBen he said something different in:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=3043&quer y.id=4735#M3043
In that forum, i had and old computer Pentium III 500 MGHZ, that didnt,t work anything, Dvd audio, dts, ac3 decoding. nothing.
I tried all and nothing.
finally i gave in, and bought another cpu because maybe it was an issue of the mother card,
i bought a Compaq DeskPro En(Pentium III 000MGHZ). now all the problems i had before are gone, except for the pops sounds in Ac3 decoding in LOUD SCENES, now this is common problem for most users, now if you say you don't have, well try lord of the rings Trilogy, Return of the king!

AC3 Decoding on Audigy 2ZS sol

A couple of months ago I posted about my troubles with getting AC3 decoding to work with the internal decoder of my Audigy 2ZS.
I've reinstalled windows 5 times and the audio software 6 times. I've moved the card between all available PCI slots in my computer, I've checked both the BIOS and windows for any possible shared IRQs or other hardware conflicts, I've checked for DMA issues.
I've tried a fresh install of XP with just the drivers, then the last driver updates and finally with a fully setup system.
I've tried WMP0 with both AC3filter and ffdshows internal filter, MPC 6.4.8.4, PowerDVD 5.0 and nVIDIAs PureVideo Decoder .02.50.
In any and all cases enabling s/pdif output in the software and using the internal decoder the sound output is filled with heavy stutter and sometimes disappears completely.
Using software decoding works fine though.
I've been through 4 week of correspondance with Creative customer support, who have shown great perseverance but in the end haven't been able to help with my problem.
Deem my surprise then when I chose to try out the 80 day trial of Windows XP Pro x64 and the AC3 decoding worked flawlessly in all players.
Well, xcept for nVIDIAs PureVideo Decoder that BSODs under x64 but that's a different issue.
Considering my rather exhausti've testing I'm firmly convinced this is a problem with the .84.xx drivers, especially since a friend of mine with a different hardware setup have the very same problems.
If any of you should suffer from a similar problem as mine I can't really say that this is a good "fix", specially if you don't have a 64bit processor, but I did work for me.
Maybe it's time to check out what the 2.03.004 x64 drivers do differently, hmm?
My rig:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra SLI
Gigabyte GV-NX66T28VP
2x52 Mbyte DDR400
WD Raptor 74Gbyte
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS

The decoding is done in software on all the cards. Allegedly the X-Fi has some hardware assist, but nobody's actually done any tests to prove that there's actually a reduction in CPU utilisation.
The reason the Audigy 2 ZS also supports DTS is because Creative has licensed DTS decoding on their cards and for every Audigy 2 ZS/X-Fi sold they pay DTS as well as Dolby a per unit fee. The reason the older cards don't support DTS is because they would have to pay an additional fee for every card already sold, which they don't really want to do.

Very sloppy playback with AC3/DTS Hardware Decoding with

I just bought the Audigy 2 ZS (plain)
I tried playing back DVD movies using SPDIF output on PowerDVD and I get VERY VERY sloppy playback, both with AC3 and DTS audio.
I thought it should perform better than my previous SB Li've! 5.

Which settings are you using and what kind speakers do you have? If you have analog speakers, are you doing the decoding with the software or with the soundcard? Check for the card whether AC3 decoding is enabled (in the Device Controls). If it isn't, try enabling that and setting the DVD software to SPDIF instead. Or if it's enabled, set the decoder to disabled/SPDIF, and set the DVD software to 5. and see if it's the same.
If you're using digital speakers then both should be set to SPDIF (so decoders disabled).
Cat

AC3 decoding on Audigy SE ca

Hi!
I just recently bought a Soundblaster Audigy SE card + a 'Digital I/O module' in order to get SPDIF input capability, I thought.
My HTPC-setup is very "special":
The HTPC uses the TVEdia (www.8dim.com)software with a RealMagic XCard which outputs the video stream as svideo to my CRT television, and all audio may be output by the TVEdia software as an AC3 stream using the external SPDIF connector on the XCard card
(previously I have been using the alternate stereo only output on the XCard card feeding my TV directly).
My intention was to use the coaxial AC3/ SPDIF output from the XCard card and input it into the newly installed Audigy SE card using the 'Digital I/O module', have the AC3 stream decoded by the Audigy SE card, or decoded in software, and then output as 5. sound using the 3 mini-jack output connectors on the Audigy SE card to my Logitech X-540 speakers.
This was meant to be an "interim"-solution before buying a proper receiever with AC3/DTS decoding capabilities.
However, I do not seem to be able to setup the Audigy SE card to perform AC3 decoding, neither in hardware nor does there seem to be any Creative-software based solution for achieving this on the Audigy SE card?
Is this correctly observed?

The decoding is done in software on all the cards. Allegedly the X-Fi has some hardware assist, but nobody's actually done any tests to prove that there's actually a reduction in CPU utilisation.
The reason the Audigy 2 ZS also supports DTS is because Creative has licensed DTS decoding on their cards and for every Audigy 2 ZS/X-Fi sold they pay DTS as well as Dolby a per unit fee. The reason the older cards don't support DTS is because they would have to pay an additional fee for every card already sold, which they don't really want to do.

Audigy 2ZS S/PDIF pinou

I am trying to get information on connecting S/PDIF digital IN's and OUT's to an Audigy 2ZS card.
I have been reading quite a bit about this, but I see either incomplete information or none at all. What I've read has left me quite confused.
For instance, I read something about a 4 pole mini jack, as well as a 5 pole mini jack for the DIGITAL OUT connector. I also read somewhere that certain /8" to RCA "breakout" cables will NOT work for the digital I/O's because the ground(s) are in a different location.
Can someone provide COMPLETE pinout information for the connectors on this board, or, at the very least, ANY/ALL S/PDIF-relatd connectors?
I have made custom cables before, so if I just had the pinout(s), I'm sure I could come up with something.
Thanks.

Gerben wrote:
Thanks for your quick answer. In fact you confirmed my findings so far...
Hence I did find a last straw halm, Why not change all data to AC3 format and allways have 5. digital output? ... I found a AC3 filter programm but not yet the programm to do the translation. Your advice is much appreciated. If it cannot be done please also advice... Thanks very much for your effort.
There are soundcards from other manufaturers that encode the multichannel wave into AC3 form, the feature is called Dolby Digital Li've. There have been many posts complaining about the fact that this feature doesn't appear on the new X-Fi, considering the price and that the feature has appeared on much cheaper hardware. There are several problems with Dolby Digital Li've. First of all, it is not the same as the regular Dolby Digital. DD and DD Li've are lossey compression formats, DD is bad enough, but owing to the fact that DD Li've is a "real time" compression format, the quality is much worse. Another problem is latency. There may be a considerable delay between the action on screen and the sound you hear, a serious problem for games. Creative make a DTS encoder, which is supposed to be considerably better than DD Li've, but I don't think it's available in Europe yet. I don't think you'll find any software encoders.
Is there any reason why you want to use a digital connection?

Sound blaster Audigy 2zs platinum setup with creative inspire 5.1 digital 5

what should the setup be for the sound blaster Audigy 2zs platinum and the reati've inspire 5. digital 5500 because with the decoder in i only get center fl fr on games. i dont get sound from the rear speakers.but when i take the decoder out and just plug the 3 leads straight into the back of my sound card i get 5. any help plz.i done a thx sound test with the decoder in it does fl i can hear it but i can hear the center as well
and no sound comes out on the 2 rear speakers when doing the test.but when puting the 3 cables straight into the back of the sound card i runed the test and i could hear all the speakers fine even the rear speakers any help plz is this ment 2 happen or do i have to change some settings thanks for any help plz help me thanks.

I Have had a problem for ages. I have the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and Inspire 5. digital 5500.
I have copied the advice I received/didnt recieve from creative.
Best of luck
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
I am sorry for the problem you are facing.
To achieve outputs from all the speaker during speaker test, you will need to have an analog connection, or digital DIN connection.
That will be possible if you connect the three line out jacks on your soundcard, to the three audio input (analog jacks->green,black,orange) on your speaker, if it has this connection. Or, you may connect them using Digital DIN, if they have this connection.
If you are using digital connection (coaxial, optical), there will be no way to achieve sound output from all the speakers during 5. speaker test, as they carry stereo signal.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe:
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I understand you must be busy, so no problem.
No I do not hear EAX when in Pro-logic mode. I only hear (depending on the game in question)
Half life two: front left-right and centre. NO rears
Fear: Front, left, right, & centre. No rears
Farcry Front left, right & centre. No Rears
When I run your speaker test HISSSSS, No Rears, no front left or right
Beats me?
Regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 24 January 2006 5:44
To: Martin
Dear Martin
I apologize for the delay on the answer.
If you select Dolby Prologic mode on the decoder, are you able to listen
the game audio, with EAX, in all of the speakers?
Regarding to the optional bay dri've, you can purchase it from ou
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Original Message Follows:
Hello
Your email was helpful, unfortunately, not for my unit, you see I would
have
connected the Jack leads in by now if the inspire had Jack lead inputs
as
you describe
Please don't think I am being sarcastic, but from reading the
correspondence
below it would seem as if your department is having difficulty
understanding
my problem.
Also it would seem your department doesn't have the necessary technical
information on your very own product, so to help with your dilemma I
have
taken photos of the input/outputs on the Inspire unit.
You will clearly see the inspire has no inputs other than Coaxial and
Optic.
This leaves me back to my last post. I think the solution would be for
me to
purchase the correct processor, which would have come with the original
sound card had I not been a little tight on the money front.
I have attached a photo of the sound card with the processor, I would
love
to buy this processor but find myself unable to locate this product on
your
web site. Would you possibly be able to send me the correct link to this
item so I can buy this Processor Please?
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 8 January 2006 0:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE -
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your soundcard is Audigy 2 ZS
Your speaker is Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500
You will need to have a 3:3 cable(with the color green, black, orange)
to connect your soundcard to your speaker, to achieve the 5. effects
with games.
Below is the connection:
- Connect line out jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Front' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the green color
connection
- Connect line out 2 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Rear' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the black color
connection
- Connect line out 3 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Center/Subwoofer' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the
orange color connection
Once you have done the correct connection, play the game DOOM3.
Ensure you have selected either the EAX or surround option in the game
settings.
Does it work?
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
Original Message Follows:
You have lost me. Your sound card clearly states that I can have EAX
surround decoding from the sound card I have purchased.
All of the games on your web site claim to give me an environmental
effect
that will blow my mind, hence EAX.
All I have done wrong is NOT buying your decoder that comes with the
sound
card. My mistake.
All I want to do is re-address this issue and buy the correct
decoder/processor.
Can you point me to the correct link on your web site so I can buy the
correct decoder/processor?
As for the PCM out of the above cables, this foxes me as my other
equipment
only use Optical cabling on my Lexicon processor and from that I have DD
7., DTS 7. and meridian 5. lossless.
My issue is more to do with NO EAX from the rear and centre channels
while
in-game.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 09:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM887805I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
All commercial digital connection eg. optical or coaxial cable will only
carry PCM stereo signal. If you want to output the signal to a surround
5. with extra EAX environment effects, it will not be possible at all
since it is only restricted to stereo channel signal.
As per current industry limitations, we are bound to follow the standard
one-signal output for all our SPDIF and Optical output jacks. This is
something that is currently shared by all vendors for all products.
Please note that all games are not dolby digital, even they are , it
will require certain motherboard to encode it to dolby digital signal,
which our soundcard does not support.
You can only use analog connections to gain true 5. surround for
gaming..
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
Original Message Follows:
Hi Joong
I don't fully understand your email, but I do get the gist of what
you're
saying and understand I need to connect the analogue cable to fully
appreciate the sound in EAX.
Would you be able to tell me what product I could buy from your
catalogue
which would marry up with the sound card I have, as I understand now
that
the Inspire 5. will not do the job.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 04:00
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8875697I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thank you for the reply.
Computer games written with support for 3D audio do not require a Dolby
Digital Interacti've Content Encoder (DICE) to output multichannel sound,
with no exceptions. Sound devices that support the real time encoder
technology from Dolby will simply receive the multichannel wave file
output and encode it in real time to a somewhat modified Dolby Digital
bitstream. Creative does not support the Dolby Digital Interacti've
Content Encoder on any of its sound cards.
The only difference between a Sound Blaster card and an audio card that
has a real time encoder, is that you can make a one-wire, digital
connection from your audio card to your home theater receiver and enjoy
discrete multichannel sound from the game. However there will be a
continuous, slight delay, known as "latency", as the encoder is creating
and transmitting the bitstream, and of course the compression scheme
being used is "lossy" (i.e. not bit-accurate).
If you want to enjoy 3D audio in 3D enabled PC games in multichannel
surround sound with a Sound Blaster card, it is recommended that you
connect the analog outputs of the sound card directly to the analog
inputs of the receiver. This will require 3 cables for 5. surround
sound, one for front right and left, one for rear left and right, and
another one for front center and subwoofer. Though it requires more
cables than a real time encoder system, it will not have any latency
issues. When connecting PC audio to a home theater receiver, Creative's
latest sound cards such as Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2
are likely to provide higher quality audio than any Dolby Digital real
time encode system available for the PC today.
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Please do not use this link to submit technical queries
Original Message Follows:
Hi
One particular game which has "in-game" DD is Farcry; I used this as my
benchmark disc for DD and to push my Nvidia 7800 GTX GPU's (I have tried
it
on friend's machines and they get the full surround effect so I Know
this
version is ok. I also have ALL of the game patches & updates.
I would like to point out that while playing Doom 3, Half Life 2,Fear,
Colin
McRae rally 04,FIFA 2004,Meddle of honour pacific assault, Rome, Shadow
ops, All these games have EAX HD, which is enabled within the options
menu
"in-game", But I do not get ANY use out of the rear's and I might as
well
listen in stereo.
No, inspire 5500 does not automatically switch while "in-game" when DD
is present as you would expect, but does if it was a Movie, which makes
me
think the DD stream isn't getting to the processor.
I originally thought I could put all this to rest if I could buy the
control
panel that would have come with the Sound card if I had not tried to
save
money, but every time I search your accessories site I get completely
lost,
it really isn't user friendly, the sub-menus are very time consuming and
point you in the wrong direction because they are not categorised as Joe
public would understand
I downloaded your TEST Movies and creative demo player utility, ran it
but
still no EAX HD or DD if that were present.
I want to put this card and Processor into my boys computer (which is
the
same Spec as mine and I will update to the FX series, but I am unwilling
if
I cannot find a logical reason why this set-up cannot work first.
Would it have anything to do with the pins on the Digital out on the
sound
card plug, the one I bought and was attached to the last email? Only
sending
certain channels down to the processor?
Regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 5 January 2006 08:09
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8868993I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your speakers are fine as you mentioned that there is sound from all the
speakers when you are playing movie.
May i know what game are you playing when there are no sound from the
rear speakers?
Have you done the appropriate settings in the game to achieve the 5.
sound?
Is there any game patches that you will need to update?
Does the Dolby Digital LED light up when you are playing the game?
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Servic
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I am sorry; I should have said the Inspire 5. was model number digital
5500
S/N SW330030026.
The inspire has these connection on the back of the processor
>From top/back of unit
Audio Outputs
Front
Rear
Centre/subwoofer
Audio inputs
Audio line in
Coaxial
Optical
DIN
The Din to a remotely located Subwoofer which has the speaker leads
inputting into it. Plus power.
Attached is the creative view of the controls menu and I have attached
the
invoice I was sent, it shows the lead I was told to fit.
As I said, I can now hear DD5. while within a movie from ALL speakers
BUT
no sound from rears during IN GAME DD5.
I do not use this PC for films only games.
Regards
Martin
If you are having a digital connection, it is normal for only get only
front left/right is you use the speaker test option.
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=3&sid=4858
Speaker test only outputs from two front speakers?
You mentioned that that you are unable to get any sound from the rear
speakers when playing game right? May i know are you using a digital
connection? May i know what speaker settings have been made under
Creative Speaker settings?
Do get back to me on the above.
Thanks
Original Message Follows:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Creative Model Number: SBO 350
Computer Brand/Model: home made
Processor/CPU: AMD 64
Memory: Gig DDR 4
BIOS Type/Revision: 5. 39
System Board/Chipset: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
Detailed Problem Description:
I have the above Sound card.
I also own Inspire 5. amp/processor
I Wanted to save money by connecting above sound
card to amp/processor
Connections on sound card made life very difficult
I contacted Creative for help. you told me to buy
an RCA to mini jack cord which also has other connections, from your
web site, (I tried to find
the product number for you, but your sub-menu
system is so poor I couldn't locate the RCA/mini
3.5 /to phono link for you) this cord connects
directly into the digital in, on the sound card (3.5 Mini jack) to the
coaxial input on the
inspire 5. amp/processor.
I have enabled ALL sp-diff settings and digital in
setting on every program/utility/kitchen sink and all.
I have an SP-Diff wire from DVD burner to creative
sound card, and yes its enabled and digital only
is selected.
I can play a DVD and see the inspire 5.
automatically change from Pro-logic to Dolby
digital when it See's an AC-3 stream.
when I try and play ANY game you say has EAX
,2,3,4 I cannot get any sound from my rear
speakers (see above in Dolby Digital ALL speakers
work correctly)
when I enter the set-up menu within the creative
software you supply with the sound card and select
5. speaker, digital only, test the speakers via
the white noise function, all i hear is left and
right noise. no centre, no rears.
I phoned you tech support line, the boy on the
phone didn't have much of a clue about your
product and I had to tell him what connections sit
on the inspire 5. series amp/processor.
I want to build another PC for my son, I want to
add the FX series sound card and amp, but i am not
willing to buy anything until i feel you have
helped me to solve this problem first.
please can you help, I am at the end of my tether
with this sound card.
kind regards
Martin Waite
Message Edited by Daniel-CL on 0-28-2006 :36 PM

AC3 Filter + Audigy 2

I got Logitech Z-5500 connected to Audigy 2 ZS on analog.
EAX and surround is working fine when using WinDVD("Analog Sound Card" and "6 channels" selected).
I can't get any sound from rear speakers when watching DivX files with AC3 audio stream. The sound that should come from the rear speakers comes out from the front :-/
AC3 filter 0.70b and .0RC5(set to SPIDF, and Audio console set to built-in decoder) - the same problem.
What could be the problem?
Tnx in advance!

Fact: WinDVD might say that it has DivX decoding, but that doesn?t mean that it can handle AVIs with AC3 audio. AVIs are not very confortable having AC3 audio within them (although all u need to play it in a standard DirectShow player are some filters). 2-ch deocding is as good as it gets for AC3 in WinDVD.
Fact: in order to get your Audigy 2 ZS to decode Dolby/DTS within WinDVD, WinDVD must be set to "Digital Output (SP/DIF) to external processor", the "Decode 96kHz/24bits" must be unmarked/deactivated, and the Audio Renderer must be set to "WaveOut".
This will send the decoding to the Audigy?s CPU.
Fact: EAX and CMSS3D SHOULD NOT/MUST NOT be on/acti've/marked when playing 5. ch audio (Dolby or DTS) since the EAX and CMSS3D alter the way audio is reproduced and both are basically a way to get multichannel audio from stereo sources wich a 5. ch track is NOT.
Fact: the Audio booster in WinDVD (Platinum) MUST NOT be set to anything (no Dolby Virtual Speaker, no TruSurround, no anything). These Are up/downmixing matrixes and also alter the sound. Not even WinDVD?s Dolby EX, since the built-in Dolby Surround EX/DTS-ES decoding of your Audigy it'ss sounds much better.
Fact: in order to get AC3Filter to properly send and the Audigy?s CPU to properly receive SPDIF, these are fundamental and NON-NEGOCIABLE:
) you need a player that allows to specify/set the renderer that will be use for audio (I personally prefer BSPlayer, other choices are MPlayer or VLC).
2) These options MUST be set as such in AC3Filter (preferably RC5):
a] Main Tab = Ouput Channels: whatever - Output BitDepth: PCM 24bits - SPDIF Enabled.
b] System Tab = SPDIF passthrough Enabled for AC3 and DTS.
Period.
3) The selectable-renderer-player will have as renderer: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [C000]. Not "DirectSound: SBAudigy2ZS", not "Default Audio Renderer", not anything but "SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [C000]".
And 4.0/4. up, as Speaker Settings.
And that should get you enjoying Dolby/DTS.
Regards.

Connecting Soundblaster Audigy 2zs to Home Theater Amplif

Can I connect my Soundblaster Audigy 2zs directly to an amplifier and still get 5.,6.,or7. speaker setup? I feel it's kind of redundant to use a reciever when the Audigy has all the capabilities of a Home Theater Reciever. And it outputs sound at 92khz, which currently is only available on more expensi've recievers.
My goal is to use my pc as a souce and connect it directly to amps and speakers. I would like to put money I save on recievers into a high end speaker system
I have read in the previous posts that it may be possible to do 5. by getting an mini jack to RCA adapter for each channel. But no details on 6. or 7..

I am in the same situation as you. As the CL told me
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=5343 --
You can either use the audigy to decode the sound or your reciever to decode the sound with the SPDIF passthrough. Just whichever has the better specs.
From my situation I would recommend having speakers with analog hookups to the front/rear/center sub rather then the digital output. The only way to take advantage of the digital output is with a DVD and in that case you can just watch a DVD on your TV rather then your computer. For games the analog 5. hooks is better as well because with games it decodes it and with your reciever it would only have 2. sound.

Weird sounds on Audigy 2ZS,need he

Hi all,i having problem when i watching dolby digital?dvd. The problem is when i watching dvd it got some "Dit Dak Dit Dak" sounds come out and in my dvd software setting i have on SPDIF output let my Audigy 2ZS decode it. Is it this is soundcard problem?Please help and thanks in advance.Message Edited by warez on 02-6-200603:50 AM

Ok,no matter what i try the problem still there so now i upload a dvd short clip.When i watching this with SPDIF enable using WinDVD 7 Platinum the sounds will come out with "Dit Dak" "Pik Pak" BUT when in analog mode that's nothing happen everything fine.So i hope you guys who using this Audigy 2ZS or X-Fi series help me test whether your people also have such problem,cause if confirm that's sound card problem i gonna send it to warranty. Appreciate your people kindness help. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AIJM7Y3?**The file that i upload is ISO image,so please use DT to mount it.**

DTS support with audigy 2 zs and inspire t5900

Can i have dts and dd audio with inspire 5.1 5200 or t5900 and audigy 2 zs ?
At link (http://www.creaf.com/speakers/source...rt-Speaker.pdf) inspire 5.1 5200 has no dts support with audigy 2 zs ...

sussie,
Yes. The Audigy 2 ZS sound card support DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 decoding so it will work with the speaker.
Jason

DTS, AC3 won't work

I am linking my Macbook Pro via HDMI to my TV and my polk audio surround bar to watch movies off my hard drive.
I am using divX 7 to open the movies. All the video is working, however the Audio on my AC3 videos is only playing static and on my DTS movies the audio is not playing at all and it just gives a warning saying that I need a Quicktime codec 8193.
I haven't been able to find the 8193 codec.
I have quicktime 10, Perian 1.2.3 and the latest DivX 7 plus. I also have VLC. The audio works through VLC however it is not AC3 or DTS quality.
I have enabled both the passthroughs as per the instructions at this link www.cod3r.com/2008/02/the-correct-way-to-enable-AC3-passthrough-through-quickti me/
Things I have tried:
I have deleted DivX and re-installed it.
I have deleted Perian and re-installed different versions.
Ran software update on my mac.
Opened with QT (Perian).
Cleaned up the quicktime/library codecs as per Perians recommendations on their support page.
Searched unsuccessfully for 8193 codec.
My macbook pro is running the following:
Mac OS X 10.6.8
2.4 GHz Intel Icore i5
Memory 4gb 1067MHz DDR3
Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

This is usually a type of question way outside of the skills of people here, but who knows, I'll bump it just in case.
Only thing I could think of is that you have an older MBP where you need a separate digital optical cable. As for the 8193 Codec, it's of course a newish DTS encoder/decoder. If you were using Final Cut Pro X, you'd have it, but that'll cost you a few bucks.
Try this:
http://qt-ac3-codec.en.softonic.com/mac
I don't know if it's a safe download, but give it a try.

[Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS] Sound cutting out in middle of gamepl

I have Vista, and I never had this problem with XP.
I downloaded the Vista drivers and have ran Windows Update for all the missing drivers.
When I run dxdiag.exe
I go to the sound tabs and find this.
The file ctaud2k.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
For Sound
and Sound 2
Sound 3 says everythign is fine.

I've found that Audigy series cards "cut out" if you alter speaker properties in Vista Control Panel.
Creative umm... bug I think that's what they call it...
For example
I find 6bit, 48000 Hz (DVD Quality) is the highest quality I can set.
I've seen it on Audigy 2, Audigy 2ZS and Audigy 4. Win32 and Win 64.
Is your adapter set to studio quality If so - that's most probably it.
Hope this helps.

Question on hooking up an Audigy 2zs to my home theatre syste

im trying to hook up my home theatre system to my pc. does anybody know if the "creative sound blaster digital I/O module cable" (which is an adapter that converts /8" headphone jack to a digital optical cable), is compatible with the Audigy 2zs card? so far i heard its only compatible with the audigy 2 value card..why not the 2zs?
Message Edited by listento3 on 06-27-2006 :6 AM

listento3,
Are you referring to the Digital I/O module unit's If that's the one, then no, I'm afraid it doesn't work with the Audigy 2 ZS soundcard. If your HT system works with coaxial input, you can use coaxial instead of optical.
Jason

DTS, AC3 Decoding Audigy 2Zs or PowerDV

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