Optical Output surround problem with SB X'FI Xtreme Audio Notebook (Gray one)

Dear All and Creative Gurus,
I search through the forum and read all sticky thread and didn't find an answer, so I need to post here:
I just bought this ExpressCard sound card for my laptop, and nearly all work fine. I know pretty well Creative tools and settings for years as I already have an XtremeGamer PCI card for my desktop PC.
I meet an Optical Output issue with this new Notebook card:
When I use any software to play DTS or Dolby Digital signal from video or music (E.g. a DVD with PowerDVD or VLC), the Optical Output only send "basic" st?r?o, and my amplifier can't detect any surround. Surround is OK when I use the little dock with the 7. analog output.
As a comparison, with the other computer, and the X'FI XtremeGamer sound card, and using same settings, same sources and same software (VLC or PowerDVD set to spdif output) the Optical Output send surround sound, and my amplifier detect Dolby or DTS source.
So I hope it's just a drivers (updated I think) or settings problem, and I hope this optical output is not made only for st?r?o sound!
Let me know your feelings here Guys, thanks! And keep the good work
Best regards,
Loran_69
Edit few minuts after : All work fine if I use the "Creative MediaSource 5 Player" !
The optical Output send surround and my amplifier well detect the Dolby or DTS source!
So what's going on with other software like VLC or PowerDVD, with the same settings than my desktop computer (spdif enabled)?

Seeing as the desktop version of the Xtreme Audio doesn't support Game Mode or even have the X-Fi chip on it (card is basically nothing more than a renamed SB Li've 24 bit/Audigy SE), I don't see how the notebook version can be any different. That and from looking at the specs for it I don't see anywhere that it even mentions anything about Game Mode, never mind EAX.

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