turns out that the problem was getting VLC to play nice with S/PDIF outputs. Got that all fixed up and i'm running movies and such in true 5.1. Thanks for all the help
okay, thanks for the help... but if i'm using VLC and watching a DVD, shouldn't I be getting full 5.1? I played a DVD on there, and i got the ambient noise from the L/R speakers, but no dialog (which should be from the center) and no low-frequency sound from the sub. Also, Realtek has it's...
Hey everyone,
this is probably a big n00b problem, but i have no idea what i need to do to fix it. I've been setting up my computer this week since i'm back from school and decided to hook up my A/V receiver to it. My mobo is a gigabyte ga-965p-s3 w/ the Realtek ALC883 audio chipset. I've...