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Realtek Support Dolby D decoding?

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godsfshrmn

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I have a ALC850 onboard and Z-5500 speakers. Which should I use to decode the audio? I could either let the onboard decode the audio and use the 3 headphone plugs, or let the z-5500s decode it and use the fiber optic wire.
 
if you use optical you will not get surround sound from games, as is my understanding

games are not DD or DTS encoded meaning the dolby digital or dts decoder will treat it as 2ch stereo.

in order for games to work you have to use the minijack plugs (L+R, SL+SR, C+SW)
(unless you have an athlon xp with soundstorm or an HDA card)

id use both

I perfer digital for music and use analog for games.
 
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