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5.1 Surround Sound Downloads

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Thankyou for your reply Stevie, and I am sorry, I did not include any details of my system because I am really trying to get more information about PowerDVD, their website is useless, all they want to do is sell you the latest, most bloated, feature rich, expensive version of their software. Now don't get me wrong, it is very good software and I'm sure it is worth every penny of the £75.00 they ask for it. But I have a modest system, Asus M2n32-Sli, Athlon 64 X2 5000+ o/c'd to 2.8 Ghz, Running Windows XP. My LG DVD Drive came with an OEM copy of PowerDVD v.7 which does not include Dolby 5.1 or DTS or anything.

DTS Surround Sound versions of most of the Ambientblog.net mixes. Another 5.1 mix from Ambientblog's Peter van Cooten to download, burn to DTS CD,. Download surround and lossless music DVD-Audio, DTS-CD, SACD, Audio-DVD, DTS 5.1, DVD, FLAC, APE Archive of surround and lossless music for free.

I am trying to use this system for surround sound playback, and since the Asus motherboard has 7.1 audio out, I thought it would be easy. I have plugged some powered speakers into the various jacks, but although I can get the subwoofer to sound off with the Speaker Set-up wizard there is no sub, no surround, only stereo L and R when I playback a dvd through Cyberlink's excellent software.I guess I need a software decoder. I have VLC but that doesn't seem to do it either, so I thought I'd ask what version of PowerDVD will I need to find on eBay that will play DVD, in Dolby 5.1 on my system? Or is there another solution to my problem? What software do other forum readers use in their systems?Cheers CY. I hadn’t considered that you may be using an OEM version.You can download the manuals for the previous PowerDVD versions from their website.

If you have the patience, you can trawl through each of those to see if you can find any information as to what editions can output 5.1 audio.You mentioned a Speaker wizard - is this the built-in Windows one (Sounds and Audio Devices Advanced Audio Speakers)? Or is this a speaker manager of some sort specifically for the Asus motherboard audio?You also mentioned you can get the subwoofer to sound off with the speaker test. What about all of the other speakers (Centre, Front L+R, Rear L+R)? If these aren’t working with the speaker test, you definitely won’t get 5.1 audio when playing back your DVDs.When you tried VLC, did you go into the speaker/audio setup and set the output to 5.1? Once you’ve done that (and have the system output set for 5.1 as above), I’m pretty sure VLC should be capable of giving you the full 5.1 audio output.Another free alternative to VLC is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, which is what I use.

Again, I’m fairly sure you can set this up to output 5.1 audio from your built-in sound card. Hello again,I still haven't figured this out and I thought I was smart.The ' speaker wizard' came with the motherboard and calls itself 'soundmax audio ver.6.0 @ analog devices inc.' It allows you to test all speakers with a white noise signal, or cycle through, and the speakers that I have connected, front L & R, Centre and Sub, all make sound when I test them. If I plug into the rear L & R, they make sound too, but I haven't tried full 5.1 because I haven't got enough speakers!

I will buy a cheap pair of multimedia speakers and have another go with those connected as rear L & R if you like but the problem seems to be more to do with decoding.VLC is very user unfriendly. All the audio settings are greyed out until I actually select 5.1 from the DVD's menu, and then it still doesn't work! The main voice channel, which I assume is 'centre' is almost inaudible, while the L & R background music is loud.Strangely enough, when I try Power DVD again after making the adjustments to VLC, it won't playback the voice channel either and I have to reboot and restart everything to reconfigure the audio. This is pathetic.

I only want to play back DVD, CD, or MP3 in stereo or better, with Subwoofer support for the Bass. Why is it so difficult?I shall be looking for a cheap second-hand copy of PowerDVD 10 or better, and try again. Other than that I think I will have to buy a sound card, since this ASUS onboard audio doesn't seem to be up to the job, and eBuyer do a Creative X-fi 7.1 for £25.Any more advice would be appreciated,Cy. 3.1 setups aren’t that common. You will have to check and see if there is a 3.1 downmix option so you can get use of all speakers when listening to 5.1 sources (i.e the rear speaker channels mixed in to the fronts).For most PC speaker systems, all of the audio connections from the soundcard are routed through the subwoofer first. This allows the low end frequencies from each of the speaker channel to be filtered out for playback by the subwoofer.If your connections are direct to each speaker, you won’t have this functionality meaning you will have to control the subwoofer crossover/filter at the PC.

The built-in audio sound card probably won’t have this functionality.What speakers/speaker system are you currently using?

Most common speaker configuration for 5.1; used by Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS, THX, and Pro Logic II. Each black square depicts a speaker. The centre speaker in the top line of the square is used for dialogue. The left and right speakers on either side of the centre speaker are used to create stereo sound for music and other sound effects in the film. The left and right rear speakers create the surround sound effect.

5.1 surround sound ('five-point one') is the common name for six-channel surround sound audio systems. 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home theatres.[1] It uses five full bandwidth channels and one low-frequency effects channel (the 'point one').[2]Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, SDDS, and THX are all common 5.1 systems. 5.1 is also the standard surround sound audio component of digital broadcast and music.[3]

All 5.1 systems use the same speaker channels and configuration, having a front left and right, a center channel, two surround channels (left and right) and the low-frequency effects channel designed for a subwoofer.

History[edit]

A prototype for five-channel surround sound, then dubbed 'quintaphonic sound', was used in the 1975 film Tommy.[4]

5.1 dates back to 1976[citation needed] when Dolby Labs modified the track usage of the six analogue magnetic soundtracks on Todd-AO 70 mm film prints. The Dolby application of optical matrix encoding in 1976 (released on the film, Logan's Run) did not use split surrounds, and thus was not 5.1. Dolby first used split surrounds with 70mm film, notably in 1979 with Apocalypse Now. Instead of the five screen channels and one surround channel of the Todd-AO format, Dolby Stereo 70 mm Six Track provided three screen channels, two high-passed surround channels and a low-frequency surround channel monophonically blended with the two surround channels.

When digital sound was applied to 35 mm release prints, with Batman Returns in 1992, the 5.1 layout was adopted. The ability to provide 5.1 sound had been one of the key reasons for using 70 mm for prestige screenings. The provision of 5.1 digital sound on 35 mm significantly reduced the use of the very expensive 70 mm format. Digital sound and the 5.1 format were introduced in 1990, by KODAK and Optical Radiation Corporation, with releases of Days of Thunder and The Doors using the CDS (Cinema Digital Sound) format.

5.1 digital surround, in the forms of Dolby Digital AC3 and DTS, started appearing on several mid 90s Laserdisc releases, with among the earliest being Clear and Present Danger and Jurassic Park (the latter having both AC3 and DTS versions). Many DVD releases have Dolby Digital tracks up to 5.1 channels, due to the implementation of Dolby Digital in the development of the DVD format. In addition, some DVDs have DTS tracks with most being 5.1 channel mixes (a few releases, however, have 6.1 “matrixed” tracks). Blu-ray and digital cinema both have eight-channel capability which can be used to provide either 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound. 7.1 is an extension of 5.1 that uses four surround zones: two at the sides and two at the back.

A system of digital 5.1 surround sound has also been used in 1987 at the Parisian cabaret the Moulin Rouge, created by French engineer Dominique Bertrand. To achieve such a system in 1985 a dedicated mixing console had to be designed in cooperation with Solid State Logic, based on their 5000 series, and dedicated speakers in cooperation with APG.[5] The console included ABCDEF channels. Respectively: A left, B right, C centre, D left rear, E right rear, F bass. The same engineer had already developed a similar 3.1 system in 1973, for use at the official International Summit of Francophone States in Dakar.

Application[edit]

Channel order[edit]

The order of channels in a 5.1 file is different across file formats. The order in WAV files is (not complete) Front Left, Front Right, Center, Low-frequency effects, Surround Left, Surround Right.[6]

Music[edit]

Suggested configuration for 5.1 music listening.

Regarding music, the main goal of 5.1 surround sound is a proper localization and equability of all acoustic sources for a centered positioned audience. Therefore, ideally five matched speakers should be used. Recipe card template google docs.

For play-back of 5.1 music recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have been released and propose the following configuration (ITU-R BS 775):[7]

  • five speakers of the same size for front, center and surround
  • identical distance from the listeners for all five speakers
  • angle adjustment regarding viewing direction of audience: center 0°, front ±22.5° for movies ±30° for music, surround ±110°

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Surround Sound Examined: 5.1 vs 7.1 vs Virtual Surround - Tested.com'. Tested. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^'Understanding Surround Sound Formats'. Crutchfield.com. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  3. ^'What is 5.1'. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
  4. ^Mosely, John (January 1977). 'Quintaphonic Sound'. Journal of the SMPTE. l86.
  5. ^'Recherche & Développement'. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^'Multiple channel audio data and WAVE files'. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  7. ^Thomas Lund (1 September 2000), Enhanced Localization in 5.1 Production, Audio Engineering Society, retrieved 19 November 2015
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