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Old 12-02-2009, 03:25 AM   #1
Ulic Qel-Droma
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Unhappy how to get surround sound with games on PC... sort of. HELP!

ok that's not really the question.

i get surround sound on my PC with games and movies right now.

but i have dual display setup, my second screen is a 46 inch TV, connected by uhh from the computer DVI to HDMI.

i have a 4.1 surround system hooked up to the computer, which is setup around my main monitor.

around the 46 inch tv monitor, i have a 5.1 surround sound setup through a SPDIF cable.

i use AC3, so when i put 1080p movies (or any movie with surround), on the second screen and flip my playback devices from speakers to SPDIF, i get proper surround.

but when i wanna play games (such as left 4 dead 2, or TF2, or whatever), on my big screen, i cannot get surround sound to work. it only outputs as two speakers.

in game i tried setting it to 4 speaker and 5 speaker setup, but neither output surround...

where did i go wrong?
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