how to make 5.1 work on a computer?

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

i have a logitech 5.1 speaker surround sound , in winamp only the front 2's and sub work... how do i make the other 3 speakers work?

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

i have a logitech 5.1 speaker surround sound , in winamp only the front 2's and sub work... how do i make the other 3 speakers work?

you have to have a sound car capable of 5.1 audio

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

yea but isent there some download that makes all 5.1 work as stereo? like left 2 speakers work as left insteaf of left rear and left front

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

yea but isent there some download that makes all 5.1 work as stereo? like left 2 speakers work as left insteaf of left rear and left front

Y splitter

 

[psyrex 10+ year member]

Well, if the source material (mp3's?) is only stereo, you will have only stereo output (front left and right). What you need is a sound card or DAC that can upmix stereo into 5.1. Home Theaters usually have Dolby ProLogic II that does the upmixing. Some Creative products have CMSS (Creative Multi Speaker Surround). I don't know about other 5.1 sound cards.

What do you have?

BTW, Winamp can support AC3 files with the corresponding plugin, which is true 5.1.

-psyrex

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

Even if you can get sound from all 5 speakers and the lfe, the music is stillo nly stereo so the other speaker's sounds would be fabricated. Kinda ruins the point of surround if everything is the same:crazy: