Am I getting 5.1 Surround?

[ghostman84]

I have Dolby Headphone, and I need to make sure i'm getting 5.1 output. I've set VideoLAN to "force detection of Dolby Surround" and I set the audio device to 5.1.....

My headphone software does all the work...all VideoLAN needs to do is supply real 5.1 channel sound....

It seems to work fine...it just seems like i've gotten better results from other players...hence the making sure everything's set-up right...

[VLC_help]

force detection of Dolby Surround setting shouldn't really do anything unless you have Dolby Surround material. And Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround are different things. You can try to change audio output module to Waveout to see if it makes a difference.

[ghostman84]

When it auto/force detects "Dolby Surround" is it looking for a 5.1 audio source? I only use VLC to watch DVDs and most have a Dolby Digital track, so naturally I thought that's what it must be detecting. Should I change it? Will Waveout play Dolby Digital?

[VLC_help]

All audio output modules should support 5.1, Dolby Surround is method to create fake surround from stereo material using some tricks.

[ghostman84]

cool...well i'm glad i asked! Thanks!!!