Asus really do go out of their way to fuck up the audio drivers for their motherboards
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I’ve given up and bought a sound card. Utterly mad.
sep 3, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
For anyone that cares- to get 5.1 or 7.1 audio over optical (SPDIF) the signal needs to be compressed. Dolby Digital and DTS both do that. But there is a license cost and ASUS won't pay it. So here we are.
sep 5, 2025, 1:39 pm • 1 0 • view
aaah, so that's why every year I briefly look around at modern mobos but end up sticking with my 10 yr old Asus with onboard optical to drive my 20 yr old Logitech Z-5500s😅
sep 5, 2025, 2:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, I did get there by using the onboard hdmi to connect to my receiver and bingo Dolby Atmos and DTS:X is possible over that connection- so now I really don't know why SPDIF just doesn't want to play.
sep 5, 2025, 2:46 pm • 1 0 • view
So HDMI is uncompressed. Dolby digital live or DTS connect are needed for SPDIF and that is what they haven’t licensed.
sep 6, 2025, 7:04 am • 0 0 • view
Last one on this. Windows 11 is the culprit and have given up. AVR now connected via on-board HDMI. Its not perfect but it works. Life is too short.
sep 6, 2025, 4:46 pm • 0 0 • view