See EnvironmentVariables for more details on how to set this environment variable system-wide or per user. VDPAU faces considerably more limitations compared to VA-API, but nonetheless, it's the only option for some users. Particularly, anyone using the NVIDIA proprietary drivers. It's not supported in any major browser except for GNOME Web but is useful for local playback. To enable VDPAU support for the AMD drivers ( radeon and amdgpu), along with the open-source Nouveau driver for NVIDIA cards, install the vdpau-driver-all package. This will also enable VDPAU support over the OpenGL/VA-API backend for Intel GPUs. However, this has severe stability issues and may not work at all on some Intel devices. If possible, you are heavily recommended to use VA-API instead with Intel. To enable VDPAU support for the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, you must choose the relevant package for your driver version. It will allow you to adjust volume.If you installed the latest drivers via the nvidia-driver package, then you can simply install the nvidia-vdpau-driver package. Then click on the microphone picture in top right corner to monitor the line. By default when you "monitor" the spdif input on most cards it seems it does NOT allow you to adjust the volume. I just got the claro and I can listen to the spdif input. If you get a sound card such as the ones you mentioned it should work fine. Go the xbox360 system panel in sound and change the digital output to "Digital Stereo" this will output digital PCM. So in short, No there is no card that decodes Dolby or DTS. Hardware decoder in your home theater receiver or Home Theater in a Box. Again, you need a DD/DTS decoder, either a software version or a
So you can hear positional audio from your PC games.
Our Montego DDL *encodes* game audio to the new Dolby Digital Live format, In a Box (HTIB) powered speaker systems from Logitech, Samsung and others.īoth of these product types have built in DD/DTS decoders, so will acceptĪn incoming data stream from the Digital Out of Turtle Beach PCI soundcard However, you can use a home theater receiver, or one of the new Home Theater Licensing and copyright protections, this is not possible. Standalone DVD players or other computers. Surround sound from external players such as the Microsoft Xbox 360, Many customers have asked us how to use the S/PDIF Digital Input to decode Must decode your DD/DTS soundtrack, NOT the soundcard.
The reasoning is that the only legal use of DD/DTS decoders is for playback "DOES YOUR SOUNDCARD DECODE DOLBY DIGITAL/DTS SURROUND?įor licensing and copyright protection purposes, soundcard manufacturersĪre effectively prevented from adding DD/DTS decoders to their products.