Issues with 5.1 Surround Sound with Windows 10

Anonymous
2019-06-25T18:59:15+00:00

I can not get 5.1 Surround Sound to play for my computer with any audio player; i.e. DVD/CD optical drive, Pandora, etc. but when I run an audio test using the device manager it tests perfectly.  I have heard that there might be a compatibility issue with 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound and Windows 10.

Please let me know if anybody has had this problem and what the solution is.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T13:37:48+00:00

    I like you have compiled hours of reading and trying multiple suggestions, nothing that actually worked though! There are countless "do gooders" offering mindless solutions to misunderstood problems that sometimes I'll actually read to the end of their solutions just for entertainment! I really am astonished to think of these same people reading through a ballot initiative and expecting them to vote correctly? When I say "God help us", I really do mean it!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T12:57:02+00:00

    Hi there…  a great deal of the complaints are from the install process, we can't even test it because we can't even install it properly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T12:51:23+00:00

    If the Speaker test worked or anything else with the INSTALL process worked i wouldn't be writing? Perhaps you should understand the problem before producing a bogus "solution wanna be"! literally 100's of other disgruntled users do?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T12:23:53+00:00

    Excellent solution! If I got of of the HABBIT of using dirty google, i can escape the clutches of "couldn't care less" Microsoft. We need a tidal wave of users to choose Linux!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-25T05:14:38+00:00

    So let me get this straight:

    Windows makes an O/S that many people on this thread says WILL play 5.1 sound from native apps.

    You try and play sound from a web page, and you get 2 channel sound.

    How is this the fault of windows and not the source that is only sending 2 channels?

    What's your attitude about Jeff Bezos? He's the real villain here.

    How can hardware drivers be "generic" if they have different DAC chips and interfaces in them? 

    As far as Bill Gates "Worthless" life, how much money have you contributed to the fight against Malaria, Tuberculosis, and AIDS?

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