Windows 11 surround 5.1 doesn't work on the back channel

Hi :) thanks

no, don't have contacted asus support ... sadly they web page doesn't work. lol. coincidences? I don’t think so. XD lol

i buyed it last month over amazon, but don't think it's a hardware issue because the 5.1 works with games and vlc and it doesn't on firefox and other programs. i think it's a software issue, it can be that the drivers from realteck aren't compatible with windows11 or there is a bug in theyr code, or windows that doen't allow the correct comunication with other software by using the right audio settings.

i will try the forums that you linked, and hope that the asus forum comes back online.

i can wait here too if somone else has an idea to fix

but we tried really a lot of options to fix it, but without luck :S

i relly hope it's just driver issue and hope this will be identified and fixed.

windows 11 "just" released, there can be still issues that only time can fix them, and some guy behind the scenes programming his A** off for one of the companies.

thanks for your help again.

if i have some updates i will post them here too.

Websites sometimes shut down for maintenance during the weekend. In Microsoft's case they have so many servers all over the world that they can shut some down without being put offline like that, although at times there is disruption in a service like Activation or Updates.

I really hope you can find the fix, Pat. Others who know the issue may post here. Please also let us know what you find out.

Websites sometimes shut down for maintenance during the weekend. In Microsoft's case they have so many servers all over the world that they can shut some down without being put offline like that, although at times there is disruption in a service like Activation or Updates.

I really hope you can find the fix, Pat. Others who know the issue may post here. Please also let us know what you find out.

Hi,

i found a really cool web page to checks if all the audiochannels are working fine for a browser https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html tried on edge, firexof and chrome, and it works.

can it be that if there is an audio output with 2.0 channel, windows correctly outputs that and does not an autofill to a 5.1 sistem ?

i will wait that asus / realtheck upgrade theys software / drivers to add something like that.

or if somone has some speculation of why is this so, feel free to comment :)

OT

the most bizzare thing that i found this thread on a different web page ....

https://www.****/threads/windows-11-surround-5-1-doesnt-work-on-the-back-channel.861241/

who did this ? is this lecit ? it's a official windows web page?

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Pat, as you should be able to see the forums blanked out part of the link address. If I search the thread title it brings me to this same thread we're in.

Can you provide a link to the thread that concerns you? If you notice it blanks out any part of it, just post the missing part (only) nearby.

This is how it is supposed to work.

In order for stereo sources to play in all 5 speakers, you need "speaker fill" (or aka stereo upmix). Asus removes the speaker fill feature in the realtek audio console and put it in Sonic Studio III. If sonic studio iii doesn't have it, then it may have been moved to another audio app (such as nahimic).