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STO have surround sound?

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I hooked my PC up to my stereo using the SPDIF (Optical) cable, which for DVDs it lets me do surround sound (dolby digital or DTS) in 5.1 surround sound.

Does STO support surround sound? For some reason it is only playing Stereo for me.

Im on Windows 7, Realtek HD audio. I've tried the latest driver also.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    no but you can grab this for virtual surround for the pchttp://www.astoundsound.net/
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I dont think that software makes real surround sound, it just makes the normal sound come out all speakers.. What I'm talking about is having actual discreet rear channel, or even both left and right rear being their own channels.

    STO is fairly new so I would have thought the game could do that, but it seems that it doesnt. EQ2 does work with 5.1 (dolby surround) and it is quite a bit older. Games sound really good when they are able to do this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I am using an optical cable from my Sound Blaster X-Fi and I have 5.1 surround.

    I dont know if its simulated or not, but it seems accurate. I know exactly when to turn around. LOL
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