No matter what audio output device I choose in the preferences, I can't get the timeline to play out in real 5.1. My receiver accepts both Dolby Digital and DTS, and the motherboard in the computer has coaxial and toslink digital outputs. The receiver is connected to the coaxial one. I know Dolby Digital works fine from the computer because when it's playing a TV show encoded in DD from Media Center the receiver shows me it is receiving a DD signal, and also when it plays a DVD.
However, no matter which of the three options I select in Vegas (MS Sound Mapper, Direct Sound Surround Mapper or Windows Classic Wave Driver selecting S/PDIF for all three items) I can't have Vegas send Dolby Digital to the receiver. Is this a limitation of Vegas, or a limitation of my motherboard? As far as I can tell I mapped everything correctly because when I exported the audio to an AC3 5.1 file (as well as the video track) and then put both in a SD DVD in DVDA 5, the result plays as it should when I put it in my blu-ray player which is connected to the same receiver with the Toslink cable.
Now, I suppose I could run cables from the 6 analog outputs of the motherboard to the same inputs in the receiver, but taht would mean buying 30 feet of 6 mono 3.5 mm to RCA cables (unless Monoprice has a combo already made for this), so I'd like to find a way to make what I already have work. Is there a way?
However, no matter which of the three options I select in Vegas (MS Sound Mapper, Direct Sound Surround Mapper or Windows Classic Wave Driver selecting S/PDIF for all three items) I can't have Vegas send Dolby Digital to the receiver. Is this a limitation of Vegas, or a limitation of my motherboard? As far as I can tell I mapped everything correctly because when I exported the audio to an AC3 5.1 file (as well as the video track) and then put both in a SD DVD in DVDA 5, the result plays as it should when I put it in my blu-ray player which is connected to the same receiver with the Toslink cable.
Now, I suppose I could run cables from the 6 analog outputs of the motherboard to the same inputs in the receiver, but taht would mean buying 30 feet of 6 mono 3.5 mm to RCA cables (unless Monoprice has a combo already made for this), so I'd like to find a way to make what I already have work. Is there a way?