Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

[tom446]

Asus z270e with SupremeFX soundcard. Can i unlock this card?

Just try it out, normally all newer Realtek HD Audio Chips are supporting DDL and DTSI and can be unlocked.

Iam running on the newest Windows 10 Pro N x64 Version, fresh installed with all updates and wanted to say, that the Realtek Driver Version R2.81 ist working too with the unlock!

My Mainboard is Asrock z77 Pro4-M so not the newest one, but everything is working fine with my Logitech Z906 Sound System connected to SPDIF via Optical Cable.

So thanks to all of you for new informations about the unlock!

Greetings from Germany

 

[dvojinov]

Asus z270e with SupremeFX soundcard. Can i unlock this card?

yes you can ..NO you dont really need it as your mobo audio has :Realtek® ALC S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3 and comes out of the box with DTS full implementation including DTS Connect
Audio Feature :
- DTS Connect
- DTS Headphone:X
as DTS is supperior to DDL I see no reason to use the hack to enable DDL ,just install regular realtek drivers and everything should be fine at least it is on my Asus Z170-a

 

[Karmaa]

yes you can ..NO you dont really need it as your mobo audio has :Realtek® ALC S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3 and comes out of the box with DTS full implementation including DTS Connect
Audio Feature :
- DTS Connect
- DTS Headphone:X
as DTS is supperior to DDL I see no reason to use the hack to enable DDL ,just install regular realtek drivers and everything should be fine at least it is on my Asus Z170-a

I wish it was like that on my end. I have a asus striz z270e and when i go into my Realtek Manager i dont have 5.1 options.

yes you can ..NO you dont really need it as your mobo audio has :Realtek® ALC S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3 and comes out of the box with DTS full implementation including DTS Connect
Audio Feature :
- DTS Connect
- DTS Headphone:X
as DTS is supperior to DDL I see no reason to use the hack to enable DDL ,just install regular realtek drivers and everything should be fine at least it is on my Asus Z170-a

I NEED DDL for my Astro A50 headset

 

[dvojinov]

what exactly doesn't work with your Astro A50 ? how are they connected ? I see optical if you connect this way Dolby is pass through so it should work regardless of DTS or DTS-I if you connect via USB then this becomes device of its own and has nothing to do with onboard sound or that USB has other function ?

 

[Random Murderer]

what exactly doesn't work with your Astro A50 ? how are they connected ? I see optical if you connect this way Dolby is pass through so it should work regardless of DTS or DTS-I if you connect via USB then this becomes device of its own and has nothing to do with onboard sound or that USB has other function ?

From what I was able to find, the A50 is a stereo headset that uses its own proprietary software called Astro Command Center to upsample stereo to 5.1 or 7.1.
@Karmaa Do you have the Astro Command Center installed?

 

[Karmaa]

From what I was able to find, the A50 is a stereo headset that uses its own proprietary software called Astro Command Center to upsample stereo to 5.1 or 7.1.
@Karmaa Do you have the Astro Command Center installed?

I have the astro a50 gen2, The comand center isnt available for my version. It has a wireless transmitter with and op in and out, powered by usb. The encoding astro uses is DDL. Which does not show up in my realtek manager

 

[dvojinov]

so how do you "link" Astro with on board audio ? apply the ~hack~ and you will get DDL but I seriously doubt it will change anything for you .

 

[Karmaa]

so how do you "link" Astro with on board audio ? apply the ~hack~ and you will get DDL but I seriously doubt it will change anything for you .

The transmitter is powered by usb and then a toslink from the transmitter to the back of my Mobo. The encoding in the astro transmitter is DDL. I cant get anything but stereo sound at the moment. Im pretty unclear what drivers and stuff to use for windows 10.

 

[dvojinov]

now that has some sense however the ASTRO is DECODER your mobo Audio will do the Encoding in that case . All you have to do is to apply the A1 method or modify the latest Realtek driver yourself using PHITO,s patch ( He is a member of this forum) and if you do the procedure correctly you will get Dolby Digital LIVE as Default Output .
Even now when you watch movies who are Dolby Digital and play games who have Dolby Digital to select it should work . you can do a quick test from SOUND PANEL > Realtek Optical out >Supported Formats > Select Dolby DIgital and hit TEST ..you should get ENCODED signal to your Astro and if it DECODES correctly you should here some PING sound .

 

[Karmaa]

now that has some sense however the ASTRO is DECODER your mobo Audio will do the Encoding in that case . All you have to do is to apply the A1 method or modify the latest Realtek driver yourself using PHITO,s patch ( He is a member of this forum) and if you do the procedure correctly you will get Dolby Digital LIVE as Default Output .
Even now when you watch movies who are Dolby Digital and play games who have Dolby Digital to select it should work . you can do a quick test from SOUND PANEL > Realtek Optical out >Supported Formats > Select Dolby DIgital and hit TEST ..you should get ENCODED signal to your Astro and if it DECODES correctly you should here some PING sound .

Thanks for your replies.

I am not sure what the A1 method is and I did try running the patcher but didnt seem to get any other options in the realtek manager. (Sorry Im just getting back into PC) Been on console for 20 years. When I open the sound panel and select Dolby Digital I do get a "Ping" sound thru my headset. But when I go into the Realtek Audio Manager and change the output I have no 5.1 Surround or 7.1 option.

 

[dvojinov]

ok now that actually works correct and how it should work , because now we know your ASTRO Decodes encoded Dolby signal correctly . For that the default output doesn't have to be set to Dolby Digital Live but without that you will always have stereo except for ENCODED DOLBY DIGTAL signals once that is DETECTED it will send DD to your ASTRO and you will be fine . But that works only for media and games that support Dolby Digital.
Now once you get Dolby Digital Live while using the methods explained here on this forum as default output all signals will be Encoded regardless if stereo or 5.1 so there is a benefit as now all games and media will be played 5.1 however if it is not Dolby Digital supported you still will have some sort of 5.1 but in some pseudo-surround sound . The positioning will be not what you expect however ambiance sound ,effects will be channeled to rear in some case you will find it correct and awesome in some you wont really here much differences.
This is how it looks like : I have selected |dts but DDL works perfectly fine and you can hot swap between DTS and DDL on the fly

 

[Jgr9]

Try my instructions on Pg 37 instead (might still work with the newest Realtek drivers, as long as you aren't on a Windows Insider build).

I believe one of the older methods requires windows to be in Test Mode, and some game anticheats (ARMA) don't allow that.

 

[dvojinov]

I use phitos patcher and reg edit DWORD modification no TEST mode needed

 

[Karmaa]

View attachment 84395 ok now that actually works correct and how it should work , because now we know your ASTRO Decodes encoded Dolby signal correctly . For that the default output doesn't have to be set to Dolby Digital Live but without that you will always have stereo except for ENCODED DOLBY DIGTAL signals once that is DETECTED it will send DD to your ASTRO and you will be fine . But that works only for media and games that support Dolby Digital.
Now once you get Dolby Digital Live while using the methods explained here on this forum as default output all signals will be Encoded regardless if stereo or 5.1 so there is a benefit as now all games and media will be played 5.1 however if it is not Dolby Digital supported you still will have some sort of 5.1 but in some pseudo-surround sound . The positioning will be not what you expect however ambiance sound ,effects will be channeled to rear in some case you will find it correct and awesome in some you wont really here much differences.
This is how it looks like : I have selected |dts but DDL works perfectly fine and you can hot swap between DTS and DDL on the fly

I am not getting the 5.1 DTS or DDL option in the Realtek Dropdown menu.

 

[dvojinov]

OK people who want here is one of the latest modified and Install ready driver , remeber you still have to do the DWORD entry in regedit and you have to ALLOW uncertified driver to install :
TEST MOD is NOT neceserry

http://sharemods.com/ct89upig9f92/realtek_hda_8059_dolbyHPhonesDTSrdy.rar.html

1. After installation, open Run, type in "regedit" without quotes. Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio". Add "DisableProtectedAudioDG" of DWORD (32bit value) type and set it to 1.
2. Restart normally.

good luck !

credits also goes to PHYTO and his patcher

 

[Funky_Funked]

Asus z270e with SupremeFX soundcard. Can i unlock this card?

Don't think so, no Realtek, completely different drivers...

 

[dvojinov]

Don't think so, no Realtek, completely different drivers...

It works , we had some PM exchange I helped him out to get it work using the above install ready drivers that I created . He confirmed it works with Realtek ALC 1220 .

 

[Jgr9]

Yeah, but then he isn't using his soundcard, right?...

 

[Karmaa]

Yeah, but then he isn't using his soundcard, right?...

All working with ALC s1220a (supremefx)

 

[dvojinov]

Yeah, but then he isn't using his soundcard, right?...

he does as it is powered by Realtek ALC1220 chip the rest is some ASUS-ROG modifications I believe :
:Realtek® ALC S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3 and comes out of the box with DTS full implementation including DTS Connect
Audio Feature :
- DTS Connect
- DTS Headphone:X

 

[Jgr9]

Ah, so it's not actually an add-on soundcard.

 

[Karmaa]

Ah, so it's not actually an add-on soundcard.

Nah its built onto my motherboard

 

[itachimendes]

still no go with the newest driver, patch and ip15035

Sand me a lasted rltk_apo.dll.
i use r279 mod

 

[Grinchy]

Can't get it working with my Asrock Z270 Fatality ITX Board (ALC1220) and the "Patch" Method.

Tried it with R280 and the Asrock original Driver, but neither worked. I can choose DTS and Dolby in the Windows Audio Settings, but if i choose it, theres no Sound. If i try "Test Audio" in Audio Settings i get a Error Message.
Also i can't choose DTS and Dolby through the Realtec Settings. It's just available in Windows Audio Settings.

Someone with an Idea what i could try?

 

[dvojinov]

Can't get it working with my Asrock Z270 Fatality ITX Board (ALC1220) and the "Patch" Method.

Tried it with R280 and the Asrock original Driver, but neither worked. I can choose DTS and Dolby in the Windows Audio Settings, but if i choose it, theres no Sound. If i try "Test Audio" in Audio Settings i get a Error Message.
Also i can't choose DTS and Dolby through the Realtec Settings. It's just available in Windows Audio Settings.

Someone with an Idea what i could try?

It should work I have confirmation it does work with this chip , you obvious don't read because you would see the post where it is confirmed and you wouldn't have to fuck around with patching , test modes and other BS . Try the drivers I modified using the patcher created by PHYTO .

ALL you have to do is to install them normally as any other normal driver you would , ALLOW UNCERTIFIED DRIVER when asked and then after all is done apply te DWORD32 in regedir :
The DRIVER : http://sharemods.com/ct89upig9f92/realtek_hda_8059_dolbyHPhonesDTSrdy.rar.html

1. without messing with shit and that or similar run the INSTALLATION it will be in 2 stages:
- STAGE1 the driver will automatically uninstall existing driver and ask for reboot > do so
- STAGE2 back in windows INSTALLATION will start at some point a RED WINDOW WILL POP UP about UNCERTIFIED driver and SHIT say >>YES <<< the installation will complete asking for reboot SAY >>>NO <<<
2. while still in WINDOSWS open regedit and execute :
1. After installation, open Run, type in "regedit" without quotes. Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio". Add "DisableProtectedAudioDG" of DWORD (32bit value) type and set it to 1.
2. Restart normally.

After this reboot you should be set with DTS-I and DDL and all that beautiful shit IF BY ANY CHANCE is not check REGEDIT and if the DWORD is there and set to 1 , if you followed everything and still dont have it then you are one unfortunate guy ..yes It works basically only with OPTICAL OUT or DIGITAL OUT

It may happen that you start circle in a loop with uninstall-install-reboot if that happens 3 times in a row ..break the loop by stopping the installation then you have to do a complete manual uninstall and installation procedure which is just a bit more annoying but not a big deal.

Have fun !