Hey Ladies!
Long time leecher, first time poster.
First things first: I really, really apprechiate all the hard work so many of you have put into cleaning up what Realtek/MS/Asus/Dolby and whoever messed up this hard. Will certainly never buy Asus and/or Realtek again.
My specs are
-I'm running Windows 10/64, v10.0.17083.1000
-Asus Z170i Pro Gaming with Realtek Alc11500 (aka SUPREMEFXiamaPRbullsh*tname)
-ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0900&SUBSYS_10438688&REV_1000
-Driver: 6.0.1.8090 by DJUrko
-Sound out: SPDIF->Sony DTS Headphone
Software Setup:
-DAX2 (API x64 0.8.4.83), DAX3 API's (API x64 1.1.7.32) *seem* to be running (including "unable to find tuning data) and I'm supposedly getting Dolby Digital sound. (Took me quite some time tho)
-Did *not* run UpdateDax3Db
Issues:
-Despite having tried many, many times on multiple clean-ups, re-installs, versions and install methods (dvojinov's including his alternative and experimental Asus-drivers, Urko's and the one from dldolby.blogspot) I am unable to get DTS running... at all.
-Whenever I try to install any version of DTS Audio/Studio/APO GUI it either tells me that no such device was found (even when by some miracle, DTS is an available format).
-More often though, my PC starts into a BSOD desktop with an endless loading circle
(safe mode->restart->Windows back to normal, yet still no DTS)
--> basically, DTS installs brick my PC and the DTS-Studio App (if it opens) doesn't find any device
Further:
-My sound has much improved from the terrible 48khz/16Bit/Stereo Windows 10 brought with it, yet I'm pretty sure neither setting in the Dolby Audio nor Dolby Atmos App, nor DHTv4, nor DPL2 does anything. Yet when I had only DHTv4 installed (from DJUrko) Equalizer settings impacted my sound a LOT.
-I was stupid enough (yes, sry) to buy a license for *Dolby Atmos for headphones*... yet it's only ever able to give 48khz,16Bit,Stereo virtual surround. Since my Win10-refresh it does not work at all. Despite 3 Mails and 3 passed months, Dolby did not once reply.
Question/Goals:
- -Getting DTS/DTS-I to work or at least get the best sound possible (would prefer that to Dolby)
- -Is there any go-to-be-all-end-all version/combination of driver-mods and plugins? Or is it just a matter of taste and preference?
- In case not: Any tips as to what driver-mod+Dolby App I should be using?
- Can I make any use at all out of my legally bought Atmos for Headphone license? Because back when it worked, it sounded pretty... meh.
- -Was not able to acquire (and tbh very hesitant) the patcher for rltkAPO64.DLL and rltkAPO.DLL as described here. Is that an issue? Why do I need it?
- -How do I even know whether DAX2/DAX3 etc are running/impacting my sound?
- -Does it matter that my Device seems to be running *hdaudio.inf_amd64_7cdxxxxx*?
- -In which cases/for what mods do I need the "DisableProtectedAudioDG-enable" command?
- -What is the difference between choosing hdxrt, hdxrt4 and hdaudio as driver files?
- -Any idea why I can (somewhat reliably) get Dolby Digital working, yet DTS did not work once and install attemps keep freezing up my Win boot?
That's a lot of questions for my first post. Sorry for that. I hope it was somewhat coherent and most of you who read this have more of a clue than I do. Because personally, I'm still baffled how utterly TERRIBLE Realtek, Microsoft, Dolby (and in my case Asus) are handling this issue: Not at all.
Feel like back Win3.1.
Thx in advance!!
P.S.: added a screenshot, but since then I have uninstalled the older hdxrt files and even the amd- (gpu) and Intel (Integrated) files (don't want to use neither device)