Realtek Modded Audio Driver for Windows 10/11 - Only for HDAUDIO

[tasos.chan]

Does anyone knows if the new version is working correctly with pcm 5.1 audio and dts?

I have the same question. Does anyone know for sure if the issue is fixed?

 

[erpguy53]

note to Alan F.

Nahimic 3 UWP app recently updated to version 1.5.1 from MS Store

read this post in NotebookReview forums that Nahimic 3 v1.5.1 app works with older systems that have less than 8th gen Intel systems

aww crap - I take this back
this new 1.5.1.0 version of the Nahimic3 uwp app from MS store does not seem to work for some people (at least one person confirmed that in this ASRock forum thread) when using recent modded driver versions.

however, it may work with older modded driver versions like 6.0.8960.1

 

[SGZ12]

I have the same question. Does anyone know for sure if the issue is fixed?

I can confirm that it does not work, same issue as every version except 8996, the signal only use the front speakers, this leave us no option but use the 8996 release

 

[AAF Optimus]

NEW DCH DRIVERS RELEASED IN GITHUB
DCH DRIVER VERSION 6.0.9050.1
REALTEK AUDIO CONSOLE APP VERSION UPDATED

ATTENTION: You will need to uninstall the currently installed version before continuing with this installation. A condition has been imposed for this due to problems reported by some users.

Those who want only Realtek material, just choose the panel option (HDA or UAD), select your decoder and deselect the rest.

GO TO 1st PAGE

ENJOY!!!

 

[lightzout]

Hello fine audio lovers! Welcome to all the new people. Lots of success stories here. If you are frustrated it's OK we have all been there trying to fix issues with Windows audio seemingly having a mind of its own. Things take even longer if you get upset or impatient with yourself or others. Chances are its not your fault its windows and its going to happen again so might as well gets good it. I am running the older driver package for a motherboard that is over 8 years old and isn't even supported my Windows 10. Asus launched it in 2012 (P9X79 LE) released last bios is 2014 and sunset support in 2016. I think its wrong that Asus doesn't work with Realtek to provide ongoing drivers support for the current operating system. When I found the whole thread I just wanted sound but slowly it kept getting better until he released the SPDIF patch and I don't know how the ALC892 codec works or compares to newer software but optical out to a home receiver has never sounded better.

Right now I am using the standard (older package) to play music via optical out back panel to a Sony receiver and Sony 5.1 micro speakers system. The only driver suite or third party app I use at the moment is Dolby Atmos which does improve sound but its not as effective for playing FPS games as Soundblaster 720 which really gives you better sense of positioning and you can hear what direction footsteps are coming from. I use Hyper-X Cloud Stinger ($50) headset. But the Creative drivers never stick and I would rather have stability. I am on this install for at least a months and surrvived windows updates. It is gratifying fixing this yourself and people will help you there are a couple important things to know first.

1) This is the internet and you should never trust anything anyone says on face value especially when it involves installing system level drivers. Triple check stuff. Do actual research and maybe take notes. There is a method to solving driver woes and its3 super important to take all the steps, in the right order. I make checklists of the order of each step and keep a copy of my motherboard manual on a tablet so I can read offline especially since you have have to reboot. You may need to learn about the bios to do this and it is important to not create an even bigger problem for yourself.

2) Take ownership of your hardware. Do some research and plenty of boolean searches for terms related to the problem as well as what you want to do. I am still learning all the time. Landing in a public forum and asking for help can be weird but Alan is doing great work. The more information you have the better your questions are and more likely someone will help. Covid is making people extra stressed so just remember to be nice. Listening to music is very therapeutic. I know there are a lot of non-PC 3factors that can be in play, especially if you are connected to un-grounded power or haven't checked cables etc.

3) DIY rules! If Realtek will not provide functional drivers for Windows 10 I believe we all have a right to use custom homebrew packages even if they aren't signed as long as you know the risks. Before you do anything learn about system restore and backup. If you aren't familiar with the sound control panel, device manager, uninstalling apps and programs or editing the registry you should start there before changing anything. Most companies pressure customers to buy new systems and upgrade unnecessarily when the hardware is fine, The problem is something related to the software configuration. A trend I see at places like Dell or stores like Best Buy is terrible support and instead of actually troubleshooting they are aalso steering people into buying things they do not need. Read the manuals, ask questions and be cool here. If you reach musical bliss or whatever you came looking for then pass it on. I had no idea my music could sound this good and none of that credit can go to anyone but Alan.

Other tools: DDU is awesome and now support uninstalling both Soundblaster and Realtek drivers from your system. I was having issues after I have a AMD GPU die and installed nvidia as both have native sound drivers. Removing everything and starting fresh is the only way I have had reliable results but everyone has different configurations. I used to use CCleaners for registry stuff but now I just follow the instruction and use DDU or manually uninstall drivers and devices. I avoid installing any other apps like DTS through the store if you are using this package they are not interchangeable that way. I mention it because it seems to a common misconception.

Last thing: Alan has done this on his own and as far as I know doesn't have a Patreon page or other way for people who do use this to show their support. I was kind of hoping that might happen. I really appreciate it and want to show support.

 

[AAF Optimus]

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I appreciate everyone's understanding.

 

[DrSlump76]

Hi,
i landend here because i was searching for a method to enable dts connect or ddl on my windows 10 pc to enable multichannel audio during gaming via spdif connection.
My motherboard is an Asus Rog Crosshair VIII Impact, with SupremeFX S1220 and SABRE9023P audio chipset.
DTS seems to work fine and, finally, i can enjoy multichannell gaming on my pc, but i've lost analog audio output that's seems ok in control panel but there is no audio from analog jack output.
May you help me?

Thankyou very much.

 

[aloeh]

Hi guys,

I'm trying use this drivers to enable eax to play old games like baldurs gate, but don't work.

I installed the 2 versions (the active and the discontinued one), and the alchemy and OpenAl modules of OP site's folder (https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3es3rafr3d2hi/Audio#w2xow3nb1a202).

But still dont work.

Any advice?

My chipset is an ALC1150.

 

[rid]

I need a piece of advice. If I'm on 1090 OS, should I install the latest version or rather stick with an older one? If so, which one. Cheers.

 

[ivicask]

Is there a version with working 5.1 over SPDIF/DIGITAL?I even tried older versions someone suggested still not working! Its not even about upmixing content, but its completely not working even in movies winch have 5.1 /7.1 sound.I found random driver on net(Realtek HD Audio Drivers 6.0.8924.1 WHQL with DTS-NEO & DOLBY) which enables Dolby 5.1 with upmixing stereo and works fine on my new b550 MBO, but this mod just doesnt, cant author acknowledge this problem already and help us find solution ? @Alan Finote

 

[Deleted member 193792]

I'd gladly donate if he addressed the SPDIF bug...

 

[kenjo]

So I'm still having problems understanding how audio under windows works.

what I want is for a program that runs to see 6 channel audio. 3 front 2 back and 1 sub. basically 5.1 audio.
But i want to use the optical toslink (s/pdif) to an external decoder.

I have been running like that for years in both windows and linux. but the windows disk broke and the new installation has never worked. All I get is 2 pcm audio channels and the possibility to send already encoded 5.1 audio over the link. But no game or any other program ever gets more than 2 channels this way.

so is there a way to make this happen?? and also is there a simple test program that works the same way as the sound settings where you can make test sound over the speaker you select ?? the configure button is always grayed out so I can never test with the built in function.

the DTS interactive and dolby live shit is just a way to take the 2 channel PCM and upscale it to 5.1 but that is crap and not what I want.

 

[artur_k]

Is there a version with working 5.1 over SPDIF/DIGITAL?I even tried older versions someone suggested still not working! Its not even about upxmiing content, but its completely not working even in movies winch have 5.1 /7.1 sound.I found random driver on net(Realtek HD Audio Drivers 6.0.8924.1 WHQL with DTS-NEO & DOLBY) which enables Dolby 5.1 with upmixing stereo and works fine on my new b550 MBO, but this mod just doesnt, cant author acknowledge this problem already and help us find solution ? @Alan Finote

Can you share the link? AAF package isn't working for me either...

 

[ivicask]

U can find it on https://softoteka.blogspot.com/, btw if installer doesn't want to install driver, just manually install it from device manager works fine for me.

 

[artur_k]

U can find it on https://softoteka.blogspot.com/, btw if installer doesn't want to install driver, just manually install it from device manager works fine for me.

Yup, that worked straight away.

I think @Alan Finote needs to test his packages on fresh system as something clearly isn't working when installing his driver packs.
I'd be very happy to donate too if this driver pack worked.

 

[Tanzmusikus]

@kenjo @ivicask @artur_k
You could otherwise use this older AAF (but newer than your Realtek v6.0.8924) driver: https://github.com/AlanFinotty/AAFDCHDriverMod/releases/tag/6.0.8996.2

On my windows 10 system it works with SPDIF 5.1 over DDL/DTS-C (and Dolby Atmos).

Please uninstall ALL Realtek HD audio drivers, which are in the system. You could use p.e. DriverStoreExplorer for cleaning.

 

[CityCultivator]

So I'm still having problems understanding how audio under windows works.

what I want is for a program that runs to see 6 channel audio. 3 front 2 back and 1 sub. basically 5.1 audio.
But i want to use the optical toslink (s/pdif) to an external decoder.

I have been running like that for years in both windows and linux. but the windows disk broke and the new installation has never worked. All I get is 2 pcm audio channels and the possibility to send already encoded 5.1 audio over the link. But no game or any other program ever gets more than 2 channels this way.

so is there a way to make this happen?? and also is there a simple test program that works the same way as the sound settings where you can make test sound over the speaker you select ?? the configure button is always grayed out so I can never test with the built in function.

the DTS interactive and dolby live shit is just a way to take the 2 channel PCM and upscale it to 5.1 but that is crap and not what I want.

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This situation is the same, even with licensed devices, and with Creative devices with ability to use DDL/DTS connect.
Applications that determine output signal via WASAPI do detect that there is 6 channels that are present. Most modern apps can detect it properly.
For the rest you will need to search for option for multichannel. If you get to set it there, the game will output discrete 6 channel.

If you cannot force 5.1 mode, you will need a workaround.
On creative devices, the native 5.1 output can be used to tell apps that there is a real 5.1 device, and thus send 5.1 signals. The signal is then looped back to the SPDIF out.

Such an option is not available on Realtek devices, but you can get such a feature by following these instructions:

1. Disable all sound output devices, except SPDIF, this will ease setup later.
2. Go to fxsound.com and download the audio enhancement software. We do not need the enhancement feature, so no need to register or anything.
3. Open the app and check whether the SPDIF out is being selected as output device.
4. Go to sound control panel and configure the DFX Speakers output; this is part of the audio enhancement; set it as 5.1. You can also do a test of each speakers while there. Do remember to disable the enhancer; the enhancer is crap.
5. Now use that for games which do not behave;now they should properly detect 5.1; the DFX speakers will act as a proxy to those apps.

This solution can cause latencies up to 1/2 seconds, check if you can manage with that.

 

[erpguy53]

let's see if AAF can produce a modded 6.0.9066.1 driver since ASRock recently released a 9066 UAD driver version on their web site.

 

[AAF Optimus]

NEW DCH DRIVERS RELEASED IN GITHUB
DCH DRIVER VERSION 6.0.9066.1
DOLBY ATMOS SOFTWARE COMPONENT UPDATED

ATTENTION: You will need to uninstall the currently installed version before continuing with this installation. A condition has been imposed for this due to problems reported by some users.

Those who want only Realtek material, just choose the panel option (HDA or UAD), select your decoder and deselect the rest.
GO TO 1st PAGE

Special thanks to @erpguy53

ENJOY!!!

 

[slayer23]

Thanks for your efforts and amazing work Alan. In the last few releases including the 6.0.9066.1, sound blaster doesn't detect my device. Also, nahimic doesn't get installed when selected

 

[Bradden]

I seem unable to update beyond 6.0.9045.1. I select the Realtek Audio Console UWP with Native support and dolby atmos only. It all seems to install ok but after reboot there is no atmos installed.



Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks

 

[Tingang-21]

You can try executing it with the KGA config file on the first thread page. Then reboot. I managed to do it on the HDA panel version. Either for the Audio Consule panel installation. Hope that too can be resolved.

Make sure after rebooting the device, the internet connection has been connected. Because I noticed, initially after executing the KGA Config file, I thought it didn't work, then I checked on MS.Store and it turns out, the installation process is carried out from there. It takes time to wait for the reinstallation process from MS.Store. Good luck.

 

[SGZ12]

Hi everybody, first of all, thanks for your great work Alan, second I want to ask if anyone has tested this last version to get pcm 5.1 and dts audio as long as the only version that works correctly is the 8996

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Any issues yet with 20H2 that requires microsoft signed drivers ?

 

[slayer23]

Not succesful with KGA no matter how much time i wait, did you get it to work for any of the recent versions of the audio driver ?
Otherwise, 5.1 audio is broken on this version as well, audio only coming out of the front speakers.