Making Audio Enhancers Work on Windows

[rafik2019]

This software can help in upscaling audio to 5.1. It does have the latest version of Dolby upscaler, Dolby Surround Upmixer, which is better than old Prologic 2.

Windows 10 x64 1809 i guess its ok choice? Or just install latest build?
So i should use settings like in tutorial exactly to make it work?
Thx for reply.

 

[CityCultivator]

Windows 10 x64 1809 i guess its ok choice? Or just install latest build?
So i should use settings like in tutorial exactly to make it work?
Thx for reply.

1809 is OK. Follow instructions exactly.

 

[rafik2019]

1809 is OK. Follow instructions exactly.

Ok ty what exactly audio driver i need for those?
Im on 889A Codec

 

[CityCultivator]

Ok ty what exactly audio driver i need for those?
Im on 889A Codec

See first post.

 

[rafik2019]

See first post.

There is only info about APO driver, so i should not use any other right?
So install chipset driver only after windows install and then those APO right?

 

[CityCultivator]

There is only info about APO driver, so i should not use any other right?
So install chipset driver only after windows install and then those APO right?

Right.

 

[Vinit raj]

Anybody help me,my problem is after installing Dolby atmos its showing , There is Problem accessing the Dolby atmos driver.plz give me any solution...

 

[CityCultivator]

Anybody help me,my problem is after installing Dolby atmos its showing , There is Problem accessing the Dolby atmos driver.plz give me any solution...

What are the steps that you followed?

 

[Vinit raj]

What are the steps that you followed?

Installing latest Apo driver with latest Dolby atmos api.then configured Dolby uwp product

 

[CityCultivator]

Installing latest Apo driver with latest Dolby atmos api.then configured Dolby uwp product

API? what's that?

 

[alanfox2000]

APO Driver 2.5.9
- Add Samsung EDS 1.4.0.0
- Add Sonic Focus Effects 2.0.0.13

 

[ador250]

archive APO_Driver_2.5.9_x64.7z still has 2.5.8 version dated 14 august

 

[alanfox2000]

archive APO_Driver_2.5.9_x64.7z still has 2.5.8 version dated 14 august

2.5.9 x64 link has been fixed, file SHA256 should be 5d2459a2a7023364f7ca20fe8c3d5848aaf4585950a5355446b40a4acf810a8f

 

[Hixbot]

Hi excellent tool and great thread!

I'm trying to get a Dolby Digital output out of my Nvidia HDMI output. I tried Dolby Home Theater and Dolby Digital Plus Home Theater. Each seemed to install properly, and I can select Dolby Digital as my default format. It works but only in stereo. If I change to 5.1 it says format not supported. I can pick 5.1 fine in PCM, but I need Dolby Digital 5.1 for my TV. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CityCultivator]

Hi excellent tool and great thread!

I'm trying to get a Dolby Digital output out of my Nvidia HDMI output. I tried Dolby Home Theater and Dolby Digital Plus Home Theater. Each seemed to install properly, and I can select Dolby Digital as my default format. It works but only in stereo. If I change to 5.1 it says format not supported. I can pick 5.1 fine in PCM, but I need Dolby Digital 5.1 for my TV. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Restart your PC after applying Dolby in Fx configurator.

 

[Hixbot]

Restart your PC after applying Dolby in Fx configurator.

Tried that, no joy. I read somewhere in this thread to install the realtek mod drivers for purpose of installing the necessary Dolby Home Theater V4 files, then apply Dolby HT v4 in FX to the Nvidia HDMI output. Does that make a lick of sense? I won't be using the realtek output.

 

[CityCultivator]

Tried that, no joy. I read somewhere in this thread to install the realtek mod drivers for purpose of installing the necessary Dolby Home Theater V4 files, then apply Dolby HT v4 in FX to the Nvidia HDMI output. Does that make a lick of sense? I won't be using the realtek output.

Not much sense. What does the supported formats tab says?

 

[Hixbot]

Not much sense. What does the supported formats tab says?

Supported formats is 8Ch. I can select 5.1 fine if I pick PCM. I pick dolby digital, I can only select stereo, if I pick 5.1 I get not supported error. It's interesting to note my AVR reports it's getting 5.1channels. but only the front channels have audio, because speaker configuration is limited to stereo by the driver for some reason.

EDIT:
OK maybe I misunderstanding what I just installed. Is Dolby Home Theater just meant to upmix stereo to 5.1? In that case I think it's working, my AVR is receiving DD5.1, but in the windows speaker configuration it's set to stereo.

What I want is just straight windows speaker config as 5.1 to output Dolby Digital 5.1 on my Nvidia HDMI output. Eternally grateful for any help.

 

[CityCultivator]

Supported formats is 8Ch. I can select 5.1 fine if I pick PCM. I pick dolby digital, I can only select stereo, if I pick 5.1 I get not supported error. It's interesting to note my AVR reports it's getting 5.1channels. but only the front channels have audio, because speaker configuration is limited to stereo by the driver for some reason.

EDIT:
OK maybe I misunderstanding what I just installed. Is Dolby Home Theater just meant to upmix stereo to 5.1? In that case I think it's working, my AVR is receiving DD5.1, but in the windows speaker configuration it's set to stereo.

What I want is just straight windows speaker config as 5.1 to output Dolby Digital 5.1 on my Nvidia HDMI output. Eternally grateful for any help.

Did you go to advanced tab and select Dolby Digital?

 

[Hixbot]

Yes, and like I said I'm getting Dolby Digital 5.1 received by AVR. However the speaker config is at stereo, if I select 5.1 it says not supported. So windows is putting our stereo channels to the APO, and Dolby Home Theater is upmixing it to Dolby 5.1. I am getting 5.1 at but it's upmixed from a stereo source. When I read about dolby home theater v4 from the dolby website, it says just that, it upmixes stereo to surround. I don't actually want that, I want straight mix dolby 5.1. Is there a better apo I can use that gives me just plain Dolby Digital Live?

I found a post from you indicates to install Dolby Atmos for gaming AND Dolby HomeTheater V4 and mix the two together. I've quoted below. Is that the only method to get dolby 5.1 and speaker config set to 5.1? but just to be clear, I don't really want dolby atmos mixing. I just want a clean dolby digital 5.1 output, and windows aware that the speaker config is 5.1.

1. Go to Uninstall or Modify Driver.
2. Add Dolby Home Theater V4 / Dolby Advanced Audio V2.
3. Open FX Configurator.
4. In the left Window, scroll down to Composite Endpoint FX APO, and clear anything in it (usually it would be {D9916F9C-99F7-11E7-BF21-6C0B849889E1}).
5. Replace Composite Endpoint FX APO contents with {56E00778-C664-4BB5-AA2B-CA6F14840BB3}.
6. Also paste {56E00778-C664-4BB5-AA2B-CA6F14840BB3} into Global FX APO.
7. Confirm that Endpoint FX APO Processing mode has {C18E2F7E-933D-4965-B7D1-1EEF228D2AF3} ONLY. Clear the rest ({4780004E-7133-41D8-8C74-660DADD2C0EE},{B26FEB0D-EC94-477C-9494-D1AB8E753F6E}).
Click Apply Effect And Processing Modes Configurations.
8. Click <<Restart Windows Audio Service>>.
9. Dolby Digital is supposed to be available. You can select and apply it.
10. Configure Dolby Atmos for Gaming for 5.1 operation.


P.s I have set my ch_count to 6; usually LFE is also a channel, and I have tested that on my system, which is quite similar to yours (dolby atmos for gaming with DDL).
So what are we doing?
We are using the dolby supplied DDL encoder provided with Dolby Home Theater V4. This solution is universal; you can use it even on HDMI outpoints. Useful if your audio receiver is connected via HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel).

Edit:

So I tried your instructions to set up dolby atmos and dolby home theater together. Once again I can select Dolby Digital in advanced, and I get Dolby Digital 5.1 received by my AVR. However I still can't select 5.1 under speaker config if I have Dolby Digital selected in advanced. (I can select 5.1 fine if I have PCM selected in advanced.)
Also when I start dolby atmos for gaming, I get error there is a problem accessing the driver.

 

[alanfox2000]

Yes, and like I said I'm getting Dolby Digital 5.1 received by AVR. However the speaker config is at stereo, if I select 5.1 it says not supported. So windows is putting our stereo channels to the APO, and Dolby Home Theater is upmixing it to Dolby 5.1. I am getting 5.1 at but it's upmixed from a stereo source. When I read about dolby home theater v4 from the dolby website, it says just that, it upmixes stereo to surround. I don't actually want that, I want straight mix dolby 5.1. Is there a better apo I can use that gives me just plain Dolby Digital Live?

I found a post from you indicates to install Dolby Atmos for gaming AND Dolby HomeTheater V4 and mix the two together. I've quoted below. Is that the only method to get dolby 5.1 and speaker config set to 5.1? but just to be clear, I don't really want dolby atmos mixing. I just want a clean dolby digital 5.1 output, and windows aware that the speaker config is 5.1.




Edit:

So I tried your instructions to set up dolby atmos and dolby home theater together. Once again I can select Dolby Digital in advanced, and I get Dolby Digital 5.1 received by my AVR. However I still can't select 5.1 under speaker config if I have Dolby Digital selected in advanced. (I can select 5.1 fine if I have PCM selected in advanced.)
Also when I start dolby atmos for gaming, I get error there is a problem accessing the driver.

Windows 10 only allow stereo outputs to TV via HDMI

So speaker config not allow select 5.1 or 7.1 surround

Levels Tab -> Balance ->2 volume control (stereo channels)

PCEE4 GFX apply:

PCEE4 GFX cannot override speaker config (HDMI/SPDIF) that allow select 5.1 or 7.1 surround because of Windows 10 limitations

But Levels Tab -> Balance ->6 volume control (5.1 channels)

 

[NightfalleN.]

1. Go to Uninstall or Modify Driver.
2. Add Dolby Home Theater V4 / Dolby Advanced Audio V2.
3. Open FX Configurator.
4. In the left Window, scroll down to Composite Endpoint FX APO, and clear anything in it (usually it would be {D9916F9C-99F7-11E7-BF21-6C0B849889E1}).
5. Replace Composite Endpoint FX APO contents with {56E00778-C664-4BB5-AA2B-CA6F14840BB3}.
6. Also paste {56E00778-C664-4BB5-AA2B-CA6F14840BB3} into Global FX APO.
7. Confirm that Endpoint FX APO Processing mode has {C18E2F7E-933D-4965-B7D1-1EEF228D2AF3} ONLY. Clear the rest ({4780004E-7133-41D8-8C74-660DADD2C0EE},{B26FEB0D-EC94-477C-9494-D1AB8E753F6E}).
Click Apply Effect And Processing Modes Configurations.
8. Click <<Restart Windows Audio Service>>.
9. Dolby Digital is supposed to be available. You can select and apply it.
10. Configure Dolby Atmos for Gaming for 5.1 operation.


P.s I have set my ch_count to 6; usually LFE is also a channel, and I have tested that on my system, which is quite similar to yours (dolby atmos for gaming with DDL).
So what are we doing?
We are using the dolby supplied DDL encoder provided with Dolby Home Theater V4. This solution is universal; you can use it even on HDMI outpoints. Useful if your audio receiver is connected via HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel).

May the Lord of Sound Effects bless you man! It took me 4 hours to understand how the FX Configurator works, and thanks to you, I finally managed to enable Realtek effects+DTS Connect+Dolby Atmos!
All I needed was the speaker fill/virtual surround and room correction (to boost the rear speakers) that Realtek + DTS Connect happened to have, but couldn't make it work with Dolby Atmos no matter what I tried. Thanks again man!

In case anyone wonders, I've attached the .ini file that I used. I have the "8773_FF00_PG473_Win10_RS3_RS4_RS5_19H1_Win7_WHQL" Realtek Driver freshly installed on an ALC1150, winver 1809 / 17763.720

 

[Zbrat]

Bit lost here, but happy to see it is working for some people.
I'm trying to get DDL through the NVIDIA High Definition Audio, according to you @CityCultivator, it should be working as well no? I can't manage to follow your steps properly without Realtek drivers. I always get the "this device is not compatible" error. Any help will be highly appreciated!

 

[NightfalleN.]

Bit lost here, but happy to see it is working for some people.
I'm trying to get DDL through the NVIDIA High Definition Audio, according to you @CityCultivator, it should be working as well no? I can't manage to follow your steps properly without Realtek drivers. I always get the "this device is not compatible" error. Any help will be highly appreciated!

Unfortunately I don't have a HDMI sound system so I can't help you mate...
Check this modded driver, maybe it works out for ya. I assume it's made by the same guy who made the APO Drivers.

 

[CityCultivator]

Bit lost here, but happy to see it is working for some people.
I'm trying to get DDL through the NVIDIA High Definition Audio, according to you @CityCultivator, it should be working as well no? I can't manage to follow your steps properly without Realtek drivers. I always get the "this device is not compatible" error. Any help will be highly appreciated!

On what step are you getting the "this device is not compatible" error?