So does anyone else have successful simultaneous (separate audio outputs etc ) both REAR and FRONT jacks working with this driver?
@Alan Finote really appreciate the ongoing work - this is the best one yet, but I still cannot get front and rear working at the same time.
Questions below for Alan and wider community - lets all chip away at these items to help Alan and other modders.
Question #1
UNMODDED Asus\Realtek drivers - when you plug in the front audio (with the "separate jack \ independent" option turned on) you get ACTUAL separate tabs in the sound manager for the new front audio - and retain the rear audio - and can output different sounds\music to those separate sound outputs - eg background music via rear output - gaming via front head phone output etc.
With all these modded drivers, (btw - not just yours) the "Front" audio" - still takes over the rear audio - doesn't open a new tab - and disables the rear audio sound...irrespective if the option for independent jacks is enabled. Any ideas?
Question #2 - just like
@Sveni-Go - my analog (3x 3.5mm) for 5.1 output - used to work as Front Left, Front Right, Centre, REAR Left, REAR right (for 5.1) - now the new drivers are making the 5.1 surround as Front Left, Front Right, Centre, SIDE Left, SIDE Right. 5.1 surround audio movies\games its still sending sound (in 5.1) out the REAR channels (vs side) - meaning I only effectively hear 3.1 (Front L, Front R, Centre & Sub) as the "rears" are disabled \ greyed out in the new Modded drivers.
Could the Sides and Rears (in 5.1) possibly be somehow switched incorrectly in the modded driver? Note:- in 4.1, 5.1, 7.1 etc configurations of my motherboard the "Rear" channels are always plugged in via the "rear black" connector.
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/MAXIMUS_VIII_HERO/E10343_MAXIMUS_VIII_HERO_UM_WEB.pdf - Page 2-16 for reference.
Note:- haven't tried dolby\digital out as I dont have a digital 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system (just 5.1 dolby Astro A50 headset).
To help - I decided to do a bunch of screenshots to illustrate my points #1 and #2 above. This meant uninstalling all the new modded stuff, doing a full cleanup, then reinstalling my older Asus drivers.
Point of Clarity for Screenshots
My "Speakers" "Headphones" and "Astro 5.1 optical" in the screenshots below - have all be RE-named like that within Windows Audio devices for my benefit. Typically it will probabily just say "front audio" instead of "front headphones": etc and "5.1 speakers" - probabily just say "speakers". - so bear in mind those names are due to my manual renaming - not a driver thing etc.
Point #1 - Separate audio playback devices for front\rear audio - how it looks in my Stock ASUS Drivers
This 1st screenshot.. showing default mode - no separate channels.. just showing my 5.1 analog speakers and optical Astro headphones intially.
- turning on the setting to separate playback 'streams' - looks like the same option available in the modded versions (except for the Asus branding)
Then - you get the headphone "popup"
Then this version of Asus Supreme\Realtek it performs an Ohm scan of your headphones , correctly picking my BeyerDynamic DT 770 PRO (80 Ohms) as 79 Ohm (margin of error).
- would love that in the modded versions - but assume its a add-on from Asus Supreme FX etc due to the high power separate Headphone AMP?
Then - a
SEPARATE front headphones icon is shown in sound manager as a NEW sound output option, separate to 5.1 speakers icon (which are still there)
- note it shows the analog front port 'green' active as well as the other 5.1 rear ports active
- note it also shows the Ohm and driving stage (I can drive up to 600Ohm headhones apparently, how 'well' is another story).
So thats all screenshoits for Point #1 - I
cannot reproduce this process CORRECTLY in any
modded drivers.
In MODDED Drivers - Once a front audio \ front headphones is plugged in
- the separate "Front headphones" or "Front audio' tab NEVER appears (in the modded realtek sound manager) - unlike Asus , Gigabyte drivers
- the ACTUAL "Speakers" rear output is disabled completely until you unplug the "Front audio\Front headphones"
- the existing "Speakers" tab (in the modded realtek sound manager) simply drive the front audio
- the existing "Speakers" tab (in the modded realtek sound manager) - does not get renamed or anything - stays as "5.1 Speakers" in my case
- the existing "Speakers" tab (in the modded realtek sound manager) - then controls the "front audio\front headphones" volume etc.
Point #2 -Analog 5.1 connected speakers REAR speakers Vs SIDE Speakers
- in all realtek based, asus gigabyte equipment I can get my hands on right now - all follow the "REAR" speaker format for what is the 5.1 surround 'back' speakers - not the "SIDE"