The Ultimate Realtek HD Audio Driver Mod for Windows 10

[CityCultivator]

I've just ordered a "new" motherboard with Realtek ALC887 and I should have it tomorrow, I'll do clean install of windows 10 so SB PLEASE tell me which one of the drivers should I use? The one from this post or other posts, newest one or a bit older one? For now my motherboard has ALC887 without spdif (no internal one either) but just for a test I've tried some of these and the most recent one did not seam to install at all on mine PC as well as on my friend's similar PC, it did install drivers but did not install any SW. The "720" one did install fully but when tried to play anything it would only give me an error. I've also tried some of these older ones and at one point one of them seamed to work as it has shown me "Dolby Pro Logic" option but then I tried some other ones was never able to make it work again.

IF youi want drivers, do state what feature you want the most. With this, better suggestions can be provided.
E.g. Dolby Digital or audio enhancements, etc.

 

[bololabich]

IF youi want drivers, do state what feature you want the most. With this, better suggestions can be provided.
E.g. Dolby Digital or audio enhancements, etc.

All that really matters to me is just to enable DTS connect or/and Dolby live as my 5.1 receiver only accepts SPDIF and nothing else.

 

[CityCultivator]

Try APO Driver. See above post.
No driver change; APO Driver software is applied on your current driver.

 

[ddropski]

Has anyone been able to get a gigabyte board with ALC1220-VB sound chip to work? if so what driver did you use?

thank you

 

[kertel1991]

Hello i have this motherboard

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-Z370-A/specifications/

and Windows 10 1809 version.

I try every version here but dts/dd doesnt work at all. Even when they work they have awfull sound through the receiver. I have the sony STR DH800 and it support DD/DTS fine. I am connected through optical. I want something to let the receiver decode the signal not my motherboard. Thanks you.

 

[knightvision]

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Is this also for gigabyte motherboards and every omboard realtek chip ?

 

[AAF Optimus]

Is this also for gigabyte motherboards and every omboard realtek chip ?

ALL REALTEK CHIPS

 

[FreedomEclipse]

disabled CSM and enabled test mode and still cant get in to work . im just going to go back to ROG Realtek drivers. Only win64 folder i can find belongs to PUBG and cant find the HDRT4 or whatever file when searching. Maybe im dumb but ive spent 2hrs trying to get it working and i give up

 

[ddropski]

I cannot get mine to work either i do think it installed a different sound manager I think .. well at least I have an equlizer (crappy gigabyte never even gave me that) but not a single premium sound processor.. any ideas what i could be dooing wrong? this was from my information panel ... I'm not ready to throw in the towel but I hope someone out there can help me get this working
And yes My offer still stands anyone who helps me get premium sounds on my computer I will pay them (Paypal- or steam card .. or other)

I run a lot of VR so atmos would be kool or anything else

 

[Aleksandar012]

Well...i got it finally to work...


I equalizer presents changes too...

In ms speaker/hp/spdif properties equalizer presents changes from realtek to sound blaster .
On hd audio manager is still realteks.

 

[ddropski]

congrats ,,hopfully I'll be next

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I cannot get mine to work either i do think it installed a different sound manager I think .. well at least I have an equlizer (crappy gigabyte never even gave me that) but not a single premium sound processor.. any ideas what i could be dooing wrong? this was from my information panel ... I'm not ready to throw in the towel but I hope someone out there can help me get this working
And yes My offer still stands anyone who helps me get premium sounds on my computer I will pay them (Paypal- or steam card .. or other)

I run a lot of VR so atmos would be kool or anything else


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I read back through the thread. I think I'm having the same issue as you trying to get it working.

I have a Z370 with a realtek 1220A

 

[gwx1987]

Well...i got it finally to work...


I equalizer presents changes too...

In ms speaker/hp/spdif properties equalizer presents changes from realtek to sound blaster .
On hd audio manager is still realteks.

Could you send a link to this driver? How to do it step by step?

 

[AAF Optimus]

Well...i got it finally to work...


I equalizer presents changes too...

In ms speaker/hp/spdif properties equalizer presents changes from realtek to sound blaster .
On hd audio manager is still realteks.

Congratulations. Glad to have it worked, although there was a lot of inconvenience.
I saw that you only replaced the modified library (.DLL) that enabled the DDL / DTS by a standard Realtek library (RltkAPO64.dll). I can redo it and digitally sign it.

 

[Aleksandar012]

This is the way i installed it.

Download unpacked alanfinote driver

alanfinote driver

1.boot to windows disabled driver signature mode
2.unpack driver and install it across device manager
3.restart
4.u will see that there is no speakers output in ms speaker panel but it its installed as high definition device in device manager
5.select to update driver in device manager as high definition driver and then restart again windows
6.download and then install this realtek driver
alanfox driver

after restart driver will open other enhacements.

Board is gigabyte ga m78sm-s2h with realtek alc888

 

[FreedomEclipse]

This is the way i installed it.

Download unpacked alanfinote driver

alanfinote driver

1.boot to windows disabled driver signature mode
2.unpack driver and install it across device manager
3.restart
4.u will see that there is no speakers output in ms speaker panel but it its installed as high definition device in device manager
5.select to update driver in device manager as high definition driver and then restart again windows
6.download and then install this realtek driver
alanfox driver

after restart driver will open other enhacements.

Board is gigabyte ga m78sm-s2h with realtek alc888

Followed but still couldnt get it to work. Im just not going to bother at this stage. Ive wasted too much time getting it working

 

[Aleksandar012]

After delete render and capture key from registry and restart,driver opens all functions.

Alan Finote said: You need to end the system audio service, go to Registry Editor and walk to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio and delete the RENDER and CAPTUREkeys. If it fails, you will need to go back to the AUDIO key and change the owner and audit permissions of the key. Once this is done, try again to delete the keys mentioned above.

Also i can unistall mod from control panel.

Tested on Asus Prime b350 plus with realtek alc887

 

[AAF Optimus]

After delete render and capture key from registry and restart,driver opens all functions.



Also i can unistall mod from control panel.

Tested on Asus Prime b350 plus with realtek alc887

For those who have trouble with Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive, in Windows Audio Configuration, just go to Supported Formats and check the options DTS Audio, Dolby Digital and Microsoft WMA Pro Audio.

 

[ddropski]

@ Aleksandar01 or who ever

ok I was able to get it to install but I see no options and if I move the volume the tiniest bit the sound is at 1000 db and distorting

@ Aleksandar01 or who ever

ok I was able to get it to install but I see no options and if I move the volume the tiniest bit the sound is at 1000 db and distorting

now i keep getting a virus alert

is this false positive ? or did someone tamper with your files? before anyone says it .. this is a fresh install about 1 hr old i did clean install just for this test

 

[Aleksandar012]

@ddropski

What do you get on device manager high definitin audio device or realtek sounzreal...?

 

[z0rrer0]

Hello guys, does this work with Realtek ALC889A? If so, do I need to configure something before install it? I tested "RealtekSounzVoizSoundAliveSamsung.exe" and when I restart I have no sound at all.

Thanks in advance

 

[AAF Optimus]

Hello guys, does this work with Realtek ALC889A? If so, do I need to configure something before install it? I tested "RealtekSounzVoizSoundAliveSamsung.exe" and when I restart I have no sound at all.

Thanks in advance

Just follow the steps below:
1 - Uninstall your currently installed driver.
2 - Stop the following services: 1°- Windows Audio (Audiosrv), 2°- Windows Audio Endpoint Builder (AudioEndpointBuilder).
3 - Open Registry Editor (Regedit) and walk to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio and change the key permissions. (How to do this: Select the desired key, in this case, the Audio key, right click on it and go to Permissions, then go to the Advanced button and at the top of the window that opens, change the owner of the key for your user account, then enter your user account in the Permission Entries list below).
4 - Done the above step, you will need to delete the following subkeys within Audio, which are: Capture and Render. After that restart your PC.
5 - Open the file "RealtekSounzVoizSoundAliveSamsung.exe", install the driver and follow all the steps, then restart your PC again (a reboot confirmation message will appear at the end of the installation). Then just enjoy the features.

 

[CityCultivator]

@Alan Finote
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio Subkeys
Will deleting all subkeys not affect any other endpoints on the device, such as HDMI audio, etc?

 

[z0rrer0]

Just follow the steps below:
1 - Uninstall your currently installed driver.
2 - Stop the following services: 1°- Windows Audio (Audiosrv), 2°- Windows Audio Endpoint Builder (AudioEndpointBuilder).
3 - Open Registry Editor (Regedit) and walk to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio and change the key permissions. (How to do this: Select the desired key, in this case, the Audio key, right click on it and go to Permissions, then go to the Advanced button and at the top of the window that opens, change the owner of the key for your user account, then enter your user account in the Permission Entries list below).
4 - Done the above step, you will need to delete the following subkeys within Audio, which are: Capture and Render. After that restart your PC.
5 - Open the file "RealtekSounzVoizSoundAliveSamsung.exe", install the driver and follow all the steps, then restart your PC again (a reboot confirmation message will appear at the end of the installation). Then just enjoy the features.

Thanks a lot mate. I'll check it out and report back

Regards

 

[AAF Optimus]

@Alan Finote
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio Subkeys
Will deleting all subkeys not affect any other endpoints on the device, such as HDMI audio, etc?

You're right, but you'll have to search for all the CLSIDs that match the Realtek audio and delete them, and that's a little tricky.
Unless you have any specific APO enabled on these audio endpoints. This action is necessary because some forum users who experienced this my driver had installation problems.