Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

[Ghozer]

Or, you know, use the Universal Audio drivers, and RealTek Audio Console via windows store..

my Optical works perfect, with 5.1, no problems, most stable it's ever been, all games output via optical also..

 

[Jgr9]

Even if your motherboard doesn't have the license for Dolby/DTS?

 

[H4cziLLa]

Even if your motherboard doesn't have the license for Dolby/DTS?

If You mean dolby access & dts sound unbound yes but these are the pay software from microsoft store.Rest of enhancers is free.

 

[Jgr9]

Well for me, I require the DTS for Realtek Optical, but one of the ancient methods still works for me.

I still fear there's a chance that it could become impossible someday if MS ever completely removes the old Sound control panels.

 

[brotherscro1]

Havent been here a while just to check in whats the latest method to get DTS Interactive/Dolby Digital live to work( nothing else needed)

I'm still using dvojinov method and 6.0.1.8059 drivers
I have x99 sabertooth (alc1150)
I'm worried when I update/reinstall windows that method will not work anymore

 

[Jgr9]

Yeah, if your current method still works, I'd stick with it until it doesn't.

 

[timbo2410]

Just found this thread .. i shall post what I wrote on a different forum and somebody might be able to guide me:
Hi all, we I had no sound yesterday for some reason and it's been fine using HDMI from my Asus PG279Q for years. Checked settings to find I had lost audio control from sys tray. Could not see Nvidia control panel either ?? then couldn't find realtek drivers ?? WTF ?? reinstalled all drivers .. still no sound. Swapped monitors as well to count out monitor faults (none found). Plugged in an optical cable to mobo spdif and ran it into amp .. no sound! .. installed older 2.81 realtek driver and managed to get sound from youtube videos but if I try to play mp3's then it would just come up with no audio device connected to play this or codec error. Did a windows repair and I now have audio on every type of file (mps, flac, WMA etc) along with movies(via optical out only). But I still cannot find any options for controlling anything more than volume .. can anybody give me advice on where to go from here please to get back HDMI sound from my monitor and to get back surround sound (at least 5.1) from my mobo optical out

Win 10 x64
Mobo Asus Maximus viii Extreme (latest bios update)
GPU Asus ROG 1080ti (latest driver)
Monitor Asus ROG PG279Q
Realtek driver 2.81

Oh .. forgot to say .. I do have Asus Sonic suite installed .. it refuses to start on system start and if I manually try and start it there is the error "no compatible audio device connected" ???

 

[Jgr9]

You know how to get to the old Sound device settings through Control Panel? It still exists, but you have to text search for it in the Start menu / bottom left.

 

[timbo2410]

nope ... i can select ROG PR279Q as the audio device .. and the error is "no device connected" ...

I'm kinda thinking that if i have reinstalled my GPU drivers, mobo bios and realtek drivers and it's still not working, then it must be a fault with windows surely ??

So if anybody can talk me through what drivers I require to:
1. get back HDMI audio to my monitor
2. Talk me through what I need to do to enable 5.1 surround, Dolby digital/DTS via optical out from Mobo
I would be very happy indeed

 

[Nabarun]

nope ... i can select ROG PR279Q as the audio device .. and the error is "no device connected" ...

I'm kinda thinking that if i have reinstalled my GPU drivers, mobo bios and realtek drivers and it's still not working, then it must be a fault with windows surely ??

So if anybody can talk me through what drivers I require to:
1. get back HDMI audio to my monitor
2. Talk me through what I need to do to enable 5.1 surround, Dolby digital/DTS via optical out from Mobo
I would be very happy indeed

You need to disable every audio device except the one for your main sound card (discrete or on-board). Windows gets confused if you have too many. Right-click on speakers icon on system tray and choose "Open sound settings". Then, if you do not see a default audio device selected then do so from the drop down menu. Then click on a link on the right side column which says "sound control panel". On the newly opened window, disable the garbage.

 

[timbo2410]

Too many ? I only have 2 .. one is realtek (which I can use via optical from mobo and then only in stereo now .. even though it's a full 7.1 surround board) and the second is my monitor which will not work. even if i disable Realtek, the monitor still refuses to work. Funny thing is .. the monitor doesnt show a green tick next to it when enabled .. it shows a telephone symbol?????

 

[Jgr9]

Default Device & Default Communication Device are 2 different parts/halves of it. The phone is the communication part of it (and may send voice communication there). Setting the Default Device will override that icon with a checkmark. - or you can have them set to 2 separate devices.

The annoying thing is that so far, if you switch devices either from the taskbar tray or from Windows 10 Settings, it doesn't change the Communications Device. (Good job, Microsoft...)

 

[timbo2410]

so it's seeing "the device" but only as a "communication device" hence the telephone icon ... so how the hell does that happen and what do I do to change it back to recognise the "audio" device side of things as well?

 

[CityCultivator]

so it's seeing "the device" but only as a "communication device" hence the telephone icon ... so how the hell does that happen and what do I do to change it back to recognise the "audio" device side of things as well?

Right click the device you want as default in the sound control panel, the set default option is present there.

 

[timbo2410]

yep have been down that path many times .. I can select default device till the cows come home ,, it will work fine with Realtek (but only give stereo and not full surround via optical on mobo) or if i select my monitor it will say "no audio device connected" ... the same monitor I have been using for years. Here is what I have done to date:

Swapped monitors - no change
Swapped cable (display port so I am told) - no change
Uninstalled/reinstalled mobo drivers and GPU drivers while in safe mode
Connected up mobo optical to an audio amp - errors saying cannot play file (mp3, flac, wav)
Did a driver clean while in safe mode and reinstalled all drivers to current - able to play all audio files now via mobo optical out but only in stereo (no option for surround sound anymore) and if i try and use my monitor it errors saying "no audio device connected"
Reinstalled Realtek audio - no change
Uninstalled all audio devices in device manager and reinstalled - no change
Ran DISM and SFC and windows repair - no change
Rolled back drivers by several versions - no change - reinstalled current drivers

NOTE: in device manager when i run realtek it shows a green tick when activated but if i activate my monitor it shows a green telephone ????? (and it doesnt work)

I have run an intel check to see if everything is ok and it is .. so .. can somebody please help me try and work out what the heck is going on .. I could happily swap between surround sound or just run audio through my monitor before so what can have happened.

 

[Mussels]

you must have broken some setting, perhaps enabling SPDIF passthrough in some codec, breaking normal playback.


with all the time you've wasted, you could have just reinstalled windows and fixed the issue that way

 

[H4cziLLa]

Realtek HD Audio Drivers + Sound Blaster X-fi 5.1 Pro Surround with full Dolby & DTS.

i tried the driver thanks a lot but i hope this was going to alow me to comfigure S/PDIF to output 5.1 as it was limited to 2.0 i have done those steps: 1- uninstall my original driver 2- clean reg using CCleaner 3- install alan driver using setup file, then using Device to update drive using...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Jgr9]

with all the time you've wasted, you could have just reinstalled windows and fixed the issue that way

Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean it'll fix the problem either.

 

[CounterSpell]

i have a asus x570 with ALC S1200A . i use a headset (front case p2 /mic) and a 5.1 system via PDIF.

can i get any benefits with these custom software?

 

[timbo2410]

that is totally over my head

ok found and downloaded realtek HDA driver test utility ... now what info do I need to look at

 

[H4cziLLa]

Hi,
I was able to unlock the Realtek HD Audio driver, and make both Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive available.
(Note: DTS Interactive is marketed as DTS Connect when bundled with DTS Neo: PC)

Unlocked options you will get:
- Dolby Digital Live
- DTS Interactive
- Dolby Home Theater (Dolby Virtual Speaker for 2 speakers, Dolby Pro Logic II for >2 speakers)
- DTS Neo: PC

This will work on ANY Realtek HD Audio codec. (Edit: Excluding ALC2xx under Windows 7)

Unlocked Drivers:
Download Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver and replace the relevant file with the file provided:

Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 - 32 bit and 64 bit - R2.71 M1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ohd11k
http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/78849394/file.html

Windows Vista / 7 / 8 - 32 bit and 64 bit - R2.73 M1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zrwyeh
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/2155117/file.html

Windows Vista / 7 / 8 - 32 bit and 64 bit - R2.71 M1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/m59vre
http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/34731542/file.html

Note for 64-bit Vista / 7 / 8 users:
This is an unsigned driver, you must do one of the following for the driver to load:
1. Press F8 before each boot and select "Disable driver signature enforcement".
2. Test-sign the driver and enable Test-mode.
3. Patch the kernel to permanently enable unsigned drivers.

Alternatively, here is another modification that does not require breaking the driver signature, and instead modifies one of the user-mode DLLs,
Unfortunately, usually Windows PUMA (Protected User Mode Audio) will check the digital signature of the user-mode DLL and will refuse to play ("Failed to play test tone"),
even so, PUMA will only re-verify the DLL signature after a system restart.

Because of that, and because Dolby Digital Live / DTS Interactive settings are used regardless of the DLL being loaded,
you can still replace the DLL and go to Control Panel > Sound, set the output format to Dolby Digital Live / DTS Interactive, and then switch back to the original DLL,
the Dolby Digital Live / DTS Interactive output setting you have set will still be in effect, even after a reboot.

Windows Vista / 7 / 8 - 32 bit and 64 bit - R2.71 A1 (Alternative method):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7xp03j

If you have issues:
Please Report:
- OS (including whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit)
- Motherboard
- HD Audio Controller Hardware ID (You can find this in device manager, see image below)
- HD Audio Codec Hardware ID (You can find this in device manager, see image below)

 

[timbo2410]

Haven't got a clue what to do with this information.

 

[H4cziLLa]

nope ... i can select ROG PR279Q as the audio device .. and the error is "no device connected" ...

I'm kinda thinking that if i have reinstalled my GPU drivers, mobo bios and realtek drivers and it's still not working, then it must be a fault with windows surely ??

So if anybody can talk me through what drivers I require to:
1. get back HDMI audio to my monitor
2. Talk me through what I need to do to enable 5.1 surround, Dolby digital/DTS via optical out from Mobo
I would be very happy indeed

Download and run realtek audio device tweak and write this values in tab Customize:

After this reboot pc and You should have this effect

It works 100percent tested on 4 diffrent laptops!

 

[timbo2410]

and that is all i need .. realtek drivers then install this .. and it makes no difference if I am not using soundblaster hardware?

is there a link for the download?
And any idea where I can get intel hd audio drivers for the 6700K .. i think these might be the issue with monitor not getting sound

 

[Nabarun]

Did you install audio driver DURING gpu driver install? Monitor's audio driver is provided by gpu - not sound card. And SPDIF audio should be passed through a DAC which can o/p > 2 channel audio - if you aren't happy with stereo o/p. Usually that is done by a costly receiver, which I suppose you do not have, since your system specs are quite vague. You have mentioned next to nothing about your audio setup. Do you have a 7.1 speaker Home Theater with spdif i/p or do you need a separate DAC? Why do you need the monitor's audio, since it will be crappy at best?