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

[GunnzAkimbo]

yap ! I can confirm that and I think it has to do something with ENHANCEMENTS which conflicting with DTS/DDL so drop it its shit anyway . Creative Cinema 2 was way better and kill me if I know why msi shifted to that utterly stupid NAHIMIC crap

It's very cheap i know, it's just the flat sound from headphones is mediocre without the slight tuning of nahimic.

 

[ralfyguy]

I seem to have some problems every now and then. Occasionally when I set the output to digital/ DTS, the PC Master Volume does not change the volume. It also resets to 100% after each boot. The source of the media is not relevant as it does it anyway. Only after a few minutes playing with the PC Master volume and the output volume In the Realtek Audio Manager it starts behaving normally and the Realtel volume reacts with the PC Master volume. It also sometimes causes to loose audio altogether when playing video or audio with VLC, and when played with WMP, I get a prompt that the file cannot be played.
Only a reboot fixes it.
I would even go as far as saying that every time the PC boots it is a gamble whether the PC Master Volume is gonna work as intended. The audio will always play then at the 100% it always has at boot, but volume control is hit and miss.
I have also noticed that if the output is set to stereo only, then this problem does not occur.

 

[Irenicus]

yap ! I can confirm that and I think it has to do something with ENHANCEMENTS which conflicting with DTS/DDL so drop it its shit anyway . Creative Cinema 2 was way better and kill me if I know why msi shifted to that utterly stupid NAHIMIC crap

Creative cinema is a pseudo surround, not anything like DTS/DDL which is true surround

 

[dvojinov]

Creative cinema is a pseudo surround, not anything like DTS/DDL which is true surround

I know that , but is still better then Nahimic

 

[PCGamerDR]

Hi guys, I've had to register the forum to ask you as I couldn't get anything to work.

Current SO: Windows 10 x64
MoBo: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (rev. 1.3)

I've couldn't get 5.1 neither install Home Theater on my own so I've tried the unlocked drivers.

I've used this version:


And the A1 method.

It seems that it works during this test: http://prntscr.com/99pucf
But once I go to the advanced settings and try to test the DDL there... http://prntscr.com/99puix
Failed to test tone.

Anyone have an idea?

Thanks in advance.

Press Win key+R and type winver, this unlock will only work on OS builds above 10586.11 as Microsoft fixed some surround audio issues with win10 with said build.

 

[ralfyguy]

Well, I wish I had the coding knowledge to modify the latest driver filed. Until then I use it, because it gives me the functions I want.

 

[ralfyguy]

what I meant was that I have installed the latest 7687 version from two days ago, but I have to use the 2.79/7541 dll to get DTS and DDL. I wjust wished I had the knowledge to unlock the latest dll as well.

 

[PCGamerDR]

What are you talking about? They work great. Why you feel you need to say something like this when you are completely and utterly wrong is beyond me,
I have no issues with these, they work perfectly and haven't caused a single issue on my PC. They are neither broken nor outdated.
I suspect many people here are audiophiles and gamers and most of us don't use windows 10 anyway, but your comment is still irrelevant.
I'd like to know why you think these are broken? Are you annoyed because you couldn't figure out how to get them to work? That's my guess.

Mine's working 100% on win10 .

 

[dvojinov]

there was a lot of sweat , testing , reinstalling , experimenting and all kind of efforts done to get this working by the creator of the post 2bad and bunch of other guys here lately including me so Im happy to see that post gone . It works perfectly fine on W10 with explained methods .

 

[knightvision]

is it also still working with the older 71, or 73 Dlls with A1 method i always used like in win 8.1 ?

 

[Jgr9]

Here's my post with instructions on what's still working for me on TH2/10586

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...d-dts-interactive.193148/page-37#post-3360667

A warning to everyone though, I got a report from someone that there might be some new measures to potentially block it in the new (Fast Ring) Insider build, 11082. I'm not using this build myself yet, but I'm trying to get more information on it. Maybe it still works if done properly, I'm not sure.

 

[ralfyguy]

Here's my post with instructions on what's still working for me on TH2/10586

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...d-dts-interactive.193148/page-37#post-3360667

A warning to everyone though, I got a report from someone that there might be some new measures to potentially block it in the new (Fast Ring) Insider build, 11082. I'm not using this build myself yet, but I'm trying to get more information on it. Maybe it still works if done properly, I'm not sure.

Perhaps the RltkAPO64.dll from 2.79/7541 is getting too old for the newer drivers to be combined with. Like I said, I wish I had the knowledge to modify the latest ones.

 

[dvojinov]

Hello folks just to share with you the latest Rtl driver I could find 7696 works perfectly fine on W 10 64 bit 10586.36 A1 method.
- I always use A1 methd
- I only use DTS I

I attend to try this on the latest Insider build, 11082 however Im on SLOW ring and didn't get the offer yet . I also read about some problems in this build over Insider blog , folder/file base type which I dont like and dont really need so I believe once they sorted this thing out they may release it for the SLOW ring users and if the issue is resolved I possibly will give it a try .

 

[ralfyguy]

Hello folks just to share with you the latest Rtl driver I could find 7696 works perfectly fine on W 10 64 bit 10586.36 A1 method.
- I always use A1 methd
- I only use DTS I

I attend to try this on the latest Insider build, 11082 however Im on SLOW ring and didn't get the offer yet . I also read about some problems in this build over Insider blog , folder/file base type which I dont like and dont really need so I believe once they sorted this thing out they may release it for the SLOW ring users and if the issue is resolved I possibly will give it a try .

Do you have any issues with the Windows Master Volume when in DTS mode? Mine is really sketchy, as it sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't. And it is really random as to whether it works or doesn't.
It always works when in Stereo Mode though. But as soon as I switch on DTS, I cannot adjust the volume anymore.

 

[dvojinov]

well not like you describe , before I had issue that the volume was stuck on 100% and the slider didn't move at all, now it works and it works for quite some time now however if I adjust to lets say 85% after restart of the system it comes back to 100% . It doesn't disturb me as I keep my players ad 85% so the main output with 100% is perfectly fine .

 

[Jackalito]

Perhaps the RltkAPO64.dll from 2.79/7541 is getting too old for the newer drivers to be combined with. Like I said, I wish I had the knowledge to modify the latest ones.

I agree and that seems to be the case.

Hello folks just to share with you the latest Rtl driver I could find 7696 works perfectly fine on W 10 64 bit 10586.36 A1 method.
- I always use A1 methd
- I only use DTS I

Lucky you, mate. I had been able to successfully install all the new drivers with the aforementioned A1 hack. However, I cannot install 7696. I get an error during driver installation and it just quits (and yes, of course, driver signature enforcement was disabled).

I'm not running RS1 Insider Build 11082, but my Windows 10 is up to date to version 10586.36. I don't know what the problem is, but it would be great if we could get more recent hacked dlls to do the trick.

Cheers!

 

[dvojinov]

I agree and that seems to be the case.



Lucky you, mate. I had been able to successfully install all the new drivers with the aforementioned A1 hack. However, I cannot install 7696. I get an error during driver installation and it just quits (and yes, of course, driver signature enforcement was disabled).

I'm not running RS1 Insider Build 11082, but my Windows 10 is up to date to version 10586.36. I don't know what the problem is, but it would be great if we could get more recent hacked dlls to do the trick.

Cheers!

Iv got this error before there are some RTL driver relese which has some extra dolbyfeatures dont know what they are biger in size then the same standard revison which never gave me problems for example :

Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) R2.8x (7673) + Dolby WHQL
Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) R2.8x (7647) + Dolby WHQL
Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) R2.8x (7640) + Dolby WHQL

Drivers like this gives me the same error as above however I never had problems with standard one

 

[dvojinov]

Im running the same W 10586.36. with modded 7696 without any problem DTS/DOLBY works fine , however I did manually uninstall older RTL drivers before I installed this one .

 

[Rakshith]

View attachment 70177 Im running the same W 10586.36. with modded 7696 without any problem DTS/DOLBY works fine , however I did manually uninstall older RTL drivers before I installed this one .

Can you tell me where you find the latest realtek modded 64bit driver? Like in your case 7696

 

[dvojinov]

I downloaded the 7696 and modded my self with A1 method dll's as explained here in this forum .

 

[happydix]

first i would like to thank you guys for sharing your tips and experiences here. i've also been trying to mix and match drivers and methods for the past few days after i upgraded to windows 10.
what worked for me is the realtek driver 7696 with r.279 unlocked drivers / windows 10586.3

 

[Fabiano]

Thank you guys !

Working great on Rampage V Extreme + Now I can use my earforce DSS 1 again !

 

[whoiscat]

Hi!

Thank you so much for all the great advice on this thread.
So far I've installed:
* 7673_PG436_Win10_Win8.1_Win8_Win7_WHQL
* Replaced sys folder dll with one from Modified 275 dll.rar
* The dlls from DTS_DDL_surround_FIX straight to sys folders
Fallout 4 works with DTS interactive and sounds beautiful.

However I have a problem with Netflix/streaming in general with Chrome and Firefox. Everything is coming from right and left front speakers only. In my previous machine I had soundblaster x-fi titanium pcie card which enabled me to hear proper 5.1 DTS interactive from streams in Chrome using the --force-wave-audio flag.

I have windows 10 10586.36 and maximus viii hero motherboard

Any ideas how to proceed?

 

[marko41297]

I can't get this to work on Enterprise 2015 LTSB N (Build 10240).
I tried all methods and driver versions. No luck. Always failed to play test tone.
Everything worked fine in Windows 7.
Can you help me, please?

 

[tsunami2311]

Well by this rate of success I thought it would be good to try the trick with the latest Realtek drivers available ,so far it seems to be this one 6.0.1.7661 but as Realtek releases drivers updates very frequent this may not be the latest in a few days or week however ..good news IT WORKS

However there is something that you have to pay ATTENTION TO ! (DWORD)

Ill explain what I did and how A1 method ONLY:

1. I downloaded the latest drivers that I could find from here :

ftp://spcust:hwwk758z@ftp3.realtek.com.tw/Realtek/GeneralRelease/7661_PG436_Win10_Win8.1_Win8_Win7_WHQL.zip

2. I extracted the installer and replaced the respective dll's with the modified one 2.79 I did both of them just in case (I know its not necessary)

>>>2. Replace file in the official driver with the one here. ( http://rghost.net/6RfCvqBY9 )<----- replace both files 64 and 32 bit (A1 method files) <<<

3. now with the installation prepared I manually removed existing Realtek drives using Control Panel > Program & Features > selected \realtek > Uninstall

4. Reboot > I let the system reboot once as I have a scanner that scans for leftovers and If necessary additional removes leftover files and reg entries , with this done fun started.

5 Now I was ready to install the new prepared Realtek drivers but FIRST AND IMPORTANT one more REBOOT to desable DRIVER SIGN.

>>>3. Disable driver signature enforcement from advanced startup when installing. To get into advanced startup for Win7/8/8.1/10, hold shift and press restart. For previous Windows versions, press F8 on startup. <-----!!!! VERY IMPORTANT TO DO or it wont work!!!! <<<

6.Back again with driver signature disabled I installed the drivers once they finished BEFORE REBOOTING ,don't let AUTOMATICALLY REBOOT after installation and check your DWORD entry you have put before...in my case it was gone ! so if its not there follow this steps :

>>>2. After installation, open Run, type in "regedit" without quotes. Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio". Add "DisableProtectedAudioDG" of DWORD (32bit value) type and set it to 1. <--- be sure the DWORD is where it has to be or it wont work

3. Restart normally. <<<

Once back in Windows it was there nice and shiny DTSI / DDL working as before only with the latest Realtek drivers :
I checked all formats available ..working as usual..when you TEST tone DTSI it will play only TWO ch but this behavior is well known and doesn't effect real reproduction of audio.

Hope it works for you too who ever wants to give it a try.

I made an account to say THANKS! For 5 years i wonder WHY Optical out would only output 2 channel. then came across this, did as instructed and BAM DD/DTS both work threw Optical out now connect to my DA555ES.. IF the realtek drivers SUPPORT this why the hell are they locked? is no way of unlocking this via registry only? is replace files and doing the above the only way??


That 2 strikes for realtek audio

1st strike was 5 years worth of system lock up/freeze when ever i had Voice chat programs running with anything HW accleratated require me to disable HW accleration in firefox/java/flash etc or any program using hw acc. every driver going back to 2009 suffered from this untill 2.75 driver which is suddenly start working correct.

2nd strike this whole Optical out is locked to 2 channels only in official releases....

Why is the function locked in Realtek offical drivers