W7 Programs Updates - Page 3

**crainger** · 09-27-09, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by seeker

Okay...how are they different?

DD and DTS you are talking about is the Decoding.

DDL and DTS Connect is real time Encoding.

seeker · 09-27-09, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by crainger

DD and DTS you are talking about is the Decoding.

DDL and DTS Connect is real time Encoding.

So the former is for playing the sound, and the latter is for creating it? How is that useful?

LTech221 · 09-27-09, 03:18 AM

Basically the Audigy / Xfi's have always had Dolby and DTS Decoding. Like When you play a DVD you had the option of the software (PowerDVD, WinDVD, VLC etc...) to decode the sound into multichannel or 5.1 format. Or you could send it to the card to decode it on the driver level. Its purely a software function as there is no Hardware decoders on board.
DDL and DTS connect allow you to run 1 cable via optical or coaxial output (spdif / depends on model of card) to get 5.1 sound. If you ran the cable via spdif output without DDL or DTS Connect you would only get 2.0 or stereo sound in all things except for items that had a Dolby Digital or DTS ready to be decoded. So in essence, it'll allow you to run 1 cable to get 5.1 or multichannel sound in games and such rather than the usual 3. It wont take a simple stereo signal and convert it to 5.1 alone, that's what the other options are for (CMSS, Stereo Xpander etc). Though those options will usually sound like crap compared to a true multichannel signal.

seeker · 09-27-09, 03:35 AM

Thank you. Finally an answer that I think that I understand.

Imbroglio · 09-27-09, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by seeker

I have no idea of what you are speaking of in terms of The Bat, because I have never run into any of the problems that you mentioned. It would be very difficult for me to explain exactly why I like the program so much, because it is unlike anything that I have tried before, therefore it would take a book to list the differences. No, it doesn't require buying a new version each year. My license lasted 2 years and only that short because I didn't buy it when the version was released, well before that.

EDIT: I have never had a problem with getting my emails out to any corporate dept that I'm aware of, and since I expect and get responses to most of my emails, I don't believe that the spam problem that you mentioned exists.

http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/spammer.html

heh. the bat! was an early non-MS email client, hence the adoption. i just wasn't aware in 2009 people still used that software.

09-27-09, 03:18 AM	#27
LTech221 Blah Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: On A Chair Posts: 137	Re: W7 Programs Updates Basically the Audigy / Xfi's have always had Dolby and DTS Decoding. Like When you play a DVD you had the option of the software (PowerDVD, WinDVD, VLC etc...) to decode the sound into multichannel or 5.1 format. Or you could send it to the card to decode it on the driver level. Its purely a software function as there is no Hardware decoders on board. DDL and DTS connect allow you to run 1 cable via optical or coaxial output (spdif / depends on model of card) to get 5.1 sound. If you ran the cable via spdif output without DDL or DTS Connect you would only get 2.0 or stereo sound in all things except for items that had a Dolby Digital or DTS ready to be decoded. So in essence, it'll allow you to run 1 cable to get 5.1 or multichannel sound in games and such rather than the usual 3. It wont take a simple stereo signal and convert it to 5.1 alone, that's what the other options are for (CMSS, Stereo Xpander etc). Though those options will usually sound like crap compared to a true multichannel signal. __________________ Asus P8P67 Pro \| Intel i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz \|8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X \| Asus GTX580 Matrix Platinum \| Asus Xonar STX\| Boston Acoustics CR67/CR57/CS225C hooked to Onkyo TX-NR709 \| ED A3-200 Sub\| Sennhieser HD580 & PIMETA \| Sony 32XBR9 \| Windows 7 Ultimate

09-27-09, 03:35 AM	#28
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