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Using Dolby, Digital Live, Digital Live™ - audio windows 7
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Using Dolby® Digital Live™ The Dolby® Digital Live™ technology encodes your computer's digital audio contents to real-time Dolby® Digital streams. Using the CODEC and the Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) ports on the motherboard, you can send the encoded Dolby® Digital streams to an AC-3 decoder for playback on a multi-channel speaker system. Refer to the following illustrations when converting sounds to Dolby® Digital streams. Direct or non-encoded audio in your computer passes through the AC-3 encoder. The AC-3 encoder converts the s o u n d i n t o D o l b y® Digital streams. The audio CODEC processes the streams then passes it to an AC-3 decoder through the S/PDIF out port. 1 CMI9880 CODEC 2 3 To enable the Dolby® Digital Live™: 1. Connect an AC-3 decoder to the coaxial/optical S/PDIF out port. 2. Connect the AC-3 decoder to the multi-channel speaker system. 3. Launch the C-Media 3D Audio Configuration utility by double clicking the C-Media icon on the Windows® taskbar. 4. Click the D o l b y D i g i t a l L i v e button. You can now convert your computer's audio content to Dolby® Digital streams. ASUS P5GDC Pro 4 The AC-3 decoder processes the streams then plays them back on a multi-channel speaker system. 5-15