Watching Dvds - Creative Sound Blaster ZxR User Manual

Dolby Digital Live
Dolby Digital Live is a real-time encoding technology from Dolby Laboratories that converts any audio
signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for transport and playback through your home theatre or digital
speaker system.
Transform your gameplay into an exciting and realistic experience using Dolby Digital Live. Audio cues
and effects that follow the onscreen action are reproduced, immersing you in 5.1 channel surround
sound that puts you at the center of the action.
To learn more about Dolby Digital Live, visit www.dolby.com.
DTS Connect
DTS Connect is a real-time encoding technology from DTS, Inc. for interactive media and is only
available on the PC platform. It converts any audio signal on the computer into 5.1 channel DTS format
and transports it via a single digital cable.
With Dolby Digital Live or DTS Connect, a single digital cable is all that is needed to connect your
computer to your home theatre system, simplifying the setup and eliminating the confusion of multiple
cables.
To learn how to connect your A/V receiver or digital speaker system to your audio cards, consult the
following sections:
Connecting Home Theater Systems
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Connecting Digital Speaker Systems
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Watching DVDs

Your DVDs are encoded with Dolby Digital audio technologies, which have to be decoded to enjoy multi-
channel audio on your 5.1 speaker systems.
Decoding with a software DVD player
You can use a software DVD player to decode Dolby Digital or DTS encoded signals from your DVDs, and
output multi-channel audio through your audio cards to your speakers.
To do so, you need to install a software DVD player such as PowerDVD or WinDVD (latest version
recommended).
Decoding with an external decoder
You can pass Dolby Digital or DTS encoded signals from your DVDs through your audio cards to an
external decoder (for example, an A/V receiver), and output multi-channel audio to your 5.1 speaker
systems. Some digital speaker systems are also capable of decoding Dolby Digital or DTS encoded
signals.
To learn more, consult the documentation of your external decoder or digital speaker system.
To learn how to connect your A/V receiver or digital speaker system to your audio cards, consult the
following sections:
Connecting Home Theater Systems
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Connecting Digital Speaker Systems
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