Asus P5W User Manual page 143

Using Dolby Digital Live™
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The Dolby Digital Live™ technology encodes your computer's digital audio
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contents to real-time Dolby
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-
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channel speaker system.
Refer to the following illustrations when converting sounds to Dolby
streams.
Direct or non-encoded audio
in your computer passes
through the AC-3 encoder.
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To enable the Dolby
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 Realtek HD Audio
Manager by double clicking the
Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on
the Windows
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4. Click the Dolby Digital Live
button. You can now convert your
computer's audio content to Dolby
Digital streams.
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Digital streams. Using the CODEC and the Sony/
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The AC-3 encoder
converts the sound into
Dolby Digital streams.
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Digital Live™:
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The audio CODEC processes
the streams then passes it to an
AC-3 decoder through the S/PDIF
out port.
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The AC-3 decoder
processes the streams
then plays them back on
a multi-channel speaker
system.
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