Dolby 5.1?
 

This may seem like a really amateurish question, but does any XBox games support Dolby 5.1 Surround sound, or is the digital optical output on the advanced scart lead just for DVDs.

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

I belive all games, or nearly all game support it! :)

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

All xbox games have to support it, but not all of them do a good job....... But i dont have a dolby digital decoder, so im basing this on reviews ^_^

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

the xbox has a 5.1 encoder chip built in, so games can produce surround sound 'on the fly', for example you can tell which direction a gun shot came from etc etc. some games are awsome with 5.1, its particularly usefull for finding the snowmen in Amped :)

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

Must just be my amp set up then, at it just comes through as a stereo signal :dozey:
EDIT - Perhaps if I took a moment to change the settings in the menu, doh!

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

:D Yeah the "on the fly" dolby is fantastic! It really helps on online FPS cos you can hear if someone is coming up behind you :D

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

...and for when in the showers! :p

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

5.1 is awesome as long as it has been encoded properly in the game and to be honest most of the games I have now or have owned sound brilliant.

Not many duff ones! :)

Amped2 demostrates how well 5.1 sounds.

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

Does anyone else find that by enabling this option, games seem to take a performance hit? Comparing before and after, Halo seems to run at half the speed!

Re: Dolby 5.1?
 

havent noticed that, and, afaik, the 5.1 is on a dedicated chip, so it shouldnt take processing from elsewhere, unless of coure it is because other stuff is 'blocking' waiting for the sound to encode....