21-11-2003, 17:36
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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.
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21-11-2003, 17:38
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Re: Dolby 5.1?
I belive all games, or nearly all game support it! 
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21-11-2003, 17:39
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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 ^_^
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21-11-2003, 18:39
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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
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21-11-2003, 20:23
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Re: Dolby 5.1?
Must just be my amp set up then, at it just comes through as a stereo signal 
EDIT - Perhaps if I took a moment to change the settings in the menu, doh!
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21-11-2003, 22:12
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Re: Dolby 5.1?
 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
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21-11-2003, 22:18
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Re: Dolby 5.1?
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Originally Posted by Exulus
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 |
...and for when in the showers! :p
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21-11-2003, 23:48
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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.
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22-11-2003, 07:12
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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!
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22-11-2003, 08:11
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Re: Dolby 5.1?
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Originally Posted by Alanmelon
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!
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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....
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