Hi.
I have a Asus z370 motherboard with a Realtek HD Audio ALC1220. I have logitech speakers 5.1. The 5.1 speakers are all working. I get sounds from each speakers when I do tests in windows, and I get stereo and 5.1 audio perfectly. But when I play a movie with a mono soundtrack, the sound is always upscaled to stereo and comes from both left and right speakers, with no sound from the center speaker. I have found a workaround however but it's annoying having to do this each time. Once the movie has started, I switch the output using the speaker icon in the windows notification area from "speakers" to "digital output" which is not used so the sound cuts, then immediately back again to "speakers" and now the mono audio comes out of the center speaker as it should and both the left and right are silent. It remains like that as long as the movie plays. If I closed the player and restart the movie, the mono is back to upscaled stereo with no audio in the center speaker and I have to do the same workaround to make it output from the center speaker again. I have search the Internet extensively and haven't found any similar problem posted. Anyone would have any idea/suggestion?
PS: I installed today the latest UAD drivers for the realtek audio, version 6.0.1.8597. This didn't make any difference to my problem. As I said everything works correctly, i.e. stereo audio, 5.1 audio, the only problem is this upscaling from mono to stereo that I do not want...
Thanks in advance.
I have a Asus z370 motherboard with a Realtek HD Audio ALC1220. I have logitech speakers 5.1. The 5.1 speakers are all working. I get sounds from each speakers when I do tests in windows, and I get stereo and 5.1 audio perfectly. But when I play a movie with a mono soundtrack, the sound is always upscaled to stereo and comes from both left and right speakers, with no sound from the center speaker. I have found a workaround however but it's annoying having to do this each time. Once the movie has started, I switch the output using the speaker icon in the windows notification area from "speakers" to "digital output" which is not used so the sound cuts, then immediately back again to "speakers" and now the mono audio comes out of the center speaker as it should and both the left and right are silent. It remains like that as long as the movie plays. If I closed the player and restart the movie, the mono is back to upscaled stereo with no audio in the center speaker and I have to do the same workaround to make it output from the center speaker again. I have search the Internet extensively and haven't found any similar problem posted. Anyone would have any idea/suggestion?
PS: I installed today the latest UAD drivers for the realtek audio, version 6.0.1.8597. This didn't make any difference to my problem. As I said everything works correctly, i.e. stereo audio, 5.1 audio, the only problem is this upscaling from mono to stereo that I do not want...
Thanks in advance.