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I got these Razer Barracuda headphones and i was wondering if Red Orchestra supports 5.1 audio. How can i enable 5.1?
I got these Razer Barracuda headphones and i was wondering if Red Orchestra supports 5.1 audio. How can i enable 5.1?
5.1 audio
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Actually Red Orchestra supports more than just 5.1 surround sound.
You can try going to Configuration in the main menu.
From there, open the tab "Audio".
You'll find a droplist called "Audio mode", select H/W 3D + EAX.
If that doesn't work, select H/W 3D.
And if both don't work and your headset is a native USB device, it doesn't support OpenAL or EAX.
In that case you were better off with a regular non-USB 3,5 mm headset or EAX-compatible USB headset and an OpenAL/EAX-enabled soundcard.
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So you have the 3,5mm 3-conductor jack?
That means the question do you have EAX/OpenAL compatible audio hardware remains.
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Windows Vista doesnt support EAX as far as i know, and with H/W 3D it just sounds like normal stereo. I got system OpenAL driver option enabled. 5.1 works fine in css, tf2, dod:s and movies. Im not sure what OpenAL is so if you could explain it to me i'd really appreciate it.
Headphones are those -> http://www.razerzone.com/p-93-razer-barracuda-hp-1-51-channel-gaming-headphones.aspx
Headphones are those -> http://www.razerzone.com/p-93-razer-barracuda-hp-1-51-channel-gaming-headphones.aspx
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OpenAL has replaced what would have been Direct Sound in the D3D library from Microsoft.
There is an application that emulates EAX for Vista.
This all depends on which sound card or chip you have!
I believe.
There is an application that emulates EAX for Vista.
This all depends on which sound card or chip you have!
I believe.
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Anytime I ever had problems with my sound, it was actually with my sound card settings. Usually after a driver update, they defaulted to just 2 speakers. As far as I know, you can set any game settings to use 5.1, but if your sound card defaults to a lesser speaker setup, then you are stuck with that until you go into your speaker/soundcard settings and change it. Playing with the game settings won't help at all until you do. 
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Maybe you can find some info by googling "unreal tournament 5.1 speakers vista", since that's the engine. Quick check see others with non-xfi having the same problem. One guy fixed it by enabling stereo instead of surround in bioshock... but not sure how you could apply that here.
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Actually I just tested my 5.1s on RO and surround sound isnt working for me both on the Mobo(SoundMAX) card and my little usb creative soundblaster, while they both work perfectly fine on any other game/dvd. And yup I'm on vista (64) as well. hmmm
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