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Q: Does this card do Hardware Dolby or DTS digital decoding at the Hardware
or Software driver level?
A: - When using the Analog Outputs Dolby or DTS decoding is handled by the DVD
software program.
- When using the Digital Output Dolby or DTS decoding is handled by your
hardware decoder in speakers / receiver.
- The DDL encoding of the Montego DDL is software based. 24 bit/48kHz in
Vista/Win7.
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Q: Does this card do Hardware Dolby or DTS digital decoding at the Hardware
or Software driver level?
A: - When using the Analog Outputs Dolby or DTS decoding is handled by the DVD
software program.
- When using the Digital Output Dolby or DTS decoding is handled by your
hardware decoder in speakers / receiver.
- The DDL encoding of the Montego DDL is software based. 24 bit/48kHz in
Vista/Win7.
Q: Does this Soundcard decode Dolby Digital/ DTS Surround:
A: For licensing and copyright protection purposes, soundcard manufacturers are effectively prevented from adding DD/DTS decoders to their products. The reasoning is that the only legal use of DD/DTS decoders is for playback of licensed soundtracks from DVD movies. In your PC, a DVD player software must decode your DD/DTS soundtrack, NOT the soundcard.
Many customers have asked us how to use the S/PDIF Digital Input to decode surround sound from external players such as the Microsoft Xbox 360, standalone DVD players or other computers. Because of the above-mentioned licensing and copyright protections, this is not possible.
However, you can use a home theater receiver, or one of the new Home Theater In a Box (HTIB) powered speaker systems from Logitech, Samsung and others. Both of these product types have built in DD/DTS decoders, so will accept an incoming data stream from the Digital Out of Turtle Beach
PCI soundcard and USB sound products.
Our Montego DDL *encodes* game audio to the new "Dolby Digital Live" format, so you can hear positional audio from your PC games. It DOES NOT decode DD/DTS soundtracks.
Again, you will need a DD/DTS decoder, either a software version or a hardware decoder in your home theater receiver or Home Theater in a Box.
All files and documentation are offered on an *AS IS* basis and you assume full responsibility for using them.
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