AMD Radeon HD 6850 - no 5.1 Surround via HDMI??

TheGreatAus

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Hi all! So I've let this issue slide for a bit, but I would really like to utilize my surround sound on my HTPC, but for some reason when I go to 'Playback devices' and try to configure the 'AMD HDMI output' icon, I only the 'stereo' option (see pic).

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I know at one point this did say 5.1 surround and I could test all my speakers, but something changed after one of their bad updates. I currently have the most updated version of their VISION Control Center.

I do have the option to use an optical out from the mobo...my Samsung DLP is kinda old and the receiver is needed to break down the coded signal and send to my tv, so I dont have the option to use an HDMI cable along with an optical cable to transmit the sound. If I could do that...I would just use the realtek options below that enable all kinds of awesome sound options. However, every time I try to use the non-optical RealTek sound option, no sound ever gets transmitted to the receiver, so I think I'm stuck using the inferior AMD HDMI sound option.

Any help with this would be much appreciated!!
 

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13.4. I thought it was the most up to date version...it may not be though. Going to check up on that now...