Trying to set up surround sound on PC

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sparkslong

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Here is my situation: I have 2 pairs of speakers and one pair has a subwoofer. Each pair has 1 3.5mm jack. Both of the jacks are plugged into the back of my mobo. I have the pair without the subwoofer in the cneter and the pair with the subwoofer on the edges of my desk and the subwoofer under. The computer recognizes everything and when doing a sound test everyhting works fine. I have them configured the same way they are on my desk when I configure the speaker in Audio devices. It is a 5.1 Surround Sound with the center disabled and also the sub woofer since it isn't a separate device. When I go to youtube and play a video only the 2 speakers in the middle emit sound and also whe i play music. what do i do to make all of the speakers work? I will answer any questions asap! Thank you for all suggestions!
 
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This sounds normal. Sources such as YouTube are usually only 2-channel, therefore, why would the computer do anything other than send the 2 channels of audio data to anything other than the corresponding 2 speakers? Music is generally the same way, only recorded with 2 channels.

If you want more than that, you need either software in the computer that is going to up-mix your 2 channel sources to a simulated surround (such as Dolby Pro Logic ii), or external hardware that will up-mix the sound. The only other option would be to use sources that are properly coded for multi-channel surround, with more than 2 speakers in mind. DVDs and Blu-ray discs are often a good source for multi-channel surround.
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bigpinkdragon286

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This sounds normal. Sources such as YouTube are usually only 2-channel, therefore, why would the computer do anything other than send the 2 channels of audio data to anything other than the corresponding 2 speakers? Music is generally the same way, only recorded with 2 channels.

If you want more than that, you need either software in the computer that is going to up-mix your 2 channel sources to a simulated surround (such as Dolby Pro Logic ii), or external hardware that will up-mix the sound. The only other option would be to use sources that are properly coded for multi-channel surround, with more than 2 speakers in mind. DVDs and Blu-ray discs are often a good source for multi-channel surround.
 
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sparkslong

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Yea actually I just figured that out right before you responded. Thanks for the help now I just need to find a good software.
 
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