Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

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Sadly, we can't buy a 20 to 32 channel processor for less than five figures. The only logical solution is to let our PC's decode these 3d sound formats.

I'd pay $500+ in a heartbeat if there was an Atmos/DTS-X/Aura 3d software solution as I could use dirac live PC software with and have an ultimate system competing with processors costing well over $20k.

Plenty of decent looking AES/EBU pci-e soundcards that do 32 digital channels out (and appear as a single soundcard so in theory dirac and even powerdvd could use them), and then I could add a few nicer speaker processors (Xilica XD4080) that take AES inputs and drive 32 amp channels.

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

Quote Sadly, we can't buy a 20 to 32 channel processor for less than five figures. The only logical solution is to let our PC's decode these 3d sound formats.

I'd pay $500+ in a heartbeat if there was an Atmos/DTS-X/Aura 3d software solution as I could use dirac live PC software with and have an ultimate system competing with processors costing well over $20k.

Plenty of decent looking AES/EBU pci-e soundcards that do 32 digital channels out (and appear as a single soundcard so in theory dirac and even powerdvd could use them), and then I could add a few nicer speaker processors (Xilica XD4080) that take AES inputs and drive 32 amp channels.

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

I mean, if u want to have a good speaker setup, you need a AVR anyway. So i think, Cyberlink simply isnt allowed to passthrough the atmos bitstream by missing licence.

With respect, I know not everyone here is an audio expert, but you really owe it to yourself to do more research and listen to some actively crossed over systems running highend pro audio gear.

AVR's suck in comparison to my stereo setup. Not only is the noise floor higher on the preouts (if I wanted to use my Benchmark AHB-2 amps with an AVR), the amps inside an AVR pale in comparison to the ultra low IMD the amps I am using have. Also, an AVR lacks anyway to activelly crossover my speakers (missing out on huge performance gains).

Even the best processors available will not have the dynamic range and processing capability my stereo setup has as I'm using foobar2000 with 64 bit ASIO drivers feeding into Dirac Live software on my PC. Then everything is output digitally to an active crossover that implements FIR filters for my woofer, midrange and tweeter and a well selected IIR filter for my subs.

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Quote Sadly, we can't buy a 20 to 32 channel processor for less than five figures. The only logical solution is to let our PC's decode these 3d sound formats.

I'd pay $500+ in a heartbeat if there was an Atmos/DTS-X/Aura 3d software solution as I could use dirac live PC software with and have an ultimate system competing with processors costing well over $20k.

Plenty of decent looking AES/EBU pci-e soundcards that do 32 digital channels out (and appear as a single soundcard so in theory dirac and even powerdvd could use them), and then I could add a few nicer speaker processors (Xilica XD4080) that take AES inputs and drive 32 amp channels.

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

I mean, if u want to have a good speaker setup, you need a AVR anyway. So i think, Cyberlink simply isnt allowed to passthrough the atmos bitstream by missing licence.

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

I reserched a bit and now got ATMOS working with PowerDVD17! It's so simple, you wont belive it

1. Dolby Atmos is an object based meta format which is embedded in the TrueHD bitstream


2. you HAVE TO put an atmos ready 5.1.2 setup (or higher) on your avr and set the atmos ready channels to atmos ready output.

in my case i have a denon x1300W avr and only had 5.1 setup installed and configured. so i put two of my old teufel boxes on the surround rear outputs on my AVR and select "Surround Dolby" in the AVR settings. not the display shows dolby atmos, when playing atmos content!

happy now!

So: PowerDVD17 IS supporting Dolby Atmos bitstream, because the Atmos meta info is part of the TrueHD bitstream. If you dont have a Atmos ready setup configured in your AVR, the AVR simply doesnt use the atmos meta info Thats all!

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

There is! Set HDMI output to uncompressed high definition and my BluRay discs pass Atmos via pdvd17 to the AVR. The display indicates Atmos is passing through.

Quote Hi Michael52,

There is no atmos support in PowerDVD 17. Please visit our homepage:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/compare-versions_en_US.html

Greetings
Hicham

Türkçe dilini desteklememesi ve Atmos gibi popüler kodek desteği sunamaması üzücü. Türkçe dilini desteklememesi ve Atmos gibi popüler kodek desteği sunamaması üzücü.

Audio output:
Dolby Atmos Headphone: on/off.
Dolby Headphone: current option.
As Windows now supports Atmos & spatial headphone, could cyberlink staff add option for people who`s has atmos / spatial , just as people who does has hdr support too.
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Quote Audio output:
Dolby Atmos Headphone: on/off.
Dolby Headphone: current option.
As Windows now supports Atmos & spatial headphone, could cyberlink staff add option for people who`s has atmos / spatial , just as people who does has hdr support too.
.................

Per my understanding, Dolby ATMOS is proprietary and commercial licensed format/feature.

Dolby may authorize its license to Microsoft giant, but I think it is not equal to that other programs can use it directly without further authorization.

There are other options still

3D headphone, Spatial headphone. ( 100% identical to atmos headphone ).


hopefully it`s added to powerdvd 18 and still a win-win without atmos licence.