[Feature Request] 5.1 Surround sound support

[ghost]

Overview

Currently Ryujinx only seems to output Stereo.

Smaller details

Yuzu has a option to pick the system sound mode directly, Stereo or Surround.

Nature of request

Sound.

Why would this feature be useful?

5.1 support is common place in home setups.

[turntable97]

Can't wait for this to be implemented. :)

[gdkchan]

I believe this is already supported (it should use 5.1 output as long the audio device being used supports it).

[ghost]

I believe this is already supported (it should use 5.1 output as long the audio device being used supports it).

This is incorrect or there's a bug preventing it from outputting correctly. I have Dolby Atmos selected in windows sound settings and I am only get 2.0 channels of sound versus Yuzu's 5.1. I also tried all the backends with no change.

[gdkchan]

It should use 5.1 as long the game is outputting 5.1 audio. If the game only has stereo output then it will only have 2 channels.

[ghost]

You can test this with Metroid Prime Remastered main menu music. I assure you there is no output from the surround speakers, only L and R.

[jojodunet]

Why not also adding a feature to test all 5.1 channels in the Ava UI sound menu?

[jordanvachon]

yup no direct 5.1

[ShinKaz]

same here no 5.1 in BOTW for instance, wish Ryujinx would support this so bad. Thanks for your hard work !

[samdnz]

can confirm this is disabled

The audio dsp has a comment noting the channel polling is disabled until an upmixer is implemented. Perhaps an unsafe option could be added?

[ghost]

As of 1.1.783 5.1 surround sound is still not working. I had hopes as the changelog mentioned changes:

AUDIO:
- amadeus: Fix wrong channel mapping check and an old typo.
  - Fixes broken audio in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Dolby Atmos is set in Control Panel (7.1 setup, channel upmixer off)

I think Ryu team will need to implement the Switch's "Sound Output Mode" option so we can pick Stereo or Surround Sound.

[Glebman95]

Funny thing is: it used to work on older versions. When the issue with the surround started I used a yuzu sdl2.dll for Ryujinx and it worked. Recently they changed it somehow, so that workaround doesn't work anymore.