It is possible to play 5.1 surround using a stupid ordinary audio-CD.
You don´t need DVD-recording for this.
You only need a specially prepared WAV-file to write onto that audio-CD.
If you´ve got a 5.1 digital surround amplifier and a DVD-player connected to it digitally (TOSLink or coaxial), then you´re in.
If you´ve got a CD-writer, or even better a CDRW-writer, read on.
Especially if your DVD-player/5.1 amp is made by Technics/Panasonic, this will work.
Unzip the WAV-file and use "Feurio!" (http://www.feurio.de) to write an audio-CD
of it. Other CD-write program may not accept the file. DON´T PLAY THE FILE BACK WITHIN YOUR PC! This is embedded surround data and it will not sound good outside your 5.1-amp!
Make sure your amp is listening on the digital input to your CD/DVD-player, and start playback at low volume.
If you hear music in surround: good choice of player & amp, right setup!
Enjoy it! And NEVER fast forward/backward while playing this back! Your amp will go into PCM playback and you will hear the digital data played back as noise. Don´t do it. Try it at low volume to believe it.
If you hear a noise: check your CD/DVD-players setup, you maybe still have a chance: make sure your player does not perform any data-conversion:
-PCM-downsampling: NO
-Re-Sampling/Re-Mastering: NO
-digital output: bitstream
If this experiment works for you, let me know if you like it!
And please also tell me if it does not work to get an overview which players/amps don´t work with this "hack".
