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Key Details of Realtek High Definition Audio Codec (Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 32-bit)

  • Update your onboard HD sound from Realtek to the latest driver release
  • Last updated on 06/26/15
  • There have been 0 updates within the past 6 months
  • The current version has 0 flags on VirusTotal

High definition audio driver windows 10 free download - Realtek High Definition Audio Codec (Windows 7 / 8/ 8.1/ 10 64-bit). The Best Free Audio Drivers app downloads for Windows: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Realtek High Definition Audio Codec (Windows 7 / 8/ 8.1/ 10 64.

Realtek's free High Definition Audio Codec pack enables stereo digital audio at resolutions up to 24-bit/192kHz, as well as 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio. Though it's essentially a package of drivers, it installs like a Windows program and may require a reboot. Realtek HD Audio Codec is available in separate downloads for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista, 7, and 8 systems with Realtek controllers.

Pros

Audiophile-quality digital audio: No matter the source, you'll get super-high-quality digital audio. We streamed audio at up to 320kbs from Spotify and other sources. Even MP3s sounded better.

Dolby HT4: Dolby Home Theater 4 settings include Movie, Music, and Game modes with up to six presets, or you can turn Dolby off in the Properties dialog.

Multiple output options: We could select and configure Realtek Digital Output options for all our digital connections and output jacks, including optical, USB, and internal ATAPI.

Cons

Realtek HD controllers only: Not all motherboards use Realtek audio chips, and not all Realtek controllers are HD-compatible. Fortunately, the codecs won't install on the wrong system.

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Watch the installation: There are other programs added automatically during the standard installation. Choosing the Custom installation option let us decline 'extras' we didn't want.

System compatibility: While Realtek HD Audio Codec works with Realtek controllers, some motherboard implementations may not be fully compatible and require proprietary audio drivers instead.

Bottom line

If your PC has a Realtek HD audio controller, Realtek High Definition Audio Codec will help you get the most out of it. Chances are, your Realtek controller may already have this codec, courtesy of Windows Update. If it doesn't have it, get it!

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In Windows Vista, Microsoft will provide the following two drivers as part of the operating system:

Audio Device Driver

  • A bus driver for managing an Intel High Definition Audio (HD Audio) bus interface controller.

  • A Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) class driver for managing a UAA-compliant audio codec (or possibly more than one codec) that is connected to an HD Audio controller.

Microsoft also will develop a similar HD Audio bus driver and UAA HD Audio class driver for systems that run Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. For information about the HD Audio controller architecture, see the Intel High Definition Audio Specification at the Intel HD Audio website. For an overview of Microsoft's UAA, see the white paper titled Universal Audio Architecture at the audio technology website.

The HD Audio bus driver implements the HD Audio device driver interface (DDI), which kernel-mode audio and modem drivers use to communicate with hardware codecs that are attached to the HD Audio controller. The HD Audio bus driver exposes the HD Audio DDI to its children, which are instances of the audio and modem drivers that manage the codecs.

The version of the HD Audio bus driver that runs on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP supports three variants of the HD Audio DDI:

  • A DDI that is defined by the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE structure. This DDI is identical to the HD Audio DDI in Windows Vista.

  • A DDI that is defined by the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE_V2 structure. This DDI is available in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.

  • A DDI that is defined by the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE_BDL structure. This DDI is available in Windows XP and later versions of Windows.

The differences between the three DDIs are minor and are discussed in Differences Between the HD Audio DDI Versions.

In Windows Vista, the HD Audio bus driver supports the DDI that is defined by the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE and the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE_V2 structures.

In Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, the UAA class driver uses the DDI defined by the HDAUDIO_BUS_INTERFACE structure to manage UAA-compliant audio codecs. In addition, hardware vendors can choose to write custom device drivers that use one or both of these DDIs to manage their audio and modem codecs.

Hardware vendors should design their audio codecs to conform to the UAA hardware requirements document (to be published). In the absence of a custom audio driver from the vendor, users can rely on the system-supplied UAA HD Audio class driver to manage their UAA-compliant audio codecs. However, an audio codec might contain proprietary features that are accessible only through the vendor's custom driver.

This section describes the following information for both versions of the HD Audio DDI:

  • A background discussion of Intel's HD Audio architecture and Microsoft's UAA HD Audio class driver.

  • Programming guidelines for using both versions of the HD Audio DDI to control audio and modem codecs.

Microsoft Hd Audio Device Driver Download

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