Windows – Stereo sound through whole 5.1 speaker set – is it possible with WinXP or 7

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Is it possible to "upmix" (split) stereo output from games, winamp, youtube and so on through 5.1 speaker set? Movies from DVD or some games uses all 6 speakers, but most of today's usage does not.

I know foobar2000 can upmix stereo MP3 to all speakers, I'd like to process all stereo sound that way.

Is there any solution for Windows XP or 7?

EDIT:
I'm talking about onboard 5.1 sound output AC97 nForce2 chipset in my case. Definitely low-end.
EDIT2:
No digital output, 3 analog mini-jacks there.

Best Answer

As Skelly says, it would depend on your driver.

For me, it's this setting:

screenshot of Realtek Audio Manager

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