Creative "X-fi" Extreme Audio problem

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#1 Quadster
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hi guys I'd bought a Creative Sound Blaster "X-FI" Audio Extreme thinking i was able to output Dolby digital through the Toslink/Optical to my Creative Extigy(Stand alone mode), and when i was looking through all the config options, i couldn't see anything which related to output of 5.1 audio through toslink, does anyone else have this card, and is there anything i'm able to do as my games and other applications don't seem to recognise this card for the purpose i'd originally bought it for, i also saw that people have had problems getting this card to work properly on windows 7 i'm preparing to send this card back and look at getting the Titanium version, Any suggestions otherwise before i do so?
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You need Dolby Digital Live! or DTS Connect installed to use a sound card's optical output. It encodes everything to a DD or DTS signal for your receiver to understand.

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#3 Quadster
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Will that actually work with this card even though it's not a true X-fi card?