Dolby Atmos on sale I've never seen it on sale.
This licence adds decoding of Dolby Atmos to a stereo audio output.
Need to be done through the xbox not website as that only gives free trial.
You're correct
Has anyone noticed if you can use this license for the pc and xbox?
Ever since having kids I can't use my 5.1 speaker setup so headphone gaming is my thing now.
I would like to use it on the pc and the xbox
according to a reply I received above, YES
Yet to try it myself
I will give that a go tonight. Ty for the response
Up to ten devices incl XBOX and PC- at least that what it says in store
Just pass through the audio to your AVR and let that do the decoding?
No need for this
This basically takes the atmos stream and re encodes it into stereo with some fancy hrtf for surround from two channels with cans.
Not many AVRs will do that nicely. They will simply downmix the stream.
Good luck getting atmos to work if you have a tv that is not LG.
FYI everyone Windows 10 users only
I have the latest Xbox Wireless Headset which comes with a 6 month trial of Atmos with Dolby Access and regardless of whether I use official Xbox Wireless Adaptor or PC's Bluetooth. On games that ACTUALLY support Atmos like COD Modern Warefare you get audio dropouts and glitches in game and on the menus it crackles. This is a widely known issue.
Please keep this in mind.
This doesn't happen for Xbox Series X users using the latest Xbox Wireless Headset.
Honest question: is this one of those things that you could get cheaper through VPN and some other region, like game pass, etc.?
I have the XBOX Wireless Headset. Does anyone r who has this too have some good atmos settings to use?
Thanks
I use HeSuVi in windows which makes a passable difference, but still isn't as good as proper 5.1 spatially. Is this pretty much the same?
From the Windows 10 Store Dolby Access app, it is onsale for $16.83, you can use the license on upto 10 xbox one, series X,s and Windows 10 devices.
Normal price is $22.45
Temped to buy as I watch on occasion UltraHD on Xbox One S with headphones, Dolby atmos would be nice.
I guess it would be vice versa, get it on Xbox for $16 and should work on Windows 10???
I'm guessing the purchase would be tied to your M$ account.
Yes it is.
I had a look on Xbox Dolby Atmos app, it is $16.83, the op said approx $16
13 days left, will mull on it.
I'd just like to add anyone on Xbox One X (and likely all xbox one's) this can introduce some weird input lag and makes the whole console less responsive in general. I've had it for years and the sound 100% makes a difference but how sluggish the console gets is so annoying. Series X supposedly has dedicated hardware for this so likely not an issue on that.
I already own it and can confirm it improves the surround output through a standard set of 3.5mm headphones. Definitely an upgrade, and it's purchasing a software package from Dolby. Not a massive investment.
Cheers OP using with an old wired Sennheiser Momentum headphones and sounds great. Had no idea this was available in the Xbox store.
Also thought this might help anyone having trouble setting it up.
After you connect the headphones to the Xbox controller make sure you go into settings / general / volume and audio output / headset format and select Atmos for headphones.
Also if you hear any annoying hissing sounds press the Xbox button on controller and on the popup menu you should see a speaker icon on bottom right. Click on that and turn headset mic to off and mic monitoring all the way to the left.
Initially couldn't get the headphones to work whilst connected to the controller but after restarting and launching Dolby Access and changing settings on there from Game to Movie and then back again to Game somehow it started working.
I bought this licence a short while ago to use with my Sennheiser HD58X headphones and it's a noticeable improvement over standard stereo sound. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War sounds particularly excellent using Dolby Atmos with headphones.
Yeah don't listen to some on here claiming it doesn't work or you need Atomos enabled headphones or whatever of that sort. It does work even with normal headphones. Obviously a good set of headphones means better sound. I was playing SW Battlefront 2 multiplayer on Xbox yesterday and it definitely picked up on sounds overhead and underneath you as well as on the sides. Also the overall sound (detail, clarity, bass etc) is noticibly better. Might try with a 4K bluray this arvo with the Movie settings to see how that goes.
Just an update tested with a few 4K blurays and some blurays as well and must say very impressed.
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I'm guessing getting this would be useless if I am using a Sonos Beam soundbar. From what I have read its really only for use with headphones. I don't think it'll make me any better at PUGB. Pass.