Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

I think I'll probably go back to build 8648 tomorrow, I'm finding 8694 a bit tiring to listen to.

I finally found a way(through trial and error) on making the Insider Edge sound exactly as good as Chrome(now it can truly be my 24/7 browser)

I needed to turn on edge://flags/#try-supported-channel-layouts
Which:
Causes audio output streams to check if channel layouts other than the default hardware layout are available. Turning this on will allow the OS to do stereo to surround expansion if supported. May expose third party driver bugs, use with caution. – Windows

Immediately after turning it on and restarting Insider Edge, you will not have any sound.
You then must turn on either Dolby Atmos(if you have it) or Windows Sonic for headphones, and then Insider Edge sounds exactly like Chrome; on YouTube at least.
Note, my soundbar is connected via Audio input (3. 5 mm) so this might be only for my setup.

chapapak said:

Hi. Can someone help please?

I have currently installed the audio drivers from lenovo webiste, which according this website:
Determine the HDA Realtek driver needed for your Audio

I have figured out that I use "Fortemedia (FMAPO) Integration".

When I click the link in the first page, none of the following can be installed:




And a message appears that I already have the latest driver installed, which of course is not. Also, why the difference in size?

If you have followed the process in the Determine the HDA Realtek driver needed for your Audio - Windows 10 Forums post and you found that you need a driver with "Fortemedia (FMAPO) Integration", it means that you have the old legacy HDA drivers installed, as these type of drivers are detected by this process!

The above Windows Update Catalog extract shows the new UAD drivers (judging by their small file size, 9.5-9.9 MB), except from the first entry, which seems like an HDA driver.
So the only one that might work for you is the 1st one, but you have to open the cab file, with 7zip, and look for the integration contained, based on the "special" files presented in the aforementioned process you followed to determine your FMAPO integaration.
Most likely it does not contain your audio device's HardwareID in its .inf files, nor the FMAPO integration "special" files, so it cannot be installed.

Skip it and if you want to upgrade, go to the Alanfox2000 github and download the latest HDA driver, which contains your FMAPO integration. The file name you look for, in that site, should be like something
8xxx_FF0C_FF00_FF01_FF03_FF04_FF06_FF10_PG471_Win10_RS3_RS4_RS5_19H1_Win7_WHQL.rar
where 8xxx is the driver version, i.e 8678, 8688, 8694 etc.
Once you download and extract the file, go to its FF01 (Fortemedia) folder and install the new driver, either by using the setup included or by going to Device Manager, to your Realtek audio device, open its properties and update the driver by selecting to look for the update in the FF01 folder of the extracted file.
HTH

chapapak said:

Thank you Dimitri, I managed to successfully update.

If you have time, can you -or anyone else that knows- answer the following questions?

1. Why so much size difference between UAD and HDA drivers?
2. Do UAD drivers come with FF01 integration as well or are they only generic?
3. Is it possible to install different integration or the intallation will fail? Or will it succeed installing but the extra features won't be working?

Thank you

You're most welcome. Glad it worked for you!
Answers to your questions (to the best of my knowledge, as I'm not an expert) :

1. New stuff, more compact, less generic than HDA.
2. UAD drivers are much more codec/implementation specific. If you look at the github page you'll see a lot of drivers, specific to OEM (Dell, Asus, hp etc) implementations, which is not the case with HDA, which are more generic. Either way, the best approach to the audio drivers is to install and keep the one provided by the manufacturer of your system. You (and everybody else, in here) upgrade to the newer ones at the risk that the new ones might not work as expected, according to the OEM's implementation!
3. For HDA (I'm more familiar with those, as these are the ones I use), I think, although never tried it, that it will not install as there will be no HardwareID in the included .inf files. I'm pretty sure the same will happen with the UAD ones, as they are much more strict than HDA.

chapapak said:

Great explanation!
In my instance, I have Lenovo Yoga 500 laptop.
In the github link, I see the following:

Code:

Lenovo8688_UAD_WHQL_2019_0426_144444.zip

What is this, regarding integrations?
Also, each manufacturer uses only 1 integration, or multiple for its models?

Each manufacturer uses a different driver for different codec implementations. You see they use different chips, in their various models.
Now regarding the Lenovo8688_UAD_WHQL_2019_0426_144444.zip, I don't want to mislead you, as my knowledge of UAD drivers is limited, since I don't use them. Maybe one of our experts in here, might chip in to help you out, on this one.