I have Vista and a X-Fi Audio sound card.

I have set it up so that I have 5.1 sound, I checked it through speaker
config on control panel and all 6 speakers work.
When I play an MP3 I only get sound through the front left/right and centre.
I have read this is because they are not encoded in 5.1 sound, but I would
have thought sound would come through anyway.

The other issue is when I play a DVD, and pick DTS 5.1 I get no sound, I f I
pick PCM I only get sound out of the from left/right and centre and not the
rear speakers.

Is there a way to get all 5.1 speaker working in Vista?

"Uncle Nobby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have Vista and a X-Fi Audio sound card.
>
> I have set it up so that I have 5.1 sound, I checked it through speaker
> config on control panel and all 6 speakers work.

So far, good.

> When I play an MP3 I only get sound through the front left/right and
> centre.
> I have read this is because they are not encoded in 5.1 sound, but I would
> have thought sound would come through anyway.

Not by default. Some audio players are able to pipe the signal to the other
speakers.

> The other issue is when I play a DVD, and pick DTS 5.1 I get no sound, I f
> I
> pick PCM I only get sound out of the from left/right and centre and not
> the
> rear speakers.
>
> Is there a way to get all 5.1 speaker working in Vista?

Unfortunately the most current driver from Creative does not support DTS
Decoding.


Known issues:

This driver does not support the following:
Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTST signals
DVD-Audio
DirectSound®-based EAX games
6.1 speaker mode
Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi CD will not work with this
download.

We just have to wait for a better driver.

"Justin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Uncle Nobby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have Vista and a X-Fi Audio sound card.
>>
>> I have set it up so that I have 5.1 sound, I checked it through speaker
>> config on control panel and all 6 speakers work.
>
> So far, good.
>
>> When I play an MP3 I only get sound through the front left/right and
>> centre.
>> I have read this is because they are not encoded in 5.1 sound, but I
>> would
>> have thought sound would come through anyway.
>
> Not by default. Some audio players are able to pipe the signal to the
> other speakers.
>
>> The other issue is when I play a DVD, and pick DTS 5.1 I get no sound, I
>> f I
>> pick PCM I only get sound out of the from left/right and centre and not
>> the
>> rear speakers.
>>
>> Is there a way to get all 5.1 speaker working in Vista?
>
> Unfortunately the most current driver from Creative does not support DTS
> Decoding.
>
>
> Known issues:
>
> This driver does not support the following:
> Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTST signals
> DVD-Audio
> DirectSound®-based EAX games
> 6.1 speaker mode
> Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi CD will not work with
> this download.
>
> We just have to wait for a better driver.

Thanks for that info, where did you get it from?

So basically what you are saying that there are X-Fi cards that don't have
driver support in Vista to fully use the capabilities of the card?

"Uncle Nobby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Justin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Uncle Nobby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have Vista and a X-Fi Audio sound card.
>>>
>>> I have set it up so that I have 5.1 sound, I checked it through speaker
>>> config on control panel and all 6 speakers work.
>>
>> So far, good.
>>
>>> When I play an MP3 I only get sound through the front left/right and
>>> centre.
>>> I have read this is because they are not encoded in 5.1 sound, but I
>>> would
>>> have thought sound would come through anyway.
>>
>> Not by default. Some audio players are able to pipe the signal to the
>> other speakers.
>>
>>> The other issue is when I play a DVD, and pick DTS 5.1 I get no sound, I
>>> f I
>>> pick PCM I only get sound out of the from left/right and centre and not
>>> the
>>> rear speakers.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to get all 5.1 speaker working in Vista?
>>
>> Unfortunately the most current driver from Creative does not support DTS
>> Decoding.
>>
>>
>> Known issues:
>>
>> This driver does not support the following:
>> Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTST signals
>> DVD-Audio
>> DirectSound®-based EAX games
>> 6.1 speaker mode
>> Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi CD will not work with
>> this download.
>>
>> We just have to wait for a better driver.
>
> Thanks for that info, where did you get it from?
>
> So basically what you are saying that there are X-Fi cards that don't have
> driver support in Vista to fully use the capabilities of the card?

That is correct. The information I pasted for you is from the Creative
website.

Creative did not start developing a driver for Windows Vista until one month
before it was released. It's going to take a while before we see anything
decent come from them.

Thank you Creative!!!! Grrrrrrrrr.......