5.1 Sound and Vista

[Uncle Nobby]

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?

 

[Justin]

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.

 

[Uncle Nobby]

So far, good.


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


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?

 

[Justin]

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.......