Does *anyone* have Line In?

[Menno Hershberger]

I've been fighting this playback properties thing for a week now and am
getting nowhere. Does anyone show Line in and Microphone under your sound
*playback* properties? I have tried all sorts of drivers from Realtek and
Biostar tech support tells me I've got the latest firmware for my
motherboard. I am even willing to buy a Vista compatible sound card (I'm
using onboard sound now) but I can't find one anywhere that claims to be
Vista ready. Some claim to be developing drivers for Vista but none seem to
have any ready.
Or is it even a driver problem?
As I said in an earlier post (Sound - Line IN) I do not have the option to
turn Line In or my microphone on *except* for recording and there's a link
there to http://mewnlite.com/sound.gif pointing out exactly what I'm
talking about.
I need Line In to make my TV card work. I also like to have my microphone
sound coming out my speakers on ocassion.
So... I'm just wondering if *anyone* has those showing in their playback
properties? Surely someone has a TV card that uses Line In and it is
working... or do they?

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Have you right clicked on the Recording Devices window and checked both Show
Disabled Devices and Show Disconnected Devices?

 

[Neil Harley]

I've been fighting this playback properties thing for a week now and
am getting nowhere. Does anyone show Line in and Microphone under
your sound *playback* properties? I have tried all sorts of drivers
from Realtek and Biostar tech support tells me I've got the latest
firmware for my motherboard. I am even willing to buy a Vista
compatible sound card (I'm using onboard sound now) but I can't find
one anywhere that claims to be Vista ready. Some claim to be
developing drivers for Vista but none seem to have any ready.
Or is it even a driver problem?
As I said in an earlier post (Sound - Line IN) I do not have the
option to turn Line In or my microphone on *except* for recording and
there's a link there to http://mewnlite.com/sound.gif pointing out
exactly what I'm talking about.
I need Line In to make my TV card work. I also like to have my
microphone sound coming out my speakers on ocassion.
So... I'm just wondering if *anyone* has those showing in their
playback properties? Surely someone has a TV card that uses Line In
and it is working... or do they?

The way my setup works has changed from XP. I have a couple of Pioneer
CDJ800s connected to a DJM400 mixer. Phono leads from the mixer go into the
Line In on the motherboard and under XP what was being played on the CDs
would come out of the computer speakers. Under Vista I can record through
the Line In okay but there is no longer sound from the PC speakers.

My Line In doesn't show in the Playback using the latest 24-bit Realtek
drivers for a K9N Neo.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

Yes, but they are showing in the Recording Devices window. It's the
playback devices that I'm concerned about. I also have those checked in
the Playback Devices window, but nothing shows.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

The way my setup works has changed from XP. I have a couple of Pioneer
CDJ800s connected to a DJM400 mixer. Phono leads from the mixer go
into the Line In on the motherboard and under XP what was being played
on the CDs would come out of the computer speakers. Under Vista I can
record through the Line In okay but there is no longer sound from the
PC speakers.

My Line In doesn't show in the Playback using the latest 24-bit
Realtek drivers for a K9N Neo.

Yep. Same problem as mine. Just different hardware. I can record with
Line in too.
There's an idea. Capture/record the newscast and then a half hour later
play it back...
Seriously though, no one here seems to know anything about it. Where do
we go to ask?

 

[Cal Bear '66]

There is no possible way that line in and microphone INPUTS would show in
Playback Devices.
Playback devices are just that -- OUTPUT devices (speakers, headphones)
Recording devices are INPUT devices (microphone, tape deck, etc)
When is the last time you listened to a microphone?

 

[Menno Hershberger]

OK. Point taken. It's worded a bit different in XP.
See http://mewnlite.com/xpsound.gif
So how do you adjust the playback volume for these devices?

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Right click on item in Recording Devices
Properties
Levels Tab
Adjust slider

 

[Cal Bear '66]

For Playback levels
Click on speaker icon in Notification Area
Click Mixer
Adjust sliders

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Or click on Realtek HD Audio Manager icon in Notification Area and adjust levels
there.

 

[Michael]

Watching this thread and wandering around in my audio options I see the OP's
point. It simply doesn't work like it used to in XP.

In my previous xp home I could 'listen' to the microphone. It was one of the
items that could be selected in the mixer. It was often actually a problem
as, if it got un-muted somehow, then the system would howl with feedback. I
don't know if this new way is a function of the on-board audio system on my
Vista or Vista itself, (previous XP was a soundblaster, this Vista is an
on-board sigma tel).

Michael

Or click on Realtek HD Audio Manager icon in Notification Area and adjust
levels there.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

I got one of the funny talking MS support guys on the phone, and when I
went to show him what was happening, the TV sound just automagically
started working. His guess was that it was caused by an automatic windows
update, which I did get a couple of today.
Now, if I right click the volume control icon in the tray and choose
"Open Volume Mixer", there's a slider for the TV card. I found it
humerous that there's also one for XNews. Both these apps were running
when I did the screen shot and do not appear there when they are not.
http://mewnlite.com/mixer.gif
Now if we can just figure out how to get the mike in the mix then this
project would be complete!

Thanks to all for helping and following along.