I recently reformatted my computer for reasons that i won't go into here, but this is something I have done many times before. However, this is the first time I have done it while I have had a 5.1 sound configuration. Before reformatting, all my speakers fired perfectly in all applications. Now though, the center speaker doesn't fire and the subwoofer doesn't fire from its input (the center/sub cable) but only from extrapolating data from the other four channels. Essentially, I can unplug one of the three audio cables from my computer to my subwoofer and everything sounds the same.
The sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ and the speakers are a Creative Inspire 5.1 system (don't remember exactly which anymore). When testing the system (where it says each speaker's name through the speaker) it all comes out just fine, and I can here the normal hissing/white noise through the center speaker when I put it up to my ear, indicating it's on and receiving signal. However, no application seems to be able to put sound through it. I noticed through some research that this may be indicative of some AC3 decoding problems, and so I tried tweaking those settings a bit to no avail. However, this may still be an open lead for someone who knows more about this area.
Things I have tried:
-Installing drivers only
-Installing with only the software I want (these cards come with a boatload of crap)
-doing a full install (I had read somewhere that playcenter may be needed in order for this to work - seems like it should work out of box though - yet, it is creative - they aren't always in line with what should be)
-Installing a codec pack that I had installed before I reformatted and before I switched to 5.1, in case a fresh computer can't deal with 5.1 sound.
-Various other tweaks with settings
Any leads or information on what I may be missing now would be great. I'm starting to get into that circle where I've spent too much time debugging it and am having a hard time thinking of novel solutions. Thanks very much in advance.
-Nick
The sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ and the speakers are a Creative Inspire 5.1 system (don't remember exactly which anymore). When testing the system (where it says each speaker's name through the speaker) it all comes out just fine, and I can here the normal hissing/white noise through the center speaker when I put it up to my ear, indicating it's on and receiving signal. However, no application seems to be able to put sound through it. I noticed through some research that this may be indicative of some AC3 decoding problems, and so I tried tweaking those settings a bit to no avail. However, this may still be an open lead for someone who knows more about this area.
Things I have tried:
-Installing drivers only
-Installing with only the software I want (these cards come with a boatload of crap)
-doing a full install (I had read somewhere that playcenter may be needed in order for this to work - seems like it should work out of box though - yet, it is creative - they aren't always in line with what should be)
-Installing a codec pack that I had installed before I reformatted and before I switched to 5.1, in case a fresh computer can't deal with 5.1 sound.
-Various other tweaks with settings
Any leads or information on what I may be missing now would be great. I'm starting to get into that circle where I've spent too much time debugging it and am having a hard time thinking of novel solutions. Thanks very much in advance.
-Nick
