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Speaker setup
For some strange reason, when I go into Playback Devices to configure my
speaker setup, the only choice I get is Stereo. I have a 5.1 setup and it used to work. Now my rear speakers are completely dead. Can anyone help? Many thanks. -- Patrick |
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Speaker setup
What is your audio adapter? (Control Panel Device Manager, expand Sound, video
and game controllers.) Have you downloaded and installed the latest Vista compatible drivers? -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "bebopman" wrote in message ... For some strange reason, when I go into Playback Devices to configure my speaker setup, the only choice I get is Stereo. I have a 5.1 setup and it used to work. Now my rear speakers are completely dead. Can anyone help? Many thanks. -- Patrick |
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Speaker setup
SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC. It appears that I have the latest
driver available. -- Patrick "Cal Bear '66" wrote: What is your audio adapter? (Control Panel Device Manager, expand Sound, video and game controllers.) Have you downloaded and installed the latest Vista compatible drivers? -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "bebopman" wrote in message ... For some strange reason, when I go into Playback Devices to configure my speaker setup, the only choice I get is Stereo. I have a 5.1 setup and it used to work. Now my rear speakers are completely dead. Can anyone help? Many thanks. -- Patrick |
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bebopman,
In Vista, Microsoft made major changes in the way audio is handled. The engineering aspects behind this change are beyond my ability to explain or even to comprehend fully. However, I've read articles that try to explain this new audio approach in Vista. Basically, Microsoft made the changes to make Vista more stable than prior versions of Windows. It's true that pre Vista audio drivers operated it what is known as Kernel mode, and driver glitches caused instability or crashes in Windows, with Windows taking the blame. So, Microsoft moved the drivers out of the Kernel mode, leaving only Microsoft to blame for stability issues, at least to the extent audio causes instability. As a result of all these changes, vendors have been late in developing applications and hardware to enable sound to function in Vista in the same manner as it did in prior versions of Windows. One of the differences is that sound will revert to stereo when running in Vista. Under just what conditions this occurs I'm not sure. This new sound technology is a complicated subject for which I'm not fully competent to address, but I believe my above explanation is accurate, in so far as it goes. However, vendors, including Creative and others, have by now developed sound cards that can deliver full featured sound reproduction in Vista. I suppose there are also software based sound solutions that can provide the same end. Like I say, I'm no expert in these matters. These above points are intended to provide some basic information on this complicated and technical topic to aid in diagnosing the situation and to provide some idea on how to proceed in achieving the sound reproduction expected. I hope this information provides some basis for doing that. Other comments welcome. -- freddy "bebopman" wrote: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC. It appears that I have the latest driver available. -- Patrick "Cal Bear '66" wrote: What is your audio adapter? (Control Panel Device Manager, expand Sound, video and game controllers.) Have you downloaded and installed the latest Vista compatible drivers? -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "bebopman" wrote in message ... For some strange reason, when I go into Playback Devices to configure my speaker setup, the only choice I get is Stereo. I have a 5.1 setup and it used to work. Now my rear speakers are completely dead. Can anyone help? Many thanks. -- Patrick |