Alan:
I have the SBLive Platinum too. The problem you seem to be having seems
more software related than hardare related. What you appear to be trying
to do is transfer sound over SPDIF rather than the data connection. This
is not necessarily what you want to do. What I would suggest is that you
download a CD ripper and try to get tracks off your CD-ROM that way. Do a
web search for "CD ripper mp3" and you should get lots of links. There is
good free software out there if you dig a little bit. Good CD ripper
software will allow you to extract audio tracks from your CD player much
faster than going over the SPDIF output. Then from there you can just play
them back as wave files using winamp or some other sound player.
I wouldn't try randomly plugging the SPDIF connector in, since analog and
digital audio formats tend to use very different voltages.
Hope this helps,
-Matt
--On Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:20 AM -0800 Alan Dowds
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>
> Hello all
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the SB Live Platinum, and LiveDrive
> II? I though it would be ideal for MD - optical ins & outs, etc etc
>
> Sadly, I'm having awful trouble getting it to output digitally, recognise
> my CD-ROM drive, or do anything really. The software doesn't recognise
> audio CDs, I can't get any internal SPDIF input from my CD and it
> basically doesn't seem to work. Normal windows noises and DirectX works
> okay, games seem fine.
>
> My CD is a generic 36x (Ultima Electronics). Could that be the problem?
> The CD has what looks like a SPDIF out connector (which fits the SB Live
> cable), but it isn't marked as such, so may not be at all.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan
>
> (Who's happy he didn't pay full retail for the thing)
>
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