But I definitely get sound from 4 speakers (not sure about the centre one) when I play mp3 files. This with an analogue cable. It may be stereo duplicated, of course, but it sounds good to me.
Anne On Wednesday 26 Jun 2002 4:05 am, you wrote: > Jose, > > All I know is when I used the analog cable, I got two > channel sound out of my SBLive, and when I switched to a > digital cable, I got four-channel sound. No setting > changes, no nothing. > > My explanation may be inaccurate, but I'll stick by the > advice. There may be a way to mess with settings to make > analog sound crank out of four (or more) speakers but > changing the cable is much easier. > > Miark > > "Jose M. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > > Eh, no. > > > > The audigy's and SBLive's DSP renders effects into the rear channels. > > It also can decode Dolby AC3 into 4 channel as well. > > > > There was a writeup not too long ago on MandrakeUser or MandrakeForum > > about enabling the Optical Bay which included directions for Digital, > > center channel, etc. configurations. > > > > -JMS > > > > |-----Original Message----- > > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Miark > > |Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:04 PM > > |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Surround Sound > > | > > | > > |Anne, > > | > > |I could be wrong, but I think only digital sound can be > > |processed into surround sound. CD audio doesn't because the > > |sound card just passes along a 2-channel analog signal. > > | > > |I bet if you used a SPDIF cable from your CD drive to your > > |sound card (the two-prong rather than the four-prong > > |connection on your CD drive) you'd get surround sound from CDs. > > | > > |Miark > > | > > |Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > > |> You may remember that a few weeks ago I asked about surround > > | > > |sound on > > | > > |> my > > |> Audigy card. Someone said his worked fine, but I got no further. > > |> > > |> I realise now that the kde startup sound is in surround sound. Today > > |> for the first time I played an mp3 file, and that was in > > | > > |good surround > > | > > |> sound too, so it seems to be just cd-player. Has anyone any > > | > > |idea what I > > | > > |> can do about this? > > |> > > |> Anne
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