Can you set the SB Live to be the default sound card and get system sounds from it? If no, you may need to disable some Creative utilities in Msconfig. If you do get sound from the SB live you can get the internal sound card to be the default and set Winamp to use the SB Live. You want to make sure that only use preferred devices is not checked in Sounds and Audio devices on the audio page.. Then go to the output plug-in in Winamp and configure it to use the sblive. It should show up as a device if the card is properly installed and available in sounds and audio devices.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 6:30 AM Subject: Winamp 5.35 and external sound card won't play nice together > Hi folks > I'm posting this question to multiple lists in hopes I can get a > somewhat quick answer. I've got someone who has written to me > privately off list who just got an external sound card, it's a SB live! > She's using a laptop with a signatel soundcard, yeah not the best > but these laptops have never had good sound cards for things. > What she would like to do is separate things, so her window-eyes > software speech goes on one card, and the music from Winamp goes to > the other. She wants to learn how to broadcast, and we've got > everything together but this issue came up yesterday and I haven't > been able to figure out what in hell is going on. > I spent a couple hours with her on the phone and msn trying to get > this to work but without much success. Even though everything is > plugged in properly, the SB Live card simply will not work, and we > can't figure out why. One of her room mates has a very similar card, > and he was able to use it without installing the software for it, and > when he did it required a working pare of eyes which isn't easy to > come by there. I'm just wondering if the card that's not working > actually might require the software to work whereas the other one > didn't seem to? Also,I'm wondering which card should handle which > thing, would the internal sound card handle the software speech > better tthan it would music, remember this is for broadcasting > purposes so she wants the broadcast to sound as good as it can. I've > done everything I can think of, and I am stumped. So, I'm wondering > if any of you folks have any ideas? Just for specific's sake, She's > using Winamp 5.35 and the Nullsoft waveout plugin for her music > output, and in the configuration for that plugin, she has Winamp > pointed to her SB Live external card, which as I said at the > beginning, doesn't work at all. She hears her speech fine because > that's on her regular internal card for the laptop, but no music. Is > there something we're doing wrong, or is it possible that her laptop > and that particular external card just aren't compadible for some > crazy reason or another? > > I hope what I'm asking makes some sense here, so if anyone can give > some tips, I'd be greatful! > Thanks! > Chris > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
