Ok, so could you not say tell Winamp from the output plug-ins section to use the external sound card directly and have Windows use the in-built speakers of the laptop as a default sound card for system sounds? That way JAWS or whatever should work just fine, giving sound through the in-built sound device and Winamp sound through the external 1. I've never liked the default Winamp output plug-in, its settings seem fiddly and I always get a whole heap of noise on some files for some reason when I use it so I use the other plug-in, can't remember the name of it now but it's the original plug-in Winamp came with to output sound.
Dane Trethowan >From Melton Victoria Australia Phone: +613 9747 3975 Fax: +613 9743 7954 Mobile: +61 418 773 532 Email and Messenger: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: grtdane12 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad Sent: Monday, 5 November 2007 12:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pc-audio@pc-audio.org 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]
