DTS NEO:

How is the upmix functionality of this activated?
from your own press release.....
"DTS Neo:6 injects the power of surround sound into any stereo source material such as MP3 and CDs."
This is NOT CMSS correct?!? I have looked through all of the mediasource options.... didnt see any dts or upmix tab? whats the deal?
thanks for your replies in advance.

Hi Jeremy:
Perhaps I should rephrase for you. The Audigy 2 ZS decoder does not properly support DTS 5. surround music. I have listened to numerous DTS music discs via the Audigy 2 ZS decoder and MediaSource player and it either produces inferior distorted sound or simply static noise. Please do not take my word for it. Feel free to do a Google search and see how many unhappy Audigy 2 ZS users there are when trying to enjoy DTS music discs.
Now, here is the dismal part, as Creative Labs cries foul with Logitech?s external decoder, Logitech says the same regarding Creative?s decoder. Therefore, you have both companies pointing the finger at each other. As the Audigy 2 ZS fails to properly support DTS music, Logitech?s 5500 decoder does support DTS music to some extent. Though it is clear by the ?DTS? displayed on the LCD, the Logitech decoder has a problem with the tempo of DTS music. In other words, it plays the music too fast. It sounds as though the chipmunks are singing each song. I am told that DTS music is played at a rate different from a standard wave, or MP3. Again, it is clear that the music is in 5. surround because the sounds are emanating from all fi've speakers. Therefore, Logitech 5500 and Audigy 2 ZS owners have two options. Listen to DTS music discs in sub-par Audigy mode, or listen through Logitech's external decoder in 5. surround "chipmunk" mode. Undoubtedly, frustrating given the fact that I paid $500 for high quality listening.
The crux of this matter Jeremy is that there are untold links, forums, and complaints of users just like myself who are absolutely perplexed by this lingering problem. However, referencing the threads within your own website, surely tells a different story. Unfortunately, these problems continue. Let me ask you, does Creative Labs perform compatibility testing? 
I have scoured your website and wasted countless hours trying to ?enable? PROPER Audigy?s support for DTS music. Because there is no application within the Creative Labs suit that indicates the operation of DTS, I have no way of knowing that DTS is actually enabled. Therefore, I am forced to simply play it by ?ear. By listening by ear, I know that DTS is not functioning properly under the Audigy 2 ZS decoder. I have tried your MediaSource player, PowerDVD6, WinDVD6, NVIDIA DVD, Windows Media Player 0, and ensured that DTS Neo: 6 is enabled. Again, no dice with DTS under your product. Perhaps, we should focus on ?Quality DTS decoding? going forward. As you clearly believe, the Audigy 2 ZS supports DTS music, it does not. That is, to the extent that the user is embroiled in true DTS 5. surround.
Please prove me wrong, I beg you. Specifically, explain to me how and in what specific hardware and software configuration the Audigy 2 ZS utilizes DTS music in 5. surround. Feel free to link me to one of your step by steps that details how to enable DTS 5. surround sound music. If I am wrong, I will have no problem retracting or updating my statements. However, I have attempted every suggestion and procedure here and elsewhere with consistently awful results. To reiterate, my configuration is the Audigy 2 ZS with the latest software updates across the board. I have the Logitech 5500 5. speaker system and I am connected using the Digial Out on the back of the Audigy 2 ZS. Lastly, as your customer, I want YOU to figure out what is going on between the Logitech 5500 speakers and the Audigy 2 ZS. Creative Labs is a large enough company that they should be capable of addressing competitor?s products from a compatibility standpoint when used with the Audigy 2 ZS.
Now your taken to task...
Message Edited by dieu on 04-04-2005 2:44 AM

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i have a Zen Touch 40Gb, a large music library and a number of gripes. i apologise in advance for the length of my post but i'd be really grateful for any advice you can send my way. i've searched through a large number of similar threads on this forum but, frankly, i've not seen a lot of answers (one poor chap was told his was a duplicate question but there was no link to the acti've thread so he's probably still searching for the truth!):-
. Saving/Exporting playlists - a lot of people seem to have this problem/complaint: is there really no way of saving a playlist from MediaSource to a .m3u file? (please note, in response to something i read in another post, i've tried synchronising playlists to my Zen Touch and using the separate explorer software but there is no usable playlist file there either that any of my other software will recognise). i'm trying hard not to sound negati've but this seems like a really basic functionality, particularly given that you can IMPORT .m3u playlists into MediaSource - why not export 'em too?!
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pip

pipparts wrote:
?2. Sorting playlists - has anyone found a workaround in order to sort playlists created in MediaSource? whether i'm creating a compilation, building a mix, creating a sub-group, avoiding duplication of tracks?in an existing list or just trying to vary the play order of my tunes this would be a REALLY useful feature and it seems so simple to include in the software. you can sort in the main music library so why not in the playlist view?!? again, i haven't been able to sort playlists within the Zen Touch explorer software either. is there any plan to introduce this functionality? are there any practical workarounds?
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New feature Request: Room Correction!

Hey Creative!
Long time user and devoted fan of your products... remember back in the day when your sound cards had game ports for things like joysticks? I may have just about every generation of your cards made lying around in boxes just collecting dust. I update when you guys make something new.. always have... anyway...
I have a few computers around the house and office/studio- and they are all using the latest soundblaster z-series (z/zx/zxr) products. Unfortunately, I really just dont use a lot of what they are capable of any longer.
I've moved on. Really, all your card is doing for me anymore is create a Dolby Digital signal via TOSlink that I'm decoding with a receiver... I dont even use soundblaster's advanced features like crystalizer or the like any longer because it interferes with the processing I do further down in the signal chain. or At times, I just use the HDMI out on my video card to get full 7.1 out of movie files.. bypassing your card altogether.
Here's why: I use an outboard receiver.
I do this for one reason only: Room correction.
At the computer on which Im writing this ridiculously long post, I'm using the full suite of Audyssey XT32 tools pulled from a 4520ci hooked up to a fleet of active studio monitors and subs producing 11.2 surround. (I know I know.. overkill.. but its awesome. A sound you just have to experience to understand. Elsewhere in the home I use less expensive Onkyo's with Audyssey XT and XT32. I'm just completely sold on room correction as a supplement to speaker selection and room treatment for audio enjoyment.)
Point is... I have wildly expensive receivers on my racks that do nothing but process digital audio streams and do room correction.That's it. They do this fabulously, mind you; but I can't help but think Creative would be VERY good at doing this, too. at a fraction of the expense.
You guys already make a card that uses excellent DSP chips... why not add another dedicated to correction routines?
you are expert at room emulation and sound manipulation processing... why not use this expertise and use it to create room correction?
you already have mic ports... let's put 'em to use!
You make excellent software and have proven the ability to guide users in getting better sound quality... lets take it to the next level!
This kind of stuff is selling like crazy in the HT market...
I just can't see why Creative and Soundblaster can't get in on the fun.
Software implementations are too niche, hopelessly expensive, and fairly buggy in execution.
Even if you were to license basic room EQ implementations from a company like Audyssey or Dirac, the demand is out there. Just check the HT forums, the sound mixing forums...
It would be awesome to have a fully scaleable sound card from Soundblaster with this feature set: 2.0 sound all the way to 11.2 (or more) with expansion cards or whatever. Even a breakout box with RCA and/or XLR's for the serious audio nutjobs like myself... with all channels hardware corrected for room abnormalities...
Something like this would eliminate $1k's from setups like mine everywhere... and I'd like to see you guys wipe the floor with these other guys with what you could come up with.
Finally, Dolby Atmos/ Auro3d / DTS NEO:X / DTS MDA....
these formats feature higher channel counts and- in two of those examples, object-based surround...
The need for assistance in getting the most out of imperfect rooms imperfect speaker combinations is going to make room correction more and more the minimum expectation from consumers. Even in the PC market.
I'd love to see room correction and these next-gen formats supported.
Thoughts?

Hello OMG,
Welcome to the Creative Forums and much thanks for your years of continued support! It would be amazing if you could share a photo of your extensive collection of Sound Blasters here - I'm pretty sure the original team would love to see that and take a trip down memory lane for a couple of moments.
Through the years, technology change and people's lifestyle and tastes change. That's not to say that some of the previous features and functions are dated. They were awesome features and tools for its time back then. But as you've rightly mentioned, we have to move on as well. Different strokes for different people.
Will we ever see room correction back into the cards? I don't know and I'm unable to comment. I shall leave this for the team to consider.
Thanks once again for your support.
Cheers,
Colin-CL

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See this thread....
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=85763
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pat247 wrote:
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It seems that MediaSource 3 and MediaSource 5 are designed to coexist with each other. I believe that MediaSource 3 may still be needed for some (old) products. That may be the reason why installing MediaSource 5 does not automatically uninstall MediaSource 3.

Zen Sleek -WMP 11 - PC Music Library -Playli

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For mass storage series ZEN/Muvo players:
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For CD Burning function:
Creative CD Burner Plugin 5.0.3 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For selected DTS supported Sound Blaster cards:
Creative DTS Neo:6 Plugin 5.00.05 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)

MediaSource and Playli

Hello,
is there a way to sort the items of a playlist in MediaSource? If i want to update a playlist (-> add/remove songs) it's very hard to know if a song is already in the playlist becuase the songs are ordered by time and not - for example - the band name. If I remember correct this ordering is also used in the player (for me it's a ZenTouch) that makes it even harder to find a certain song in the playlist because of you can't go to the band and then search there for a song. You have to search the entire list.
What I want to say is, that, when I click on the name of a column in the players media library it is orderd for that column but that doesn't work in a playlist. It annoyes me because of it happens that I add a song two times in a playlist or can't find it later on the player in the list. I reinstalled the MediaSource softwar recently so I don't think it is because of a installation failure.
It would be nice to have this function (especially so I wouldn't have to recreate a playlist from the bottom when I want to do some bigger changes).
tschy2m

pipparts wrote:
?2. Sorting playlists - has anyone found a workaround in order to sort playlists created in MediaSource? whether i'm creating a compilation, building a mix, creating a sub-group, avoiding duplication of tracks?in an existing list or just trying to vary the play order of my tunes this would be a REALLY useful feature and it seems so simple to include in the software. you can sort in the main music library so why not in the playlist view?!? again, i haven't been able to sort playlists within the Zen Touch explorer software either. is there any plan to introduce this functionality? are there any practical workarounds?
Creative MediaSource 5.0.38 allows you to sort tracks in playlists. Creative MediaSource 5 and its various plugins are now officially available for download at your respecti've product download sites. The main Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer:
Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 5.0.38 (22 Dec 2006)
For mass storage series ZEN/Muvo players:
Creative Music Player (Mass Storage Series) Plugin 5.0.07 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For PlaysForSure ZEN players:
Creative PlaysForSure Devices Plugin 5.00.36 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For non-PlaysForSure NOMAD/ZEN players:
Creative ZEN and NOMAD Jukebox Plugin 5.00.22 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (27 Dec 2006)
For CD Burning function:
Creative CD Burner Plugin 5.0.3 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For selected DTS supported Sound Blaster cards:
Creative DTS Neo:6 Plugin 5.00.05 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)

Why is DVD not coming out of front R/L speakers and only Center Speaker

Ok where am I missing the setting to get my Encore created DVD to play out of the Front Right and Left speakers of a 5.1 system rather than just the center channel? In particular I have a movie on my main menu that is just a MOV loop with no audio. I've added an mp3 audio and would like it to play out of the L/R speakers rather than just the Center.
Possible?
Dan

Set your receiver to Stereo mode instead of Dolby Pro Logic or DTS Neo:6.

DTS NEO:

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