Optical audio devices.....

hi~
the MBP has optical audio in/output.....
its great, its ok,
but have u seen any brand/maker of 'home theatre or speaker' out there supporting this ?
i mean, where i live, i haven't seeen any~

in addition to surround receivers and surround processors (Dolby Digital capable) having optical jacks, there are a handful of speakers that have optical jacks too.
Roland and Edirol made a few.
The Rolands are especially good speakers. On the ultra high end, there are some very very good active speakers from Genelec and Meridian (UK) that accept digital inputs, however not optical, you would have to get a format converter to go from optical to AES/EBU or SPDIF via coax to use those.
Where the surround receiver/processors will take Dolby Digital and DTS bitstream, when hooking direct to speakers, you can only do 2 channel PCM audio... no discrete surround sound. By discrete, I'm talking 5.1 or 7.1... not prologic or the other matrix audio modes. Also, any audio device that is known as a DAC (digital to analog converter) will also work.
Technically, the optical output is a Sony specific connector that uses the "toslink" or "EIAJ" standard. This is not technically "fiber optic". The old AT&T optical connector that used ST connectors used glass fiber. Toslink or EIAJ uses a plastic core non-fibre material.

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How to make my computer send all the audio through optical audio cable instead of headphone jack?

Howdy,
To listen to online radios or CD's played from my computer, I used to connect the computer to my home entertainment system from the computer's headphone jack to the AUX port on my home entertainment system.
I now wanted to get better sound and purchased the optical audio cable. However, I don't know how to tell my computer to send the audio signal to the home entertainmeny system through the optical digital cable rather than through the headphone jack. If I just unplug the cable connecting the headphone jack and the AUX port and only have the PC and the system connected with the optical audio cable, I don't hear any sounds. I suspect the computer isn't sending any data through the optical audio port. I'm not able to find how I can adjust the settings on my computer so that from now all sounds are output through the optical audio.
1) I'd like to do that mainly for my HP desktop (configuration below) and any advice on how to do that would be appreciated.
2) I also have a HP laptop (configuration below) and was wondering if that would be doable too (even though it doesn't appear to have a audio out, but it has HDMI out - can one convert it to optical audio?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello @_goma,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience!
I have read your post on how you are looking to make your computer send all the audio through an optical audio cable instead of the headphone jack, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To configure your desktop to enable the optical audio cable, I recommend following the steps below:
Step 1. Click the Windows Key Button on your desktop
Step 2. Type "Control Panel"
Step 3. Select "Control Panel" in the top right-hand corner
Step 4. Select Sound
Step 5. Under the Playback tab, right-click the white area below the devices available
Step 6. Select "Show Disabled" and "Show Disconnected Devices"
Step 7. Connect your Optical Audio Cable
Step 8. Select your Optical Audio Cable as the default device and click "Enable"
Since it is not possible to convert the HDMI out to audio out on your notebook computer, it is unfortunate that the notebook is not able to connect with an optical audio cord.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
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Windows 7 x64 USB AUDIO DEVICE - Device Not Working - Mac Pro

I have a mac pro early 2009. I had vista x64 installed, everything was great. I had 2 audio devices under device manager, one was listed as HD (digital) and one device was listed as analog audio.
When I played games and wanted the external speakers (using the digital out connection) I had the HD (digital) audio device enabled.
When I played games and wanted to use a headphone/microphone combo, I had the analog audio device enabled.
Switching between the two was as easy as clicking the audio device icon and clicking on whichever device I wanted.
Now that I installed windows 7 x64, I have a HD (optical out) device in device manager and it works perfectly. Unfortunately, I also have another device listed called "USB Audio Device" and it shows a yellow exclamation mark next to it and it is NOT working properly.
I tried many suggestions on here, which included downloading the cirrus logic audio driver and picking different models, as well as trying the snow leopard install disk driver for cirrus logic, and even tried installing the realtek analog driver. The closest I got to getting anything to work was installing the realtek analog driver. It installed fine up to the point when windows said "this driver is not tested, do you wish to install it anyway?" and I click yes, but then it pauses for a few seconds and the same message comes up again and repeats in a endless loop until you say "no, do not install driver" and then it does a uninstall of the driver.
Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so were you able to fix it?
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Message was edited by: What2be1

I found Gigabyte has links to latest updates which work fine.
Treat Mac Pro as just a dual Xeon PC.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/30530-latest-overclocking-programs-system-i nfo-benchmarking-stability-tools.html
Realtek High Definition Audio for Vista\Win 7 2.54
2010-11-05
Realtek HD Audio Windows 7
Or from Realtek which is http://218.210.127.131/
http://www.realtek-driver.com/
Guru3D is also a popular site for drivers.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Realtek-HD-Audio-2.51_d2598.html
You can ignore USB audio, you want RealTek HD Audio. There are or can be some of those yellow alerts that are safe to ignore. Buried somewhere in Apple Support BootCamp technotes.
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Optical audio and surround sound speakers for my Mac Pro

In the back of my Mac Pro there's an in and out for Optical Audio. What is this and are there any surround sound speaker systems out there that will plug into it? Most surround sound speakers seem to require a PC-style triple-input, with three jacks (Green to front, Orange to centre and Black to rear channels). Very few surround sound systems have the additional option for a single headphone socket-style jack, and I'm not sure if they will work terribly well with this single connection.
Can anyone recommend some speaker choices, particularly in the UK, that will give me good surround sound from the optical audio or single headphone jacks? Many thanks.

You might want to look at a device called the Griffin FireWave: [http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave]
It connects to your MacPro via firewire, and has the green/orange/black jacks out to a standard 5.1 speaker system.
It comes with a software application that lets you customize the sound, and also synthesize surround from mono, stereo, etc., sources.
It would definitely open up your choices for speaker systems. I'm using one with a Klipsch 5.1 Promedia set of speakers. Works and sounds great.

*FIXED* No sound and 'No Audio Device' in Control Panel. *FIX

I?m having a problem with my sound. Basically all I get is a system sound, which means no sounds from itunes but the error prompt sounds still play. I?m tempted to say that this is a detection issue because of several things:
-First, when looking in the ?sounds and audio devices? in the control panel I get grayed out selections and a ?no audio device?.
-Secondly, when running the directX diagnostic tool (typing ?dxdiag? in the ?run? window) I get several troubling indications. First under device I have no manufacturer or product ID. Second under drivers I have (copied from dxdiag text file):
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.2.000.96 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8//2006 4:45:38, 499584 bytes
Other Files:
Seems hunky-doorey but then I have a note at the bottom that reads:
Sound Test Result: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x88780078 (No driver)
I have seen another similar post that seemed to have the same problem, but they didn?t provide much information and the fix was to pull out the audio card, run start up, turn it off, and then put it back in and run start up. If this is what needs to be done, could I have a picture or something of what the sound card looks like?
This problem started when I tried to update my sound card and since then my sound has been? possessed? or prone to working at sometimes and then (most of the time)failing at others.
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System Information
Time of this report: 5/9/2007, 2:8:45
Machine name: GURU7892COMPUTE
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5., Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension XPS
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 022MB RAM
Page File: 436MB used, 2026MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.280 32bit Unicode
DxDiag Previously: Crashed in system information (stage 3)
DxDiag Notes
DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab : No problems found.
Sound Tab : DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x88780078 (No driver)
Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: All tests were successful.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
DirectX Debug Levels
Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
Display Devices
Card name: RADEON 9800 SERIES
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9800 PRO AGP (0x4E48)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_002&DEV_4E48&SUBSYS_3002002&REV_00
Display Memory: 28.0 MB
Current Mode: 52 x 864 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 600,200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.4.000.6660 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/6/2006 9:50:46, 26368 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 2/6/2006 9:50:29, 98464 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B7EE2-0D08-CF-B669-080AC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x002
Device ID: 0x4E48
SubSys ID: 0x3002002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-48B-BCF0-BCB659E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdapti've
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C9-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C-6FB7-44F5-908-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV2,0x323564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdapti've
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9FA6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV2,0x323564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdapti've
{6E8329FF-B642-48B-BCF0-BCB659E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV2,0x323564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdapti've
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C9-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV2,0x323564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run
Sound Devices
Description: SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_02&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00302&REV_04
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID:
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.2.000.96 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8//2006 4:45:38, 499584 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Standard
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 4000, 92000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x88780078 (No driver)
Sound Capture Devices
Description: SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00]
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.2.000.96 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 8//2006 4:45:38, 499584 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x4
Format Flags: 0xFFF
DirectMusic
DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: .00.006.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
SB Audigy 2 DirectMusic Synthesizer [CF00], Hardware (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00], Software (Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: All tests were successful.
DirectInput Devices
Device Name: Mouse
Attached:
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a
Device Name: Keyboard
Attached:
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a
Poll w/ Interrupt: No
Registry: OK
USB Devices
+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x24D7
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub
| Service: usbhub
| Driver: usbhub.sys, 8/3/2004 23:08:42, 57600 bytes
| Driver: usbd.sys, 8/29/2002 03:00:00, 4736 bytes
Gameport Devices
PS/2 Devices
+ Logitech PS/2 Keyboard
| Matching Device ID: *pnp0303
| Upper Filters: L8042Kbd
| Service: i8042prt
| Driver: i8042prt.sys, 8/3/2004 23:4:36, 52736 bytes
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 8/3/2004 22:58:32, 24576 bytes
| Driver: L8042Kbd.sys, 2/0/2004 2:47:58, 3056 bytes
|
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
| Driver: termdd.sys, 8/4/2004 0:0:07, 40840 bytes
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 8/3/2004 22:58:32, 24576 bytes
|
+ HID-compliant MX58 Optical Mouse
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC0E
| Matching Device ID: hid\vid_046d&pid_c0e
| Upper Filters: LMouKE
| Lower Filters: LHidKE
| Service: mouhid
| Driver: mouhid.sys, 8/7/200 3:48:00, 260 bytes
| Driver: mouclass.sys, 8/3/2004 22:58:32, 23040 bytes
| Driver: LHidKE.Sys, 2/0/2004 2:48:46, 24704 bytes
| Driver: LMouKE.Sys, 2/0/2004 2:48:40, 68992 bytes
| Driver: KHALMNPR.Exe, 2/0/2004 2:45:26, 4952 bytes
|
+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
| Service: TermDD
| Driver: termdd.sys, 8/4/2004 0:0:07, 40840 bytes
| Driver: mouclass.sys, 8/3/2004 22:58:32, 23040 bytes
DirectPlay Service Providers
DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.2600.280)
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.2600.280)
DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.2600.280)
DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.2600.280)
Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (5.03.2600.280)
IPX Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (5.03.2600.280)
Modem Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (5.03.2600.280)
Serial Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (5.03.2600.280)
DirectPlay Voice Wizard Tests: Full Duplex: Not run, Half Duplex: Not run, Mic: Not run
DirectPlay Test Result: Not run
Registry: OK
DirectPlay Adapters
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider: COM
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider: COM2
DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider: Wireless Network Connection - IPv4 -
DirectPlay Voice Codecs
Voxware VR2 .4kbit/s
Voxware SC06 6.4kbit/s
Voxware SC03 3.2kbit/s
MS-PCM 64 kbit/s
MS-ADPCM 32.8 kbit/s
Microsoft GSM 6.0 3 kbit/s
TrueSpeech(TM) 8.6 kbit/s
DirectPlay Lobbyable Apps
Age of Empires II (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: Empires2. ICD (0.4.0022.072)
Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: \age2_x.icd (0.07.0025.064)
Dungeon Siege 2 (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: DS2.icd ()
Dungeon Siege II Demo (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: DS2.icd ()
MechWarrior Black Knight (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: MW4x.exe (45.05.000.070)
MechWarrior Vengeance (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: MW4. ICD (.30.0004.908)
Star Wars JK II Jedi Outcast (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: jk2mp.exe ()
WDM Streaming Data Transforms:
Microsoft Kernel Acoustic Echo Canceller,0x00000000,0,0,,
Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer,0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer,0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler,0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
Video Compressors:
WMVideo Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
MSScreen encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.05.2600.280
Indeo? video 5.0 Compression Filter,0x0000000,,,ir50_32.dll,5.2820.005.0058
Indeo? Video 5.2 Compression Filter,0x0000000,,,ir50_32.dll,5.2820.005.0058
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.274 9
3ivx D4 4.0.4,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Low-Motion,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Fast-Motion,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
DivX? 6.. Codec (2 Logical CPUs),0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Intel Indeo? Video 4.5,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Ligos Indeo? XP Video 5.2,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft H.26 Video Codec,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft H.263 Video Codec,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft Video ,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft Windows Media Video 9,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
XviD MPEG-4 Codec,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
DivX? 6.. YV2 Decoder,0x00200000,,,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.280
Audio Compressors:
WMA Voice Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,,,,
Indeo? Audio Software,0x00500000,,,iac25_32.ax,2.00.0005.0054
Vorbis Encoder,0x00200000,,,OggDs.dll,0.09.0009.0005
IAC2,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Lernout & Hauspie CELP 4.8kbit/s,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Lernout & Hauspie SBC 8kbit/s,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Lernout & Hauspie SBC 2kbit/s,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Lernout & Hauspie SBC 6kbit/s,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
PCM,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode2),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode3),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode+),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode2+),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Ogg Vorbis (mode3+),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
ACELP.net,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM),0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2 749
Windows Media Audio V,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Windows Media Audio V2,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
GSM 6.0,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Microsoft G.723.,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,,,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00],0x00200000,3,2,,5.03.2600.280
WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
SB Audigy 2 DirectMusic Synthesizer [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Sw Synth [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Synth A [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Synth B [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00],0x00200000,3,2,,5.03.2600.280
BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,,msdvbnp.ax,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,,msdvbnp.ax,
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,,msdvbnp.ax,6.05.2600.280
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,,msdvbnp.ax,
BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,,0,psisrndr.ax,6.05.2600.280
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,,0,mpeg2data.ax,
WDM Streaming Mixer Devices:
Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer,0x00000000,0,0,,
BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,,0,encdec.dll,6.05.2600.280
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,encdec.dll,6.05.2600.280
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,encdec.dll,6.05.2600.280
Audio Renderers:
CyberLink Audio Renderer for Dell,0x00200000,,0,cladr.ax,3.05.0000.2409
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
DirectSound: SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00],0x00200000,,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.2749
WDM Streaming System Devices:
SB Audigy 2 DirectMusic Synthesizer [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Sw Synth [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Synth A [CF00],0x00200000,0,2,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Synth B [CF00],0x00200000,,,,5.03.2600.280
SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00],0x00200000,2,2,,5.03.2600.280Message Edited by guru7892 on 05-20-20072:43 PM
Message Edited by guru7892 on 05-24-200705:55 PM

I found that once you reinstall your sound card you need to make sure you hook everything back up correctly.
basically all you need to do is run a start up with your sound card out ofyou computer and then re-run start up with the card back in.

Want to use HDMI video, and Optical audio?

Is there anyway to allow optical audio at the same time as the HDMI does the video - I have ran out of video inputs on my AV amp, but have a spare HDMI input on the tv, and spare optical on the amp?
Otherwise i'll have to run component (yuk) to the TV to get this to work?
-David

Depending on the amp too, some inputs will take precedence over another - for example if for a particular input eg DVD, I have connected both co-axial and optical digital feeds from different sources (eg DVD recorder and separate DVD player), then the co-axial device takes precedence over the optical input - so if I want to hear what's connected on optical I have to turn the co-axial device off.
Also, AppleTV seems to output a PCM digital stereo signal. It does not output DTS or Dolby Digital signals as standard.
AC

How to prevent Mac Pro to select USB audio out instead of optical audio out?

I have the following problem: Usually I use the optical audio output of my Mac Pro, but every time I reboot the system, Mac OS X changes the audio output to an usb audio device I've attached to use it with Boot Camp. Is it possible to prevent Mac OS X from changing the audio output automatically every time I start my system?

I have no problems with the audio out (the jack on the back) on my Mac Pro, though I'm not using a high-end stereo and I'm in an office environment so I may not hear subtle noise. If you haven't tried a different cable, you might try that. If your stereo supports it, you can also try the optical output.
As far as it not playing at all, make sure the Output setting in the Sound system preference is set to "line out" (or digital out if you're using the optical jack).

Optical Audio Cable Troubles

I recently purchased the the Panasonic G20 50" HDTV and the Panasonic blu-ray/reciever combo with surrond sound. I have the TV connected to the blu-ray player via the HDMI AV, I was told that I needed an optical audio cable to get surround sound from cable (Charter). When i try to connect the optical cable, I can't get a connection as in the cable can literally fall out and there is not a "snap" when I try to insert the cable. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
oh by the way its not the $10 cable, they are monster cables.

My two thoughts are:
1) You're inserting the cable in the wrong orientation and it's not going all the way in
2) The optical connector on the device in question is damaged/defective/loose. Which device is the cable falling out of? The surround receiver, the cable box, or both?
Personally, I'd recommend not wasting your money on Monster ever again by the way. I've seen $4 TOSLINK cables that do just as well as the Monsters.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

Question on optical audio out

Hi all, I recently got an entry level 5.1 surround system for my PC (Logitech X-530, if you're that curious) and am wondering if it's possible to utilize my optical audio out with this system. From what I gather, I'd need some kind of decoder, but beyond that, I'm lost. I've tried googling it and searched around this forum a bit, but I can't seem to be pointed to any one product that'll do this. Any help is appreciated.

Ok, the speakers you got are just powered speakers with analog inputs.
They do not have the better digital inputs and do 5.1 decoding.
Mac's don't do 5.1 decoding, so you need either a separate device (like a 5.1-7.1 decoding receiver with digital optical inputs) or a M-Audio sound card installed in your PCI slots.
The M-Audio card for the Mac will use your CPU's to do the 5.1 decoding and send it out analog ports which you can connect those speakers too.
The M-Audio card produces line level output, no amplification. But your powered speaks will do the amplification.
http://images.devshed.com/dh/stories/Logitech%20x530/image005.jpg
(The three plugs on the right are for connecting to a sound card)
If your really into better sound, a quality 5.1-7.1 receiver with digital optical inputs (toslink cable) and good speakers with 80+ watts each and a decent 100+ watt subwoofer will make you cry with happiness. Of course you need to pay over $1000 and up. But it's worth it if your into music.
Check out the Volume Logic iTunes plugin, it's cheap and makes your music sound so much better.
NOTE! Make sure you check that the current M-Audio card will work in your Mac. The PCI spec of the M-Audio card may not match the one's needed by your certain spec of PowerMac G5.

32" Toshiba Regza - can i used digital to analog optical audio converter?

32AV700A - 32" Toshiba Regza
Can I use digital to analog optical audio converter?
My objective is not to use LCD TV internal speakers as it's really bad since the the speakers are on the back. If i use the digital optical cable and plug in to the converter, can all my DVD and other devices connected to the LCD TV play to 1 external audio source instead internal speakers?

Thanks for the suggestion.
I got a bit more noise but still no coherent sound.
What next?

What is the audio in/optical audio port for ?

I scan thru my iMac manual & found that I have not use my audio in/optical audio port.
What is that port for ?
Can I connect a mic to it & do a voice over in FCE ? If yes, then is this a better method or using a USB mic is better ?
Thnaks

MartinR wrote:
The audio-in port supports both analog audio input & optical digital input. It can be used with almost any audio source including microphones, tape decks, cd players, dvd players, mixers, etc. including mic level and line level sources. The quality of the audio will be dependent on the quality of your audio source. It is neither better nor worse than a USB based audio source per se.
Yes, you can connect a microphone to the audio-in port. The quality of the audio will be dependent on the quality of your mic. If you have a good mic the results should be as good through the audio-in port as it would be via USB provided your USB device is capable of producing good audio.
Thanks Martin for the answers !!
Really appreciate it, thanks

Optical audio output not working on mac mini

I have a brand new mac mini (less than a week old) that I've hooked up to my media center. Unfortunately, when I hook the optical audio output to my Pioneer receiver, I get no sound. I know the receiver decodes optical audio correctly because it does so with my DVD player and my Xbox. I have tried all 4 optical inputs on the receiver, and have tried two different optical cables, as well as 2 different optical adaptors (required by mac mini to go from TOSLINK to the mini TOSLINK output on the mac). This tells me that all signs point to the problem being with the mac audio optical output stage itself. I have called apple technical support and have had it looked at, at an apple store. Unfortunately, the apple store does not carry a device where the audio output could be plugged in to verify that no sound is delivered. Apple refuses to replace the unit because I cannot prove to them that the problem is with the mac mini and not with the pioneer receiver. I find this incredible. My first experience (and quite possibly my last) with a mac has proven to be a nightmare.
Before I contemplate returning the unit and demanding my money back, is there any help anyone can provide....some magic bullet I've overlooked? Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks....

Thanks for the reply. Yes, when I plug in the optical cable to the mac, it senses it correctly and changes from "Internal Speakers" to "Digital Out" under the sound system preferences. Also, there is definitely red light coming out of the other end of the cable. That only tells me that the "carrier frequency" of light is most probably being generated, but not that the digital audio information is being modulated on top of it.
Any other ideas? Out there?

Optical Audio in Vista 32-bit : Different/Wrong behaviour in iMac & MacBook

Hi,
I've installed Boot Camp a long time ago, but couldn't subscribe to these Apple forums for an unknown reason... well I've finally managed to.
About my questions, I've searched on the web but couldn't find a precise answer, or it was just not exactly my problem that I would find. So here are the problems :
*iMac (Late 2006)* : I cannot get sound from my Logitech Z5500 that are plugged via a TOSlink adapter, the optical way. It's just not working at all, while it's working flawlessly in OS X Leopard. The only workaround I have is to remove the adapter from the audio plug, so my iMac produces its sound from its own speakers... They're good, but you know, I don't wanna do that.
*MacBook (Late 2008)* : The optical audio plug is constantly red, meaning that the system forces the sound to be optical, while I don't have anything plugged it. Keep in mind that it works flawlessly, once again, in OS X Leopard. I heard about "the toothpick, the q-tip and the match" trick in the plug, but you see, I tried it, and it's seriously not the problem, because it wouldn't work in OS X. I also noted that by plugging my Z5500 speakers with their adapter in my MacBook, no sound would come out of the speakers. Strange or normal?
So basically, both of my computer have different problems related to optical audio, and I can't get them to produce any sound.
Can anyone shed some light on this? (not red please...)
Thanks in advance!
- Dave

Arg, I didn't really mean to post this in "Installation & Storage"...
Oh well, I believe we could say I didn't succeed in installing the sound devices properly :-\

USB Headset detected, but not being loaded as a USB audio device.

Hey,
I just bought a Gigaware USB Premium Audio headset with Mic, and I'm currently trying to get it to work. It does show up under lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0d8c:0105 C-Media Electronics, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c01e Logitech, Inc. MX518 Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 06a3:8021 Saitek PLC
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
It's showing up as the C-Media Electionics, Inc. device. Unfortunately, for an unknown reason to me, it doesn't want to be set up as a sound card, as in DMESG:
generic-usb 0003:0D8C:0105.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.00 Device [C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-5/input3
cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-1), error: -16
cannot create card instance 0
snd-usb-audio: probe of 2-5:1.0 failed with error -5
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
As you can see, I get three different errors. I've googled all of these, but have come to no conclusion as to what they mean, or a solution to them.
Any helps much appreciated,
Alex

The format says Mac OS Extended. All of the settings were set during the disk image restore process. Even if I format the flash drive as extended journaled or some other format, all of these settings are reverted when I do the restore from the disk image. I will just copy all of the information that disk utility has so that you can see it.
Mount Point : /Volumes/Mac OS X Install ESD Capacity : 16.11 GB (16,106,110,976 Bytes) Format : Mac OS Extended Available : 12.3 GB (12,303,499,264 Bytes) Owners Enabled : Yes Used : 3.8 GB (3,802,611,712 Bytes) Number of Folders : 128 Number of Files : 876

How do I use the optical audio on apple tv?

I'm confused on optical plastic tab....am I supposed to beak it to insert cable?

Welcome to the Apple community.
If your optical audio cable comes with plastic caps on the end of each connector, you need to remove them in order to insert the connector into either device. Any plastic caps should simply pull off, there is no need to break anything.

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