Sound Blaster Z Digital Input Question

Hi,
Problem: PS4 connects via HDMI cable to my speaker-less monitor, cannot connect the PS4 to my stereo system since there is no separate analogue connector to use (there was on the PS3 but not on the PS4) and my stereo does not have a Digital Input connector (it's old).
Solution?: If I get hold of a Sound Blaster Z, can I connect the Digital Output from the PS4 into the Digital Input on the SBZ and therefore output my PS4 sound through my PC?
This is a relatively cheap solution for me so I would really appreciate it if you guys could give me a heads up on whether this is possible. Apologies if this is a straightforward/dumb question. I want to doublecheck before dropping the cash.
Thanks for reading,
-Yosh

Originally Posted by Yosharian
Hi,
Problem: PS4 connects via HDMI cable to my speaker-less monitor, cannot connect the PS4 to my stereo system since there is no separate analogue connector to use (there was on the PS3 but not on the PS4) and my stereo does not have a Digital Input connector (it's old).
Solution?: If I get hold of a Sound Blaster Z, can I connect the Digital Output from the PS4 into the Digital Input on the SBZ and therefore output my PS4 sound through my PC?
This is a relatively cheap solution for me so I would really appreciate it if you guys could give me a heads up on whether this is possible. Apologies if this is a straightforward/dumb question. I want to doublecheck before dropping the cash.
Thanks for reading,
-Yosh
Hi Yosharian,
Do you want to consider getting the Recon3D USB instead? The price is almost the same as the Sound Blaster Z and it can function alone without the computer. You may be able to save on your electricity bills using the Recon3D USB instead.
Here is an illustration of the Recon3D Omega Wireless connecting to the PS4 using SPDIF input. The Recon3D Omega Wireless is actually the Recon3D USB with a Tactic Link card connected to it and a wireless headset.

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(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe:
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I understand you must be busy, so no problem.
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Half life two: front left-right and centre. NO rears
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-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 24 January 2006 5:44
To: Martin
Dear Martin
I apologize for the delay on the answer.
If you select Dolby Prologic mode on the decoder, are you able to listen
the game audio, with EAX, in all of the speakers?
Regarding to the optional bay dri've, you can purchase it from ou
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Original Message Follows:
Hello
Your email was helpful, unfortunately, not for my unit, you see I would
have
connected the Jack leads in by now if the inspire had Jack lead inputs
as
you describe
Please don't think I am being sarcastic, but from reading the
correspondence
below it would seem as if your department is having difficulty
understanding
my problem.
Also it would seem your department doesn't have the necessary technical
information on your very own product, so to help with your dilemma I
have
taken photos of the input/outputs on the Inspire unit.
You will clearly see the inspire has no inputs other than Coaxial and
Optic.
This leaves me back to my last post. I think the solution would be for
me to
purchase the correct processor, which would have come with the original
sound card had I not been a little tight on the money front.
I have attached a photo of the sound card with the processor, I would
love
to buy this processor but find myself unable to locate this product on
your
web site. Would you possibly be able to send me the correct link to this
item so I can buy this Processor Please?
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 8 January 2006 0:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE -
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your soundcard is Audigy 2 ZS
Your speaker is Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500
You will need to have a 3:3 cable(with the color green, black, orange)
to connect your soundcard to your speaker, to achieve the 5. effects
with games.
Below is the connection:
- Connect line out jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Front' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the green color
connection
- Connect line out 2 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Rear' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the black color
connection
- Connect line out 3 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Center/Subwoofer' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the
orange color connection
Once you have done the correct connection, play the game DOOM3.
Ensure you have selected either the EAX or surround option in the game
settings.
Does it work?
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
Original Message Follows:
You have lost me. Your sound card clearly states that I can have EAX
surround decoding from the sound card I have purchased.
All of the games on your web site claim to give me an environmental
effect
that will blow my mind, hence EAX.
All I have done wrong is NOT buying your decoder that comes with the
sound
card. My mistake.
All I want to do is re-address this issue and buy the correct
decoder/processor.
Can you point me to the correct link on your web site so I can buy the
correct decoder/processor?
As for the PCM out of the above cables, this foxes me as my other
equipment
only use Optical cabling on my Lexicon processor and from that I have DD
7., DTS 7. and meridian 5. lossless.
My issue is more to do with NO EAX from the rear and centre channels
while
in-game.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 09:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM887805I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
All commercial digital connection eg. optical or coaxial cable will only
carry PCM stereo signal. If you want to output the signal to a surround
5. with extra EAX environment effects, it will not be possible at all
since it is only restricted to stereo channel signal.
As per current industry limitations, we are bound to follow the standard
one-signal output for all our SPDIF and Optical output jacks. This is
something that is currently shared by all vendors for all products.
Please note that all games are not dolby digital, even they are , it
will require certain motherboard to encode it to dolby digital signal,
which our soundcard does not support.
You can only use analog connections to gain true 5. surround for
gaming..
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
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Hi Joong
I don't fully understand your email, but I do get the gist of what
you're
saying and understand I need to connect the analogue cable to fully
appreciate the sound in EAX.
Would you be able to tell me what product I could buy from your
catalogue
which would marry up with the sound card I have, as I understand now
that
the Inspire 5. will not do the job.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 04:00
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8875697I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thank you for the reply.
Computer games written with support for 3D audio do not require a Dolby
Digital Interacti've Content Encoder (DICE) to output multichannel sound,
with no exceptions. Sound devices that support the real time encoder
technology from Dolby will simply receive the multichannel wave file
output and encode it in real time to a somewhat modified Dolby Digital
bitstream. Creative does not support the Dolby Digital Interacti've
Content Encoder on any of its sound cards.
The only difference between a Sound Blaster card and an audio card that
has a real time encoder, is that you can make a one-wire, digital
connection from your audio card to your home theater receiver and enjoy
discrete multichannel sound from the game. However there will be a
continuous, slight delay, known as "latency", as the encoder is creating
and transmitting the bitstream, and of course the compression scheme
being used is "lossy" (i.e. not bit-accurate).
If you want to enjoy 3D audio in 3D enabled PC games in multichannel
surround sound with a Sound Blaster card, it is recommended that you
connect the analog outputs of the sound card directly to the analog
inputs of the receiver. This will require 3 cables for 5. surround
sound, one for front right and left, one for rear left and right, and
another one for front center and subwoofer. Though it requires more
cables than a real time encoder system, it will not have any latency
issues. When connecting PC audio to a home theater receiver, Creative's
latest sound cards such as Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2
are likely to provide higher quality audio than any Dolby Digital real
time encode system available for the PC today.
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Please do not use this link to submit technical queries
Original Message Follows:
Hi
One particular game which has "in-game" DD is Farcry; I used this as my
benchmark disc for DD and to push my Nvidia 7800 GTX GPU's (I have tried
it
on friend's machines and they get the full surround effect so I Know
this
version is ok. I also have ALL of the game patches & updates.
I would like to point out that while playing Doom 3, Half Life 2,Fear,
Colin
McRae rally 04,FIFA 2004,Meddle of honour pacific assault, Rome, Shadow
ops, All these games have EAX HD, which is enabled within the options
menu
"in-game", But I do not get ANY use out of the rear's and I might as
well
listen in stereo.
No, inspire 5500 does not automatically switch while "in-game" when DD
is present as you would expect, but does if it was a Movie, which makes
me
think the DD stream isn't getting to the processor.
I originally thought I could put all this to rest if I could buy the
control
panel that would have come with the Sound card if I had not tried to
save
money, but every time I search your accessories site I get completely
lost,
it really isn't user friendly, the sub-menus are very time consuming and
point you in the wrong direction because they are not categorised as Joe
public would understand
I downloaded your TEST Movies and creative demo player utility, ran it
but
still no EAX HD or DD if that were present.
I want to put this card and Processor into my boys computer (which is
the
same Spec as mine and I will update to the FX series, but I am unwilling
if
I cannot find a logical reason why this set-up cannot work first.
Would it have anything to do with the pins on the Digital out on the
sound
card plug, the one I bought and was attached to the last email? Only
sending
certain channels down to the processor?
Regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 5 January 2006 08:09
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8868993I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your speakers are fine as you mentioned that there is sound from all the
speakers when you are playing movie.
May i know what game are you playing when there are no sound from the
rear speakers?
Have you done the appropriate settings in the game to achieve the 5.
sound?
Is there any game patches that you will need to update?
Does the Dolby Digital LED light up when you are playing the game?
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Servic
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I am sorry; I should have said the Inspire 5. was model number digital
5500
S/N SW330030026.
The inspire has these connection on the back of the processor
>From top/back of unit
Audio Outputs
Front
Rear
Centre/subwoofer
Audio inputs
Audio line in
Coaxial
Optical
DIN
The Din to a remotely located Subwoofer which has the speaker leads
inputting into it. Plus power.
Attached is the creative view of the controls menu and I have attached
the
invoice I was sent, it shows the lead I was told to fit.
As I said, I can now hear DD5. while within a movie from ALL speakers
BUT
no sound from rears during IN GAME DD5.
I do not use this PC for films only games.
Regards
Martin
If you are having a digital connection, it is normal for only get only
front left/right is you use the speaker test option.
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=3&sid=4858
Speaker test only outputs from two front speakers?
You mentioned that that you are unable to get any sound from the rear
speakers when playing game right? May i know are you using a digital
connection? May i know what speaker settings have been made under
Creative Speaker settings?
Do get back to me on the above.
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I have the above Sound card.
I also own Inspire 5. amp/processor
I Wanted to save money by connecting above sound
card to amp/processor
Connections on sound card made life very difficult
I contacted Creative for help. you told me to buy
an RCA to mini jack cord which also has other connections, from your
web site, (I tried to find
the product number for you, but your sub-menu
system is so poor I couldn't locate the RCA/mini
3.5 /to phono link for you) this cord connects
directly into the digital in, on the sound card (3.5 Mini jack) to the
coaxial input on the
inspire 5. amp/processor.
I have enabled ALL sp-diff settings and digital in
setting on every program/utility/kitchen sink and all.
I have an SP-Diff wire from DVD burner to creative
sound card, and yes its enabled and digital only
is selected.
I can play a DVD and see the inspire 5.
automatically change from Pro-logic to Dolby
digital when it See's an AC-3 stream.
when I try and play ANY game you say has EAX
,2,3,4 I cannot get any sound from my rear
speakers (see above in Dolby Digital ALL speakers
work correctly)
when I enter the set-up menu within the creative
software you supply with the sound card and select
5. speaker, digital only, test the speakers via
the white noise function, all i hear is left and
right noise. no centre, no rears.
I phoned you tech support line, the boy on the
phone didn't have much of a clue about your
product and I had to tell him what connections sit
on the inspire 5. series amp/processor.
I want to build another PC for my son, I want to
add the FX series sound card and amp, but i am not
willing to buy anything until i feel you have
helped me to solve this problem first.
please can you help, I am at the end of my tether
with this sound card.
kind regards
Martin Waite
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Cody99 wrote:
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Anyways, I'm sorry for the long post, I just thought I would give as much possible information as I could to help get a solution... I appreciate any comments and please - please help me fix this thing! lol.
-Cody
Sounds like you have misapprehended something regarding usage of analog and digital I/Os?
st, you don't plug the microphone into optical output but into FlexiJack port (as it's called). Check the X-Fi User's Guide for more.
2nd, when you wonder that those other choices being not available when one is selected, what makes you think that the card would be able to record more than one source at once through one input port (For Creative cards, this can be possible when using ASIO drivers but, does your card have more than one input port. (if there's a AUX port (internal connector on card board) then maybe you could get both input ports listed w/ ASIO)?
3rd, why the ouput would be defaulted to S/PDIF (you are normally using headphones or acti've analog speakers)?
I don't know this model but if there's a separate Mixer Panel applet for X-Fi (you maybe need to install the Creative Software bundle to get this) then, have you checked your settings there (playback source should be set to MIC and recording source set to MIC)?
jutapa

No digital output from 6 year old Sound Blaster C

Hey Everyone, I'm new to this board and have a question. I recently purchased a custom-built computer with an ASRock PCI Express motherboard with
onboard speaker and mic inputs. I have Boston Acoustic BA735 digtal speakers. I can only get
analog from the onboard sound. I removed and installed my 6 year old Sound Blaster Li've
Value card (Model # M48309403265) from my old Gateway PC into my new one, and installed
the Li'veDrvUni-Pack update for Windows XP. I can't get any digital or analog output from the
card. I tried my mic on the onboard input, but kept getting pulses at regular intervals on
my WAVforms or sonographs. I plugged the mic into my old Sound Blaster card and the pulses
disappeared, so I know the mic is working. With all the info I've provided, is there a patch
or update or anything for my old Sound Blaster Li've card to get digital output?
I tried the Sound Blaster Li've 24 Bit card, but returned it because the same input for the
speakers is the same for the mic. Also, there's no gameport on it.

Yo, BadBoy! Phew! Man, you helped me out a bunch. I had to do some tinkerin' between the drivers from Gateway and the Li'veDrvUni-Pack. I had to install it without the windows drivers from Li'veDrv... and start clean. I'm now getting digital output and my mic is working on my old card. I can't get the Creative Surround Mixer from my old card's software, or from Li'veDrv.. but I can use Windows' Volume Control. If you want to see why sound is so important to me ya' can check out my site at http://www.ramseybotelho.com. Thanks again, Dude.

Digital 8 Track & Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Plati

I have a Korg D8 Digital Recorder. I recorded some of my songs to it this afternoon, and now I want to get the music saved to my PC. How can I do this? I have the optical out on my Korg hooked up to the front of my PC at the optical in on the Sound Blaster. Now I have no idea where to go from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Get to know below mentioned software st.
Set Audigy for recording (CT Surround Mixer or Windows Play/Recording Controls and Creative Audio Console or CT Panel) -
- select playback and recording source: S/PDIF n + enable it,
- S/PDIF n settings ->set samplerate: same as you have used in Korg, bit-accurate recording
- before final recording, just chck if you can hear anything coming from Korg
Depending on what you like to do...
Record from Korg as Stereo:
- open Creative Media Sourec (or any other recording software)
- set input and recording source to S/PDIF n
- record
Record every 8 tracks in Korg into individual tracks in software (if this is possible to do in Korg ... send one track at a time):
- get some multitracking/sequencer software
- set track for recording, set input source, record one tarck at a time --> add a new track in software for every new track send from Korg ...
jutapa

Sound Blaster able to encode Dolby Digital 5.1 and abo

Hi there.
I recently buy a new motherboard without dolby digital encoding onboard (the older, nForce2 (asus a7n8x deluxe had that capability, the new one, doesnt, it is an asus a8n-sli premium)
I use the coaxial digital out to connect my computer to the home theatre with only one cable (that rules), also, enabling "cloning" allow me to listen using at least 4 speakers, instead of the two front ones.
Someone told me to buying a "cheap" sound blaster will do the trick.
My options are (from cheap to expensi've):
CREATIVE AUDIGY SE SB0570 OEM
CREATIVE AUDIGY SE SB0570 BOX
CREATIVE AUDIGY2 VALUE
CREATIVE S.BLASTER X-FI PLATINUM
CREATIVE S.BLASTER X-FI XTREME
For me, the best option is the SB0570 BOX. The Audigy2 VALUE have 2.5 times the price of it.
What do you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
Fa

Analog to Digital Conversion is exactly that: It translates the Analog input signal of eg. a microphone into a PCM digital signal, with 24-bit precision. That is essentially the Line-IN and the Microphone input. (Although for the microphone they tend to have lower precision but amplify the signal).
There is a sticky at the top of this forum which you should read to understand the difference between the various digital formats.
To make it clear: The Sound Blasters have an SPDIF output which can send digital signals. However it does not have a Dolby Digital compression engine, so it will either send uncompressed PCM signals if it has processed them before. If you have a source that is already in Dolby Digital then you can redirect it through the SPDIF output and get full surround sound. This ONLY happens on DVDs, because they come precompressed.
Everything that gets processed on the soundcard is outputted as PCM digital: For 6-channel audio there are 3 connections which end up on 3 DACs (Digital to Analog Converter) where the digital signal is then made into analog for the speakers to be able to play it. The SPDIF connection simply bypasses the DACs (the DACs of the receiver are used) but takes only connection, that of the front speakers.
Dolby Digital AC-3 is a compression mechanism, which compresses sound (much like mp3), so that it can fit in only one connection, where uncompressed only a stereo signal would pass. (In doing so, it also lowers quality!)
So: If you want to use a 7. speaker system with a Sound Blaster you have to go analog, which also means 3 cables (because they have 3 wires for the channels + ground). And I don't think Dolby or DTS supports more than 5. channels for the time being, so not even with Dolby Encoding onboard could you do it with one cable.

PCI Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Get No Digital Sound Out to my Surround Reciev

I have read almost everything but CANT FIGURE THIS OUT, PLEASE HELP ME OUT HERE :-)
My PCI Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio is conected to my Sony DTS/DD Reci'ver using a Mini Jack to Toslink cabel connected in the blue Digital Out minijack on the sound card and to my Optical?Toslink input on my reciever.
I have enabled SPDIF out / Digital Output Only
I have tried whit and whitout the Bit-Matched
I have treied the different sampling rates 44, - 96 KHz
I have tried playing from MS Media Player and DivX player. (dvd, mp3, radio li've, nett tv)
Im using Vistax32
I believe i have the correct settings and the correct cabel, but cant get no digital sound out, whats wrong?
First I tought I neede the Digital I/O module from Creativ, but I have read that this is?NOT necessary.
PLEASE ANY THING THAT CAN HELP ME SOLVE THIS WOULD MAKE ME REALLY HAPPY :-)

YOU DONT NEED THE I/O accesory, or rather it is not essential. (unless your reciever only has digital optical(toslink) in?My experiment worked! alss ya need to connect from the sound cards digital out to your recievers coax digital audio?in is: "mono" mini (/8 inch) male to rca style male coax cable. you may have to choose digital only and somy other tricks from a given creative software(?they vary)?and or select the correct input for a given reciever....my Harman Kardon avr 00?and avr 300 series?are particularly tricky. Got pandora one up and running. Devo sounds good!
Movies tonight via Netflix streaming.....YAY!

Optical Input on Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI-E with Logitech z-5

So i plugged in my Optical cord into my new sound card the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI-E and it worked only in the Front right, Front left, Front centre, and the subwoofer. Now i hear i need a external decoder... but then again that my sound card should decode it as well... the place i bought my card recemended a optical cord for my card?with the?speakers i have?(the?Logitech Z-5500) How much are decoders? What should i do next? Creative seams to have limited support especialy on optical inputs.

I must have answered something like that in another thread sometime ago, but here goes:
A single SPDIF connection, optical or coaxial, will only transfer stereo in analog form; no rear or centre channels!
There are two ways you can get all speakers playing via such a connection:
() Get your speakers to upmix the audio source to play on all fi've of them
(2) Output a Dolby Digital (AC3) or DTS signal. These contain the multichannel information encoded in the stereo signal. A suitable decoder (such as the one contained in the Z-5500) will be able to analyze the signal. Unfortunately, this is something you can mostly find in movies.
So, to sum it up, no natural everyday multichannel sound over one SPDIF (e.g. no EAX, directsound3d etc.)

Digital Output on Sound Blaster Live!

Hello All,
Usually I'm over complaining in the Zen Micro section, but I've got a quick question. I have a Sound Blaster Li've! 5. with a digital speaker output on it. It's in the form of a headphone jack (standard computer speaker jack). I want to connect this to my Yamaha 5. Home Theater reciever. For digital, it has an RCA jack. Is there some adapter I can use to go from the headphone type jack to the RCA so I can get 5. digital out of my computer? Thanks all for your help. And Creative, I know I complain alot about your Zen Micro, but you do make some quality sound cards!
ThanksMessage Edited by AMD4MBC on 02-7-2005 0:0 PM

You would need a /8" mono minijack to coaxial(RCA) cable. It should be easily obtain from your local stores or you could get it from the online store.
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=3&subcategory=58&product=0370
Just leave out the DIN part as that's for the compatible creative speaker.
Jason

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