SPDIF IN VISTA

Hi can anyone help here?I have an Audigy 2 ZS that worked fine in XP with powerdvd etc, for spdif output. In vista 64 I couldn't get any sound if i selected spdiff. I installed a codec pack and a windows update kb936225. My sound then worked fine. I have since installed SP RC for vista 64 and now all programs including media player 64 bit have spdif not working again. I have tried removing the update, installing newer codecs and re-installing Audigy drivers. kb936225 wont install again (maybe due to sp)?my understanding was that SP was meant to fix Spdif issues, Is it now down to creative to make drivers that work with sp or am i missing something..
I have considered buying a XI-FI card but gather that too has issues with 64 bit dvd software. Any help would be graetly appreciated.

Disconnected drive bay and jack info still says "Drivebay RCA LR". WTH?

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GcMaxx wrote: (through windows control panel) to SPDIF output. Unless I change back the default sound device, I'm not able to play any other kind of audio (MP3, for exmaple).
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spl83 wrote:
Hello!
I have an Creative Audigy 2 ZS and Vista 64 bit Ultimate.
I ve installed newes audio Drivers form Creative Homepage (no beta).
Problem 1:
In Windows and in the Creative Audio Console i ve selected 5. Audio.
When i play MP3s in winamp i have no 5.!! I Only hear the sound in in the center and left / right front box.
Whats the Problem here
When i make the soundtest (5.) in vista everything is okay.
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I want spdif ac3 passthrough. I have an external AV Reciever conneted through SPDIF.
When i play an DVD on my computer, i want ac3 passthrough over spdif.
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When i Put the stereo fokus in CMMS the the boxes behind me.. it hase no effekt!! can put this regulator to the left ore to the right side and nothing happend
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Hello All, I'm at my witts end here! I'm trying to get spdif out in vista by using the same configuration from XPP, but its no go.
I dl the Audigy2zs vista drivers from creatives web site and installed them in my newbuild with no problem.
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regards,
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Hi asamp
It sounds?OK about your setup. what I shall do is just give you few suggestions to double check with.
1. First make sure your optical/coaxial cable works fine and also your z-5500's control pod; if it is fine...
2. Check whether you have selected Dolby Digital li've/DTS connect under the "Encoder" tab of your Creative Audio Console; if it is selected de select it.
3. Check whether you selected 'spdif passthrough' under the decoder tab of Creative Audio Conole. If it is not, select it.
4. Go to' Control Panel' ---- 'Sound'----Select SPDIF Creative Audigy-----Select 'Properties' tab------ select 'Levels' tab and check whether the sound level is set on very low (say?0) (its a 0-00 scale) if it is set in low please move it to a higher value (80/90/00).
After all these measures still your problem persist; go to 'control panel' select 'sound' select 'SPDIF Audigy 2' and set it as default; restart windows and try a DVD.
Try these and let me know whether it work or not
GOOD LUCK
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Hey!
I reverted back to the old drivers and got my SPDIF Port working again.
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Make sure you install this before the drivers after you uninstall the old ones:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-65456.html
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Recently I upgraded (clean install actually) to Windows Vista.
I have a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, which I bought about an year ago. I have Creative Inspire T7700 speakers hooked up to the X-Fi.
I'm really frustrated with the Vista support. I should have never upgraded if I knew there is such a lack of support.
Of course I installed the latest drivers, I installed ALCHEMY, Mediasource and etc.
What really disappointed me is that I made a serious downgrade instead of a proper upgrade once I tried adjusting my X-Fi. All my favorite functions were gone:
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2. The new Volume Panel is extremely slow.
3. The THX Console is not working. (what is the point of having a THX logo on the volume panel if you can't actually calibrate your speakers !) e.g. Clicking on the rear right speaker in the THX console activates the front right speaker (in the volume panel it works correctly). Calibration doesn't work at all. The only thing that works in the console is the Bass Management.
4. The setting for adjusting DD and DTS output to 7. speakers is now gone.
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8. No DVD-Audio. I have only album, though this really angers me.
and many others... such as emulation of SPDIF out and etc.. and not to mention all the applications such as Vienna SoundFont Studio, the Karaoke Player... all gone.
When is Creative going to release proper drivers and applications for Vista I mean whats the point in having an $50 X-Fi card when you can do all the things with an ordinary $0 7. sound card It has been more than an year now since Microsoft released Vista. People will start upgrading to Vista, and yes, customers won't be pleased with the so-called "upgrade".
And yes, I have the latest drivers, I have the latest software from Creative, Windows is configured to use 7. Speakers. It was all working fine under XP.
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http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=2998

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problem with vista and 5. i install my old audigy 2 zs exp pro with DTT2500 speaker
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when i go to control panel/sound and test the 5. surrund ' iget only the two front speaker.
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Message Edited by raflevi on 05-4-2009 02:38 [email protected]

My apologies about not explaining further about disabling SPDIF passthrough. See the steps below to enable DDL encoding.
***Before proceeding please make sure that you've purchased, installed and activated the DDL pack***
. Open Creative Audio Console, go to the Decoder tab to disable driver level encoding and enable SPDIF passthrough (this is done by selecting SPDIF passthrough or any similar option that enable the use of an external decoder) instead of using the built-in decoders.
2. Open up your playback devices window (right click on the speaker icon on the taskbar and select playback devices) and set analog speakers (not SPDIF) as your default device. This is VERY IMPORTANT step, or else you get the "the device is busy" error when enbaling DDL encoding.
3. In the Audio Console, select the Encoder tab and enable DLL encoding.
Note:
When DDL encoding is enabled, it makes exclusi've use of your SPDIF connection so, no passthrough is possible. The default output format when using DDL encoding is 48KHz/6 bits. If you make use of any AC3 audio filters (such as ac3filter/others included in codec packs/media player softwares) when DLL encoding is enabled, then please change their output device to analog speakers instead of SPDIF.
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raflevi wrote:
when you said to install ddl? pack you mean the "[url="http://buy.soundblaster.com/_creativelabsstore/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?page=product_detail&category=Software&pid=F 2222SR6PAKH5DGY6SD">Dolby Digital Li've Pack - SB Audigy Series[/url] "?
thanks again for all your help.
i wanted to use the 5. function mostly for games
Yes... also please see the link in my previous post.
Hope this answers your questions.

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