Surround in games (Z5500 & SB Live! 24-bit, digital o

Hello! I got a problem and have searched for it in many forums.
Maybe it's just bad searching skills.
I got a Logitech Z-5500 and Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit sound card.
Using digital out. But I can't get surround in games. I have the latest drivers and surround sound works when playing dvds (SPDIF).
Do anyone know how to get the surround working in games.
The games I've tried is BF2 and The Matrix: Path of Neo.
Thanks!

Indeed you're bad at searching :smileytongue:
your answer is in the sticky posts
Digital Output = No Surround Sound

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First off your operating system version is obsolete and not being updated for security issues from Apple.
OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still
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I checked out the z-5500, apprantly the optical out shouldn't be a problem, however the surround sound decoding is a problem as the Mac doesn't do it, just passes it through for decoding on a receiver via the optical out port if your Mac has one.
Use the free MacTracker to find out or when you upgrade OS X, there is a option in the System Preferences > Sound.
https://logitech-en-ap.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9693/section/trouble shoot/crid/409/lt_product_id/224/tabs/1,3,2,4,5/cl/sg,en
The Sound Blaster Live 24 bit doesn't do Dolby 5.1 according to Wikipedia. More info on it is here.
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&prodID=10702&pr odName=Live!%2024-bit%20External&CatName=Sound+Blaster
If it's able to accept optical toslink cable from the Mac's toslink stereo mini port (if it has optical output) and then send that to the z-5500 via the analog speakers, then you should be fine.
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The only surround sound your going to get is by playing DVD movies that have it, then it can't have Dolby 5.1 as the Live 24 bit can't decode it.
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for questions please contact me:
[url=mailto:[email protected]">mortal_csw@hotm ail.com[/url]
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Non-Computer HardwareSony External DVD Player
My point in this project was to set up a surround sound system for my TV. To that point I bought RCA -> Stereo Mini plug and have my DVD plugged into the Line-in of the Li've! 24-bit sound card. After futzing about and finding the CMSS input I was able to get the rear channels enabled. My problem is that it Line-in seems to be ignoring the custom mix levels of the surround sound. Because of the proximity to the speaker while sitting on the couch, we set the Front(s) & Middle to 00% and the rear channels to ~45%. These settings are honored when playing MP3's, AVI's or DVD's from the computer; however, anything from the line-in ignores these custom percentages.
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Re: Help I need to locate a driver for my soundblaster li've 24 bit soundcard? I guess you and your son are currently using windows xp. Well, what you can do is now is ignoring the WQHL pop-up window and choose the "install anyway" option during the installation of the soundcard driver, since WQHL only means the driver is tested by Microsoft and nothing more; drivers without the WQHL qualification does not mean they are bad drivers, they usually works as good as the WQHL ones.
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[url="http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?MainCategory=&Product=035&dlcentric= 025&Product_Name=Li've%2+24-bit&filetype=&OSName=Windows+XP">Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit XP and Windows Vista Pack .04.0077 (63.39 MB)?[/url]
The driver is for all Soundblaster Audigy Value, SE, LS and Soundblaster Li've 24bit, since they are all based on the CA-006 soundchip (with other words Creative Labs renamed the soundcard several times). Also this driver should be WQHL-ed (if not, choose "install anyway" option during installation of the soundcard driver). Make sure you have uninstalled the older driver before installing the new one. For troubleshooting use utilies like "Driver Cleaner" or "Driver Sweeper" (google for Guru3D and go to the site and their download section to get the utilities/tools) to clean up the junk files of the older driver that are left in the Windows OS.
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I have a WavemasterMX-5 5. Surround Sound System with Subwoofer (=http://www.hms-media.de/EN/?Tab=Products&Group=3&Product=7) and it doesnt work on the Soundblaster li've 24 bit.
I have installed all the drivers properly and the card seems to be working ok.... 
But i have a analogue Surround Sound System what must i do to get this working?
Is it possible to add a converter that can transform; digital to analogue signal? Or can i change some settings >?
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You'll have to enable surround matrix decoding for stereo material. There are several analog encoding standards (Dolby Surround, Dolby ProLogic, Dolby ProLogic II) but Creative's driver doesn't have an official decoder for any of them Instead, they provide their home-grown decoders and call them CMSS or DTS NEO:6. I can only assume they want to dodge Dolby's license payments by not supporting familiar standards. Anyway, you will find the CMSS modes in the driver or, in case of NEO, in their mediasource player. NEO - because it's in a player and not in the driver - is out of reach for other players such as WinAmp or multimedia and TV software.
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An alternati've solution for non-gamers (for movies and music) is to install the kx driver from the kx project at http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?language=en
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Trying to get SB live 24 bit working right

*Trying to get SB li've 24 bit working rightz Well it works good except for one major problem.
I have a TV tuner card that i have a 4 pin cdplayer plug going from the aux out of the tuner card to the aux in of the sound card. that in itself works then the sound goes to the speakers that are plugged into the soundcard.
The problem arrises when i plug in my USB headset. when i do this all windows noises movies games, etc anything i play gets played thru the headset and nothing else. when i start up the tv tuner program it still plays out the desktop speakers even tho my usb headset is still plugged in and still playing all other noises.
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yea i was using a splitter and a regular headphone jack type headset but it was udder crap. i got this nice usb one given to meand works great for everythign but this. id rather not spend any mony on another working headset.
so whats this about a capture program? would it make any difference if i used the speaker output from the tv tuner card to the line in on the soundcard? would that put it thru the headset?(now that i dont need the mic/line in socket i could do that and leave it plugged in as a permanent solution)
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