X-Fi XtremeMusic and

Hey all. I have seen some '4. and X-Fi anger/distress' on this forum, but my question is slightly different to that problem. Currently I have Realtek AC97 onboard sound. I have a 4. setup. To run it though, I have to select 5. in Realtek properties or the sub doesn't work (This will do for me, I dont care that it's 5. and I don't have a centre speaker, as long as 4 speakers and sub work I'm happy). The Realtek also switches 'Mic In Port' to 'Subwoofer / Centre' and switches 'Line In' to 'Rear Speakers Out'. The 'Line Out' is set to 'Front Speakers Out'. The thing is I have 2 multimedia/pc type speakers as front, two big HI-FI speakers as rears and then a multimedia/pc sub. The speakers are not connected to each other at all. Each are separate unlike most setups where 4 sats go into a sub or something. I was wanting to know do you think this could work with an X-Fi XtremeMusic with my front 2 PC speakers going into lineout , 2 rear HI-FI speakers into lineout 2 and the sub into lineout 3 or wouldn't this work at all with the X-Fi like it does with my Realtek onboard.
Cheers for help and suggestions.

Re: X-Fi XtremeMusic and SPDIF bypass with Windows 7l Hello hwoarang5,
why do you think that this is disabled in Windows 7 and Vista?
It worked fine in Windows Vista, too.
Anyway, I've searched yesterday evening?a little bit more and solved the problem myself. To enable SPDIF bypass you have to do the following:
. enable Digital Input in the Windows 7 sound settings (it'sis disabled by default and I forgot about it).
2. change the FlexiJack mode in the audio settings of Creative to "Digital E/A".
3. now enable the "Recordation with bit adjustment" (don't know how this is called exactly in the English version).
When there is a PCM (DTS and Dolby is not supported) signal now at the Digital Input you should here something now.
Hope this helps somebody.
Best regards
Andreas

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