what to do that my 5.1 speakers work in winamp

[sik wit it]

damn this problem ****ed me off...i reinstalled windows to sp2..and now i can't do that all speakers work in winamp..i had this problem few months ago but then i fix somehow it with wave output plug-in...it's not my soundcard problem cuz all speakers works well in windows media player....

so please help me :cry:

[Storm]

I dont use winamp anymore, so i cant check. But you need to change the settings in windows control panel, then change it from directsound to somethiing else i think. lol

[jamend]

1) Make sure that Windows knows you have 5.1 speakers. Go to start > settings > control panel > sound and audio devices. Under speaker settings click advanced and change the speaker setup to 5.1 surround sound.

2) Make sure that your sound drivers are set for 5.1 speakers. With a SoundBlaster, you can do this with the mixer. If you have onboard sound from Realtek, use the "Sound Effect" icon next to the clock (or if it's not there, go to start > settings > control panel > sound effect manager). If it's not there either, get the drivers here. They're generic and they'll work on all ALC### chips. If you have a motherboard with an nVidia nForce 1/2/3 chipset that also has Soundstorm, use the audio control panel from the platform drivers (unless the onboard sound is from Realtek, in which case Realtek's drivers are a lot better than the ones included in nVidia's platform drivers suite). I'm not sure how to do it on other sound cards so you'll have to look into it yourself.

3) Reboot as needed if you had to install any drivers. In Winamp, go to preferences. Under plug-ins > output, select DirectSound and click configure. You should now see "Speaker setup: 5.1" somewhere under device info.

[KZWings]

Either:

a) try reinstalling sound card drivers

b) not sure if this is your issues, but your center speaker in your 5.1 set-up won't play music with MP3s anyway

[jamend]

Either:

a) try reinstalling sound card drivers

b) not sure if this is your issues, but your center speaker in your 5.1 set-up won't play music with MP3s anyway

My centre speaker outputs sound when I play music in Winamp.

[KZWings]

My centre speaker outputs sound when I play music in Winamp.

Really? MP3s? :huh:

[jamend]

Really? MP3s? :huh:

Yup. Have you tried your sound card driver's speaker test to see if the centre speaker works at all?

[DJmorphine]

KB 5.1 Channel v1.00:

http://kb.lysium.net/my/downloads/KB51Chn.exe

KB 5.1 Channel (some other version).

http://download.nullsoft.com/customize/com...nels_Output.exe

Try both!!, they're actualy the same, only v1.00 includes volume control.

[KZWings]

Yup. Have you tried your sound card driver's speaker test to see if the centre speaker works at all?

Yeah. My center speaker works fine. SB Live! 5.1 MP3+ and Creative Inspire 5300

Works with games and such. Interesting....

I have my Creative Mixer set to 5.1 (tests fine) and Windows set to 5.1 surround sound.

KB 5.1 Channel v1.00:

http://kb.lysium.net/my/downloads/KB51Chn.exe

KB 5.1 Channel (some other version).

http://download.nullsoft.com/customize/com...nels_Output.exe

Try both!!, they're actualy the same, only v1.00 includes volume control.

Amd what is this stuff? :whistle:

[DJmorphine]

Yeah. My center speaker works fine. SB Live! 5.1 MP3+ and Creative Inspire 5300

Works with games and such. Interesting....

I have my Creative Mixer set to 5.1 (tests fine) and Windows set to 5.1 surround sound.

Amd what is this stuff? :whistle:

The plugins to get 5.1 in winamp.

[sik wit it]

1) Make sure that Windows knows you have 5.1 speakers. Go to start > settings > control panel > sound and audio devices. Under speaker settings click advanced and change the speaker setup to 5.1 surround sound.

2) Make sure that your sound drivers are set for 5.1 speakers. With a SoundBlaster, you can do this with the mixer. If you have onboard sound from Realtek, use the "Sound Effect" icon next to the clock (or if it's not there, go to start > settings > control panel > sound effect manager). If it's not there either, get the drivers here. They're generic and they'll work on all ALC### chips. If you have a motherboard with an nVidia nForce 1/2/3 chipset that also has Soundstorm, use the audio control panel from the platform drivers (unless the onboard sound is from Realtek, in which case Realtek's drivers are a lot better than the ones included in nVidia's platform drivers suite). I'm not sure how to do it on other sound cards so you'll have to look into it yourself.

3) Reboot as needed if you had to install any drivers. In Winamp, go to preferences. Under plug-ins > output, select DirectSound and click configure. You should now see "Speaker setup: 5.1" somewhere under device info.

yea i done it before..but maybe it's becauze i got realet a3.61drivers so now i`m downloading 3.63..but u know i saw before that in direct sound output it shows 5.1 speakers but it doesn't work...while in other output which calls wave output shows that there's 2 speakers..:(

KB 5.1 Channel v1.00:

http://kb.lysium.net/my/downloads/KB51Chn.exe

KB 5.1 Channel (some other version).

http://download.nullsoft.com/customize/com...nels_Output.exe

i tried them too before..but in old songs it sounds like double-speed or smth..and yea it's like all speakers work...but sound isn't like 5.1

[DJmorphine]

i tried them too before..but in old songs it sounds like double-speed or smth..and yea it's like all speakers work...but sound isn't like 5.1

what other plugin do you use for winamp then?? :wacko:

[NiSMo]

thanx heaps guyz, i finally got my 5.1 channel working in winamp :D:D

thanx !!!! :D

[sik wit it]

what other plugin do you use for winamp then??

i don't use plug-ins..

[sik wit it]

u see even wit this 5.1 plug-in it says that it's only 2 channels