No 5.1Sound in Winamp with Vista!

[nfuz]

So I understand that mp3s are in 2.0, but to make use of my speakers, I was using this plug in Winamp for like 6 years without a problem....





With the settings listed above, it basically pusehs the same sound through 2 of those other speakers as "rear left" and "rear right" are useless...

Now I've been using vista 64bit, and playing with this plugin for the last 2 hours and I keep getting this error...



never happened in XP...

Any idea how to fix it?

I'm using the latest Winamp version:
Winamp.Pro.v5.54.1

I couldn't find what to change in Input as I never had to, but I messed around with all 4 of the Output plugins with no luck...

If people with Vista have another plugin to support 5.1 in winamp, I'm not too attached to this one, so whatever suggestions that will work...toss em on!

I also checked google by quoting the error, found lots of people with the same prob..... but no solution yet Also, they don't evne mention Vista!


Thanks!!

Also: My 5.1 sound is working in the driver's test, in mpc-hc, and in powerdvd... so its definately a winamp/plugin problem!

[Calmuser]

hrmm what sound card do you have?

I have 5.1 sound working in vista with my creative extreme music with its
CMSS-3D feature.

works with winamp and other media players.

[nfuz]

Using the onboard Realtek audio as found on my gigabyte ex-58-ud5 motherboard

[nfuz]

So is this yet another problem with this garbage gigabyte board being unable to duplicate 1 channel sound onto another channel that my 4 year old Asus motherboard could do?

No replies.... does this mean everyone has winamp working with their 5.1+ speakers?

Do people not listen to mp3s in 5.1 sound, and only use their 2 channel? ......

[matkun]

You should probably update that 6 year old addon and see if there's a Vista compatible version.. Vista changed the sound system in windows a great deal.

[stormy13]

A couple of plugins to try,

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/183408

and,

http://files.filefront.com/winamp+at.../fileinfo.html

the second on the author's site (AndrewLabs) is done at the moment, but the last I saw on it was that he is working on a new version to work better with Vista.

[df329]

you should just use 2 speakers for music

[omeo]

you should just use 2 speakers for music

+1

[nfuz]

A couple of plugins to try,

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/183408

Garbage

http://files.filefront.com/winamp+at.../fileinfo.html

the second on the author's site (AndrewLabs) is done at the moment, but the last I saw on it was that he is working on a new version to work better with Vista.

That is much better, but I'm looking for 1 where I can set the back speakers as my front speakers

[nfuz]

You should probably update that 6 year old addon and see if there's a Vista compatible version.. Vista changed the sound system in windows a great deal.

....

I've obviously tried that along with all the plugins on winamp

[nfuz]

bump!

I cant beleive beling with 5.1 systems just let 3 of their speakers sit ILDLY..

Come on... someone out there must have this working properly..

[nfuz]

the second on the author's site (AndrewLabs) is done at the moment

AndrewLabs website doesn't even exist...
So I'll assume a version for vista isn't on the way.

[balance]

j/w what speakers u got there?

[Oversized Rooster]

It's a far better idea to buy a decent sound card to begin with and stop using the HORRIBLE onboard sound.

Get a Prelude X-Fi and use DTS:Neo. That will create surround sound out of any source regardless of what program is making the sound. Hardware level upmixing always beats software upmixing through a questionable plug-in.

[UberN00b]

onboard = fail.


anyways, try updating to the newest bios / drivers for your onboard audio.