Music files play only from 2 speakers amenx 6/8/2007 8:39:05 AM Vista Ultimate with X-fi Xtreme Music sound card and 4 Speakers. In the audio applet its configured for 4 speakers and tests play thru all 4 speakers. Games work on all 4 speakers. But music files, wav and MP3 only play thru front 2 speakers. In XP it works flawlessly on all 4 speakers (and sounds better), Vista it doesnt. Any fix to this is much appreciated.

RE: Music files play only from 2 speakers Bob9999 6/8/2007 9:16:01 AM I have identical problem with same soundcard and 5.1 speaker system. All worked brilliantly on XP but in Vista I cannot get any music file, CD or DVD to play through rear speakers. I bought system recently from Dell with all of these components. They have given up trying to find a fix. "amenx" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Vista Ultimate with X-fi Xtreme Music sound card and 4 Speakers. In the audio > applet its configured for 4 speakers and tests play thru all 4 speakers. > Games work on all 4 speakers. But music files, wav and MP3 only play thru > front 2 speakers. In XP it works flawlessly on all 4 speakers (and sounds > better), Vista it doesnt. Any fix to this is much appreciated. > >

RE: Music files play only from 2 speakers dgelman 6/9/2007 5:30:00 PM I have the exact same issue. This is so disappointing and frustrating. A brand new Dell XPS system. Does anyone know of a fix? "amenx" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Vista Ultimate with X-fi Xtreme Music sound card and 4 Speakers. In the audio > applet its configured for 4 speakers and tests play thru all 4 speakers. > Games work on all 4 speakers. But music files, wav and MP3 only play thru > front 2 speakers. In XP it works flawlessly on all 4 speakers (and sounds > better), Vista it doesnt. Any fix to this is much appreciated. > >

Re: Music files play only from 2 speakers "Cal Bear '66" <xxx[ at ]xxx.org> 6/9/2007 5:37:51 PM If wav and mp3 are stereo (2 channel) sounds, why would they play through 4 speakers? Unless you have a simulated 4 channel enhancement enabled? -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "dgelman" <dgelman[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8DACD93A-3F02-43E9-BFCB-BBCD376377DD[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have the exact same issue. This is so disappointing and frustrating. A > brand new Dell XPS system. > Does anyone know of a fix? > > "amenx" wrote: > >> Vista Ultimate with X-fi Xtreme Music sound card and 4 Speakers. In the audio >> applet its configured for 4 speakers and tests play thru all 4 speakers. >> Games work on all 4 speakers. But music files, wav and MP3 only play thru >> front 2 speakers. In XP it works flawlessly on all 4 speakers (and sounds >> better), Vista it doesnt. Any fix to this is much appreciated. >> >>

Re: Music files play only from 2 speakers dgelman 6/9/2007 5:42:01 PM Why does it play through 4 speakers with XP? "Cal Bear '66" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If wav and mp3 are stereo (2 channel) sounds, why would they play through 4 > speakers? Unless you have a simulated 4 channel enhancement enabled? > > -- > I Bleed Blue and Gold > GO BEARS! > > > "dgelman" <dgelman[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8DACD93A-3F02-43E9-BFCB-BBCD376377DD[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I have the exact same issue. This is so disappointing and frustrating. A > > brand new Dell XPS system. > > Does anyone know of a fix? > > > > "amenx" wrote: > > > >> Vista Ultimate with X-fi Xtreme Music sound card and 4 Speakers. In the audio > >> applet its configured for 4 speakers and tests play thru all 4 speakers. > >> Games work on all 4 speakers. But music files, wav and MP3 only play thru > >> front 2 speakers. In XP it works flawlessly on all 4 speakers (and sounds > >> better), Vista it doesnt. Any fix to this is much appreciated. > >> > >> > >

Re: Music files play only from 2 speakers AM 6/11/2007 1:47:00 AM "Cal Bear '66" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If wav and mp3 are stereo (2 channel) sounds, why would they play through 4 > speakers? Unless you have a simulated 4 channel enhancement enabled? > Most multi-channel or multi-speaker systems offer users the choice of hearing stereo recordings on more than just the 2 front speakers. Although it doesnt become multi-channel, the stereo effect is simply added to the rear chgannels as well. Its an option that many find preferable to just 2 speakers, as do I. Vistas music playback is, well, I think Windows 98 can give it a run for its money.

Re: Music files play only from 2 speakers Adam Albright <AA[ at ]ABC.net> 6/11/2007 2:40:57 AM On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:47:00 -0700, AM <AM[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >"Cal Bear '66" wrote: > >> If wav and mp3 are stereo (2 channel) sounds, why would they play through 4 >> speakers? Unless you have a simulated 4 channel enhancement enabled? >> > >Most multi-channel or multi-speaker systems offer users the choice of >hearing stereo recordings on more than just the 2 front speakers. Although it >doesnt become multi-channel, the stereo effect is simply added to the rear >chgannels as well. Its an option that many find preferable to just 2 >speakers, as do I. > >Vistas music playback is, well, I think Windows 98 can give it a run for its >money. Again, IT DEPENDS ON THE SOFTWARE. I use Vegas for Video editing and I often author 5 track Dolby surround which indeed is five separate audio tracks and the output does play out of the appropriate speakers. When I first installed Vista it didn't properly use all five speakers. I had to pull all the speakers out and one by one set them up again and the audio controller reconfigured the outputs. Could be the problem.