5.1 + Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio + Vista = fail?

[Senture]

Got my wonderful 5.1 speakers today, gave them a quick trial under 2003 server using the xp drivers. The rear speakers worked then, but upon switching to vista and configuring them as 5.1 speakers, no rear output.

Am I missing somthing basic or are the creative drivers just not capable of doing 5.1 under vista? if so this X-Fi XA and bugger off to kingdom come.

 

[Senture]

Do you mean in games? If so you need to use Creative's Alchemy software to get surround sound for anything that uses DirectSound.

I was doing the testing with HD movies and .ogg music files. I put the Alchemy software on when I first set up vista, but it resulted in it BSODing every boot up so I removed it.

Looks like it's either back to onboard I go, or back to XP.