I bought this because I wanted to use the headphone/mic inputs on my PC. And it seems to be the only card which supports Intel HD audio inputs.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-045-CL&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
Now I am trying to get spdif out to work in Vista 64. I want to use the decoder on my Logitech Z5500 instead of relying on the soundcards 5.1 analog outputs. For XP I simply set default playback device to be SPDIF Out instead of Speakers (right click volume button on taskbar). I hook the X-Fi digital i/o module (just a box with an spdif and coax input and output) up to the digital line out on the X-Fi. Then in PowerDVD or VLC Media Player, I tell it to use SPDIF for playback. Works perfect. Logitech control picks up the digital stream no problem. In Vista, I get a big fat zilch. Nothing seems to be coming through.
Did Creative break spdif output on it's X-Fi for Vista or what ?
I can accept the so called dolby digital decoding support these X-Fi cards had originally was in fact done throught the creative drivers and not built into the card itself. I remember people praising how good the card was at decoding and no need to use a proper 5.1 decoder. And I remember the fuss when creative removed this "feature" starting with oem cards, and then people realised it was never a hardware feature in the 1st place. But not something as simple as passing a digital stream over spdif which even onboard sound can do is broken ? Useless bunts.
Tell me, if I get an Asus Xonar, is it possible to have my headphones plugged into back of card, and somehow in software switch between headphones and speakers without having to plug/unplug stuff ?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-045-CL&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
Now I am trying to get spdif out to work in Vista 64. I want to use the decoder on my Logitech Z5500 instead of relying on the soundcards 5.1 analog outputs. For XP I simply set default playback device to be SPDIF Out instead of Speakers (right click volume button on taskbar). I hook the X-Fi digital i/o module (just a box with an spdif and coax input and output) up to the digital line out on the X-Fi. Then in PowerDVD or VLC Media Player, I tell it to use SPDIF for playback. Works perfect. Logitech control picks up the digital stream no problem. In Vista, I get a big fat zilch. Nothing seems to be coming through.
Did Creative break spdif output on it's X-Fi for Vista or what ?
I can accept the so called dolby digital decoding support these X-Fi cards had originally was in fact done throught the creative drivers and not built into the card itself. I remember people praising how good the card was at decoding and no need to use a proper 5.1 decoder. And I remember the fuss when creative removed this "feature" starting with oem cards, and then people realised it was never a hardware feature in the 1st place. But not something as simple as passing a digital stream over spdif which even onboard sound can do is broken ? Useless bunts.
Tell me, if I get an Asus Xonar, is it possible to have my headphones plugged into back of card, and somehow in software switch between headphones and speakers without having to plug/unplug stuff ?
