Playing 2 out of 5?

Russu_cs16 · 17 Mar 2011 at 12:57

I got Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers...nothing special but it bring some good sound when I just wan t to listen to music.

Now the problem is for some reason if i play music it only plays on the 2 front speakers. Rear and Center is not producing sound.

I went to the Sound control options and Tested the speakers for surround if they are working or not, and it turned out that once i test every speaker for beeps, all of them worked. But again when i play music it doesn't work.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Theguy · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:03

the music you are playing isnt in 5.1, it would only be in 2.1.

If you wanted to play it through all the speakers you going to need to use pro logic, or somewhat.

Russu_cs16 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:03

Theguy said:
the music you are playing isnt in 5.1, it would only be in 2.1.

If you wanted to play it through all the speakers you going to need to use pro logic, or somewhat.

Pro Logic? how can i get something like that?

marc2003 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:08

i know foobar2000 can convert stereo to 4 channels (preferences>playback>dsp manager). there might be 3rd party components or other media players that can do 5.1.

Russu_cs16 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:17

Well in my older PC i had VIA HD Deck... It worked perfectly...
But i had a different motherboard which this VIA came with in in a CD.

Russu_cs16 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:54

marc2003 said:
i know foobar2000 can convert stereo to 4 channels (preferences>playback>dsp manager). there might be 3rd party components or other media players that can do 5.1.

Tried foobar2000... I can't see this DSP Manager in Playback Preferences... :confused:

EDIT : Stupid of me didn't see the dropdown

Thanks a lot but i wanted 4 channels to work even in the browser.

Marsman · 17 Mar 2011 at 14:00

Doesn't your on-board audio have some feature which can upmix stereo to 5.1? Just had a look at mine. I don't use on-board audio, and don't have surround speakers, so I can't test it. There is an option called Speaker Fill, which upmixes stereo to surround.

Russu_cs16 · 17 Mar 2011 at 14:04

Marsman said:
Doesn't your on-board audio have some feature which can upmix stereo to 5.1? Just had a look at mine. I don't use on-board audio, and don't have surround speakers, so I can't test it. There is an option called Speaker Fill, which upmixes stereo to surround.

Oh yeahh! Thanks a lot mate! it Worked!

Marsman · 17 Mar 2011 at 14:04

Nice.