Prelude Dolby Digital Live

V F · 28 Dec 2007 at 11:58

Even on the Logitech Z-5500, when you're hooked up via analog, it says on the Decoder 96-24.

HEADRAT · 28 Dec 2007 at 12:00

Yeah thanks, set it to 96-24 and now no more "static"

Nice to have all 5 speakers working again and just connected via SPDIF.

V F · 29 Dec 2007 at 21:16

I see RC5 has been released.

New Changes / Fixes in RC5 driver
ㆍ Corrects "Error I-001" seen by some users with RC4 driver.

File Information:
ㆍDriver version: X-Fi Prelude - RC5
ㆍSize: 150 mb
ㆍRelease Date: 12/28/2007

Whatever that error is.

james.miller · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:10

right. so who's using the card with a decent sound system? i need some details, analogue Vs digital. how's it sounding now?

ps3ud0 · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:56

HEADRAT said:
Yeah thanks, set it to 96-24 and now no more "static"

Nice to have all 5 speakers working again and just connected via SPDIF.

Can I be an idiot and ask for your setup - Ive ordered the card with the Z5400 and just need to know what cables I need to buy to ensure everything that comes out of my PC sound-wise is as good as its going to get...

TIA

ps3ud0 :cool:

HEADRAT · 29 Dec 2007 at 23:29

Well if the Z5400 are anything like the Z5450 you will have an optical in, then just connect this to your card with the optical cable supplied, job done!

Pkiely · 30 Dec 2007 at 11:49

Microphone problems still or?

HEADRAT · 30 Dec 2007 at 12:35

I will try later and report back

Deluxe1 · 30 Dec 2007 at 12:36

Pkiely said:
Microphone problems still or?

Still cant get mine to work.

[Death] · 31 Dec 2007 at 12:57

HEADRAT said:
Now I'm not sure if this is a problem or not but if I select 24 bit, 192000 Hz :-

I hear the music but there is "static", this is with "Dolby Digital Live" enabled.

HEADRAT

where the hell is that option in xp? cant seem to find anywhere to set it to 24-96

HEADRAT · 31 Dec 2007 at 15:04

No idea I don't have XP

So how do I get this card to just output over optical without enabling dolby digital live, e.g. just to output stereo sound over SPDIF?

I'm having problems when other programmes want to use the SPDIF passthrough, it seems that the drivers still want to pass it through the dolby digital live encoder?

V F · 31 Dec 2007 at 16:54

HEADRAT said:
No idea I don't have XP

So how do I get this card to just output over optical without enabling dolby digital live, e.g. just to output stereo sound over SPDIF?

I'm having problems when other programmes want to use the SPDIF passthrough, it seems that the drivers still want to pass it through the dolby digital live encoder?

if you wanna use SPDIF for movies you unselect DD live and then use your dvd player and have it select SPDIF. IT doesnt touch it if you do it like that. That what I been doing. It not point having DD live re-encoding a dvd movie which is already encoded in Digital any way.

HEADRAT · 31 Dec 2007 at 19:00

Yep cheers, I fiddled abit and kinda worked it out but thanks for the post.

HEADRAT · 3 Jan 2008 at 15:35

Anybody got the UT3 to work with cracking/popping/screeching all over the place!

Phil99 · 3 Jan 2008 at 15:55

Have you got EAX enabled within the game?

edit: scrap that, forgot these cards were actually X-Fi chips with full EAX support. Might be worth playing with those settings anyway.

HEADRAT · 3 Jan 2008 at 16:04

The only option I can see are to enable/disable OPENAL, if I disable it I don't get any surround sound, if I enable it I get surround sound (over optical cable) but it pops/crackles/drops out etc.