will 5.1 work with MP3

geowal19 · 27 Dec 2009 at 15:24

Basically got a logiteck x-530 and the middle and rear two speakers won;t work at all. I have set my sound card driver software to 5.1 and it also won;t work in games although i have changed the sound to the correct setting in those too. I know the speakers arn;t broken as i tried them with the 5.1 to pohone adapter supplied. Whats do i need to do to get it workin!?

MagicBoy · 27 Dec 2009 at 15:27

MP3s are 2.0 channel (ie stereo) so you'll only get output from the front left and right. You'll need to check your soundcard software to find out if it has an option to "create" 5.1 surround from a 2.0 input.

Try the online help.

PermaBanned · 27 Dec 2009 at 15:40

That or convert them to FLAC.

geowal19 · 27 Dec 2009 at 15:47

Nahh

You'll need to check your soundcard software to find out if it has an option to "create" 5.1 surround from a 2.0 input.

I got 5.1 output from my card. Got it all wired right too.

Will mp3 play through all the speakers anyway?

MagicBoy · 27 Dec 2009 at 15:54

geowal19 said:
Nahh

I got 5.1 output from my card. Got it all wired right too.

Will mp3 play through all the speakers anyway?

By default the sound card will output what it gets input. ie 2.0 in, 2.0 out. Stick a DVD in, pick Dolby Digital and I'll wager you'll get 5.1 out.

The software that comes with the card needs to do some trickery to turn the stereo input into a surround output. It might help if you could tell us what the soundcard is.

geowal19 · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:01

It's a sound blaster audigy.

Monkeynut · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:16

Try enabling CMSS in the driver. It worked on my Audigy 2 ZS.

MagicBoy · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:18

Monkeynut said:
Try enabling CMSS in the driver. It worked on my Audigy 2 ZS.

Yup.

geowal19 · 27 Dec 2009 at 18:14

I tried that every time i start a game then quit it then look at the sttings it has reverted back to just CMSS instead of CMSS-3D which i'm guessing isn;t right.

MagicBoy · 27 Dec 2009 at 18:16

I doubt CMSS supports the game - too much overhead. Hence why it turns it off. You'd need EAX or some other surround standard for the game.

geowal19 · 27 Dec 2009 at 18:41

I doubt CMSS supports the game - too much overhead. Hence why it turns it off. You'd need EAX or some other surround standard for the game.

And so what can i do, what should i do?