Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas

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Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-11-2007 at 03:47 PM

so i got realtek drivers for vista x64 and now system correctly identifies i have 7.1 and testing speakers confirms they all work.

Yet Media Player/Media Center both refuse to play in 7.1 instead its only front stereo

any ideas?

RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by John Anderton on 02-11-2007 at 03:57 PM

Mind setting a more clear title?
Vista 7.1 implies Vista v7.1 which doesn't exist

RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by Dr4g0n on 02-11-2007 at 08:49 PM

Did Windows Media Player ever play in 7.1? IIRC WMP only does stereo.

RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-11-2007 at 09:49 PM

dunno i always used to use itunes but i'm still awaiting the vista update from apple 8-)

seems odd that it makes me customise the options in WMC for 7.1 but not actually plays in 7.1

@John Anderton, I'm talking about surround sound obviously ¬_¬

RE: Vista 7.1 works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by RaceProUK on 02-11-2007 at 09:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dr4g0n
Did Windows Media Player ever play in 7.1? IIRC WMP only does stereo.

WMP doesn't need to know how many speakers there are, only the soundcard driver does. So, if you only ever play stereo in WMP, you'll only hear stereo on your 7.1 setup.

Try a DVD with a 5.1 audio track, see if more speakers get used then.

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-12-2007 at 02:53 AM

no WMP doesn't but WMC does have speaker setup options, i'll try a dvd, seems odd that it doesn't 'upmix' the track

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-13-2007 at 04:29 PM

playing a dvd kicked in the back speakers by the way, its a big shame that it doesn't upmix audio files to output through all L and R channels

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by RaceProUK on 02-13-2007 at 05:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by aNILEator
playing a dvd kicked in the back speakers by the way

I knew it would.
And doesn't Media Centre just use WMP in the background anyway?

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-13-2007 at 07:05 PM

yeah same core

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by Dr4g0n on 02-13-2007 at 07:49 PM

Yeah, WMP doesn't upmix. Unless there's some sort of plugin to do that i guess you're stuck! =[

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by TheGuruSupremacy on 02-13-2007 at 09:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by aNILEator
so i got realtek drivers for vista x64 and now system correctly identifies i have 7.1 and testing speakers confirms they all work.

Yet Media Player/Media Center both refuse to play in 7.1 instead its only front stereo

any ideas?

Microsoft have cut-out Directsound Hardware Acelleration and Mixing from Vista (i hate for this!!!

).
Without Directsound HW, the soundcard can't upmix to 5.1 or 7.1... and the 95% of game is only stereo.
For winamp, temporaly solution is Kernel Streaming Out, with this, we get 5.1 sound.You can Try this drivers: http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=1163
PS: Leave in stereo the configuration of sound in the Control Panel of Windows Vista and directly seting its loudspeakers from the Control Panel of Realtek.
Vista Sound Control Panel = 2 speakers, stereo
Realtek Sound Control Panel = 6 speakers (or your configuration speakers).
However Using this method, setting vista to 2 ch and realtek to 6 ch only has the effect of mirroring the 2 rear channels with the front. it does not output true surround sounds. Its effectively creating 4 front channel speakers, + a center which im not sure what it outputs. i guess its a temporary fix for the meantime unitll vista is fully supported.If you have high definition audio driver Open Realtek HD Audio Manager.
Under the main tab for Speakers, then smaller tab Configuration, there is a checkbox called "Speaker Fill" on the bottom. Check it.
Now everything should work fine.However all this solutions are temponary try winamp or install the above linked driver to get 5.1 or 7.1.Now is only solution...we have to wait for new Driver...I hope to have been Useful...Greetings

RE: Vista 7.1 surround sound works, but not in WMP/WMC any ideas by aNILEator on 02-13-2007 at 10:17 PM

wow informative, i have spent a bit of time around planetamd64 recently too thanks to them i got my belkin wireless reciever working