Surround Sound Problem

[doom_marine]

I have a creative 7.1 Speaker setup and a creative Audigy 2 ZS card. The problem is when i play DVD Movies i do not get the surround sound effect properly but in my home theater at home the dvd works fine

What could be the problem, could somebody help

[legolas]

i think no movie has been configured for a 7.1 yet. so if u could get o/p on 5 speakers + 1 woofer, then its fine. may be they ll start from now on...

/legolas

[doom_marine]

Nope when i configure the output to be 5.1 also the surround effect is not there though output comes equally on all channels

[teknoPhobia]

What DVD player software are you using?

[john_the_ultimate]

Which model r u using? Have u activated AC3 decoder from the software which would make the soundboard hardware decoder to be used by ur OS. Is this problem recent or from the begining?

[legolas]

Originally Posted by john_the_ultimate

Which model r u using? Have u activated AC3 decoder from the software which would make the soundboard hardware decoder to be used by ur OS. Is this problem recent or from the begining?

how to activate john? i mean i dont know if i hav activated... how to check otherwise?

/legolas

[john_the_ultimate]

If u have the Creative Surround Mixer than go to setting and activate AC3 DECODER by checking the AC3 decode option. You will find the Creative Surround Mixer in :Start Menu -> Program -> Creative Folder. OR see if any such option is available and is it checked. Which model r u using?

[legolas]

i have SoundMax driver and creative 5.1 speakers... i have AC3 settings in control panel.. but how to make the system configure for 5.1? coz my winamp gets o/p on my 2 front panel speakers alone.

/legolas

[john_the_ultimate]

Originally Posted by legolas

i have SoundMax driver and creative 5.1 speakers... i have AC3 settings in control panel.. but how to make the system configure for 5.1? coz my winamp gets o/p on my 2 front panel speakers alone.

/legolas

Do u have 5.1 or 7.1 speaker(as stated in earlier post)?????? If u play mp3 or audio cd or any such audio format which is not encode in 5.1 channel then u would get o/p on ur 2 front channel. But the woofer should also have o/p with ur 2 front channels. And select 5.1 or 7.1 channel for ur pc from control panel -> multimedia properties-> audio tab( playback - advance properties). And also u must have an software or hardware dvd decoder installed to be able to play a dvd. And I don't use SoundMax so I don't know about it's option available and setting. Sorry... I'll try my best to help u. And by the way what software do u use to playback dvd.

[john_the_ultimate]

Originally Posted by doom_marine

I have a creative 7.1 Speaker setup and a creative Audigy 2 ZS card. The problem is when i play DVD Movies i do not get the surround sound effect properly but in my home theater at home the dvd works fine

What could be the problem, could somebody help

U have a creative card so how can u use SoundMax driver. First install appropriate driver and software provided with ur creative card then try out the solution stated above. SoundMax driver are for onboard audio controller.