Does the card show up in Device Manager? Easy way to check is to go to Sounds and Audio Devices Properties in Control Panel. Then go to the hardware tab. A list of audio devices will show up. You can check the device properties there and there is also a trouble shooting button.
Bob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Winamp 5.35 and external sound card won't play nice together > Hi Bob > > From what we can tell, no sound appears to be coming from it, even > when headphones or speakers are plugged into it, that's the root of > the problem. What is interesting about this whole thing is that when > her room mate hooks up her external card to the same computer, it > doesn't work either, but it works fine on other computers in the > house. I'm wondering if this isn't some kind of a driver issue? When > she hooked it up, Windows was successfully able to find the card, > but she didn't get any speech, which is what started this whole thing. > So it looks like it's a driver issue but the problem is I don't know > where to go to remove the drivers so windows can properly find the card > again. > If we can get windows to not only find the card but install the > drivers we might have a shot at this! > But thanks for the tip, it's helpful. > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:15 AM 11/4/2007, you wrote: >>Can you set the SB Live to be the default sound card and get system sounds >>from it? If no, you may need to disable some Creative utilities in >>Msconfig. If you do get sound from the SB live you can get the internal >>sound card to be the default and set Winamp to use the SB Live. You want >>to >>make sure that only use preferred devices is not checked in Sounds and >>Audio >>devices on the audio page.. Then go to the output plug-in in Winamp and >>configure it to use the sblive. It should show up as a device if the card >>is properly installed and available in sounds and audio devices. >> >>Bob >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 6:30 AM >>Subject: Winamp 5.35 and external sound card won't play nice together >> >> >> > Hi folks >> > I'm posting this question to multiple lists in hopes I can get a >> > somewhat quick answer. I've got someone who has written to me >> > privately off list who just got an external sound card, it's a SB live! >> > She's using a laptop with a signatel soundcard, yeah not the best >> > but these laptops have never had good sound cards for things. >> > What she would like to do is separate things, so her window-eyes >> > software speech goes on one card, and the music from Winamp goes to >> > the other. She wants to learn how to broadcast, and we've got >> > everything together but this issue came up yesterday and I haven't >> > been able to figure out what in hell is going on. >> > I spent a couple hours with her on the phone and msn trying to get >> > this to work but without much success. Even though everything is >> > plugged in properly, the SB Live card simply will not work, and we >> > can't figure out why. One of her room mates has a very similar card, >> > and he was able to use it without installing the software for it, and >> > when he did it required a working pare of eyes which isn't easy to >> > come by there. I'm just wondering if the card that's not working >> > actually might require the software to work whereas the other one >> > didn't seem to? Also,I'm wondering which card should handle which >> > thing, would the internal sound card handle the software speech >> > better tthan it would music, remember this is for broadcasting >> > purposes so she wants the broadcast to sound as good as it can. I've >> > done everything I can think of, and I am stumped. So, I'm wondering >> > if any of you folks have any ideas? Just for specific's sake, She's >> > using Winamp 5.35 and the Nullsoft waveout plugin for her music >> > output, and in the configuration for that plugin, she has Winamp >> > pointed to her SB Live external card, which as I said at the >> > beginning, doesn't work at all. She hears her speech fine because >> > that's on her regular internal card for the laptop, but no music. Is >> > there something we're doing wrong, or is it possible that her laptop >> > and that particular external card just aren't compadible for some >> > crazy reason or another? >> > >> > I hope what I'm asking makes some sense here, so if anyone can give >> > some tips, I'd be greatful! >> > Thanks! >> > Chris >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> > http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>__________ NOD32 2636 (20071103) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
