Newbie DSP Confusion

Michael Berg · Dec 27, 2005, 03:16 AM

Hi.

I've just started fooling around with the DSP and am immediately confused by something. My speakers are plugged into the Analog Front Out (green) socket of my Audigy 2 Value card, (model no SB0400) but the only way I get audio is when the front left and front right outputs of the surrounder are connected to the SPDIF, yes, SPDIF ports on the Epilog. The SPDIF faders on the KXMixer affect the audio level. Can anyone explain? Thanks,

Mick Berg.

Johnny_x · Feb 5, 2006, 03:42 PM

i have olso a prob whit spdif out.
i instalt the 3538i and i can't get it to work on my recever
analog works fine ,whits give's e nice sound (mp3)(5.0) on me sistem
but movie playback tru spdif out is dead
and i try to clear the dsp and make a setup for spdif only but das not work either,am i doing something wrong here?,or is it the 3538i?
my sound card is ths sbl 0400

Maddogg6 · Feb 5, 2006, 05:54 PM

Well, I didn't use 3538I very long, I dont think I used spdif out from it, 3538H and 3538J both do/did work for me.

There is also a switch on the main KX mixer page to 'Swap Front And Rear' - make sure that is set correctly.

Make sure Windows Sound and Audio properties - Speaker setup is set to 5.1.
Then in KX Surrounder - select the speakers setup you have.

For DVD playback - AC3 pass through would be needed for you are using your internal DVD player - the audio (in XP, by default) DOES NOT use the SPDIF, it sends audio vai the IDE cable, to allow CD ripping I presume. So, if you DO have the SPDIF cable connected from the internal DVD player - go to the windoes device manager and change the DVD - uncheck 'Enable digital CD ausio for this CD-ROM device'. This will make use of the SPDIF.
Then enable AC3 Passthrough in KX.

Alternatively - you can try 'redocnexk' - its a thread in the forums here - it can encode AC3 stream for outputting VIA a SPDIF port to an external speaker/HT receiver.

Hope that helps.

Russ · Feb 5, 2006, 11:44 PM

Search the forum. There are some other threads about this issue and the Audigy 2 Value (SB0400).

Dec 27, 2005, 03:16 AM	#1
Michael Berg DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: LA Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	Newbie DSP Confusion Hi. I've just started fooling around with the DSP and am immediately confused by something. My speakers are plugged into the Analog Front Out (green) socket of my Audigy 2 Value card, (model no SB0400) but the only way I get audio is when the front left and front right outputs of the surrounder are connected to the SPDIF, yes, SPDIF ports on the Epilog. The SPDIF faders on the KXMixer affect the audio level. Can anyone explain? Thanks, Mick Berg.

Feb 5, 2006, 03:42 PM	#2
Johnny_x HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: lithuanian Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i have no dspif out either i have olso a prob whit spdif out. i instalt the 3538i and i can't get it to work on my recever analog works fine ,whits give's e nice sound (mp3)(5.0) on me sistem but movie playback tru spdif out is dead and i try to clear the dsp and make a setup for spdif only but das not work either,am i doing something wrong here?,or is it the 3538i? my sound card is ths sbl 0400

Feb 5, 2006, 05:54 PM	#3
Maddogg6 Tail Razer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bernyurass, AZ - USA Posts: 4,027 Rep Power: 0	Well, I didn't use 3538I very long, I dont think I used spdif out from it, 3538H and 3538J both do/did work for me. There is also a switch on the main KX mixer page to 'Swap Front And Rear' - make sure that is set correctly. Make sure Windows Sound and Audio properties - Speaker setup is set to 5.1. Then in KX Surrounder - select the speakers setup you have. For DVD playback - AC3 pass through would be needed for you are using your internal DVD player - the audio (in XP, by default) DOES NOT use the SPDIF, it sends audio vai the IDE cable, to allow CD ripping I presume. So, if you DO have the SPDIF cable connected from the internal DVD player - go to the windoes device manager and change the DVD - uncheck 'Enable digital CD ausio for this CD-ROM device'. This will make use of the SPDIF. Then enable AC3 Passthrough in KX. Alternatively - you can try 'redocnexk' - its a thread in the forums here - it can encode AC3 stream for outputting VIA a SPDIF port to an external speaker/HT receiver. Hope that helps.

Feb 5, 2006, 11:44 PM	#4
Russ HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,563 Rep Power: 62	Search the forum. There are some other threads about this issue and the Audigy 2 Value (SB0400).