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Well I got an Audigy card from my brother because he wasn't using it and I went out to buy some Z-340s today and ended up getting the Z-640s since the price difference was only $30. I went through the little Audigy setup program and made sure all the channels were correct. What game should I try to convice myself that this was worth it? Also Does most DVD player software support 5.1?
all dvds have 5.1, i'd test it with unreal2k3 and watch that one scene in swordfish where he blows up the city block with claymore mines. :) for music, make sure ccms is enabled.
Pinchy, PowerDVD does not come with 5.1 capability by default.
I found this out the hard way.
Where do you enable CCMS?Quote:
Originally posted by PinchyCM
all dvds have 5.1, i'd test it with unreal2k3 and watch that one scene in swordfish where he blows up the city block with claymore mines. :) for music, make sure ccms is enabled.
err....should be under eax console.
Wouldn't going through the movie setup and enabling 5.1 sorround force PowerDVD to also enable it??? The concept of a DVD player with no 5.1 :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by CrawlingEye
Pinchy, PowerDVD does not come with 5.1 capability by default.
I found this out the hard way.
Like buying a cd-player that doesn't include the laser light to read CDs :D
Alright, does it help bigtime with music clarity? Why not keep it on for games?Quote:
Originally posted by PinchyCM
err....should be under eax console.
There is no 5.1 in PowerDVD by default. You must buy the audio-packs that include 5.1 support.Quote:
Originally posted by coolqf
Wouldn't going through the movie setup and enabling 5.1 sorround force PowerDVD to also enable it??? The concept of a DVD player with no 5.1 :eek:
Like buying a cd-player that doesn't include the laser light to read CDs :D
PowerDVD by default does not come with the "6 speaker" option by default, it comes with a 5, IIRC, which is the equal to 4.1 sound.
I find CMSS2 boosts sound and enables use of the surround speakers when listening to music. (mostly lows) I thin CMSS1 is more neutral. Basically all it's doing is acting as a simulated surround and that would screw up the discrete surround effects of EAX in games.Quote:
Originally posted by Alientank
Alright, does it help bigtime with music clarity? Why not keep it on for games?
See if you like CMSS for music and definately leave it OFF for games.:)
Should I enable CMSS 2 for DVDs too?
Only if you don't a have a software Dolby Digital/DTS.Quote:
Originally posted by Kwonger
Should I enable CMSS 2 for DVDs too?
Enabling CMSS on EAX games or DVD's is like enabling some crappy "simulated surround" function at the same time as Dolby Digital.;)
Cool...Didn't know this.
A lot happier about my A2 purchase now. Had it set at CMSS 1 for the whole time.
LOL. That's how it's set on my friend's computer, who also has an A2. I was talking to him on ICQ about his preference on CMSS and he said "what's that?".;) Yeah, CMSS is enabled by default. (those Creative fools):DQuote:
Originally posted by Kwonger
Had it set at CMSS 1 for the whole time.
I'm a little confused by it. I have z-680s and the A2, does this mean I should just leave it off all the time for games cause they all have EAX? Some games that have the option for EAX when I go to enable it, there's no sound, is it cause of CCMS?
Some games have EAX, some don't. It'll usually tell you in the readme file, the box, or the in-game options. If the game has EAX, leave CMSS off. If the game doesn't have EAX, feel free to experiment with CMSS. When a game has EAX and CMSS is disabled, you'll get sound out of the rear speakers. If there's no sound from the rear, then either something is wrong or it is not an EAX game. If you use CMSS with EAX games, you should get sound out of the rear speakers but it will be a blend of EAX and CMSS. This is not favorable. (bad sound effect imaging/placement)Quote:
Originally posted by Alientank
I'm a little confused by it. I have z-680s and the A2, does this mean I should just leave it off all the time for games cause they all have EAX? Some games that have the option for EAX when I go to enable it, there's no sound, is it cause of CCMS?
Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I leave CMSS2 on at all time. The benefits of CMSS1 or 2 is only apparent on multichannel setups... obviously. To me, CMSS1 really sounds distorted and without bass but that is another topic. I don't know about you, but CMSS2 does not mess up games or DVD's. I turned off CMSS completly and tried to play CS (which does use EAX) but sound was only coming out of two channels... same thing happened in BF1942 (EAX again). Once I enabled CMSS2 again, sound was coming out of all speakers and the imaging and placement was there again. Same thing goes for DVD's... CMSS2 does not mess up the sound placement when I play DVD's. Then again, I could be doing something wrong :confused: .Quote:
Originally posted by soupnazi
Some games have EAX, some don't. It'll usually tell you in the readme file, the box, or the in-game options. If the game has EAX, leave CMSS off. If the game doesn't have EAX, feel free to experiment with CMSS. When a game has EAX and CMSS is disabled, you'll get sound out of the rear speakers. If there's no sound from the rear, then either something is wrong or it is not an EAX game. If you use CMSS with EAX games, you should get sound out of the rear speakers but it will be a blend of EAX and CMSS. This is not favorable. (bad sound effect imaging/placement)
That's odd. I'm able get sound coming from the rear speakers with CMSS off in BF1942. Have you clicked on the sound option, "enable hardware acceleration"?
Are you using an Audigy 2 with the latest drivers? (0.383)
PS. If EAX is working in BF1942 with CMSS disabled, you should be hearing engine effects (if driving a tank) in the rear channels, but no music in the rear channels. That is normal.