Problems with 5 speakers support.

[tabsuqare]

I have a "Cambridge soundworks desktop theater 5.1" audio system with 5 speakers and a woofer(or how's it called :-x)
and a stupid "Allegro" soundcard wich I will soon change.

My problem is: With winamp I can only hear the sound coming from 2 of the 5 speakers while I should hear 4 of them(this only happens when I play songs from cd and not from the hard drive). Everything works great with windows cd player, so I assume it's something due to winamp plug-ins.

I am confused because there are so many options....
Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks

[Twilightseer]

Use the Cd-reader plug-in.
http://www.url*****~copah

[tabsuqare]

Thanks for helping
I installed the plugin, but now I get a MMSYSTEM032 error when I try to play an mp3 or a file that sais me the format isn't supported or can't be traduced.

mmmm....some more help

Thanks

[Twilightseer]

Odd.
Uninstall Cd-reader and use DirectSound as your output plug-in.

[tabsuqare]

ehm, I searched over the plug-ins section but I couldn't be able to find it. url?

Thanks

[Twilightseer]

It's bundled with Winamp

[tabsuqare]

ehm, what do I have to do to use it? If it's with winamp already, isn't it installed and working?

Sorry for boring, but even If I use winamp since a long time, I never managed with plugins.

[Twilightseer]

Preferences>Plug-ins>Output>Highlight DirectSound

[tabsuqare]

still I can only hear only 2 of the speakers

[Twilightseer]

When you installed the Cd-Reader plug-in, did you rename the original in_cdda.dll ?

[tabsuqare]

yes, I renamed the in_cdda.dll so to don't make winamp use it, as told on the readme file. Then, to uninstall cd reader when you told me to, I just renamed it to the original and deleted the cdreader dll.

[Twilightseer]

This is odd.
Go to the Plug-ins window, select Direct sound and hit Configure. Under directSound Output device, select what best describes your sound system.

[tabsuqare]

no chance. I think I tried that too before. Anyway I tried again and it didn't work.

I was wondering, Isn't there some other good plugin for this kind of things? The cdreader worked only one time with all the 4 speakers and then it started giving me that MMSYSTEM032 error. MAybe some other plugin

[Twilightseer]

It may be a soundcard problem. Try updgrading your soundcard drivers with the latest version.

[tabsuqare]

well, it works with windows cd player and also the soundcard is practically new and the drivers too, so...I think the problem only comes from winamp. I have the sure feeling it is some option or plugin to setup.

[tabsuqare]

damn, I got it to work from all the 4 speakers now. I used directsound and cdreader together, but the sound jumps now.
I think I read I have to lower the buffer. How do I do that?

[Twilightseer]

I think that you need to increase the buffer, not lower it !
Preferences>Plug-ins>Input>Cd-Reader>Configure>Highlight your drive>Configure>Tweak the buffer.

[tabsuqare]

eh eh right!
FINALLY....I say....FINALLY: It works!

Thanks a lot for the help twi.
Hope I 'll have the opprtunity to help you back someday(hardly for winamp I think).

bye

[Twilightseer]

I'm glad this is solved.