ibster
Established Member
I purchased a C-media based card with an optical out. I have connected the pc to my amp via an optical cable and manage to get windows sounds by selecting the SPDIF out option on the mixer control panel.
When i try to play dvd's i select SP/DIF out and i get no sound. I have enabled/disabled the SPDIF settings on the mixer and also set it to 2 channels. i still cant get sound when playing a dvd. I also cant find any function in the mixer where it tells me that i can disble the onboard processing and just allow passthrough.
Has anyone else had these problems ? if so could they be fixed ? please let me know.
thanxs in advance
ps the card im using is called a nicole 5.1 and has the c-media 8738 chip. The bundled s/w has a mixer which controls all the settings.
(also would i need a cdout cable from my dvd player to the sound card ?)
When i try to play dvd's i select SP/DIF out and i get no sound. I have enabled/disabled the SPDIF settings on the mixer and also set it to 2 channels. i still cant get sound when playing a dvd. I also cant find any function in the mixer where it tells me that i can disble the onboard processing and just allow passthrough.
Has anyone else had these problems ? if so could they be fixed ? please let me know.
thanxs in advance
ps the card im using is called a nicole 5.1 and has the c-media 8738 chip. The bundled s/w has a mixer which controls all the settings.
(also would i need a cdout cable from my dvd player to the sound card ?)