Can't get digital output while playing mp3's on my sb live platinum

[heffe734]

I have a sb live platinum w/ live drive and a set of dtt 2200's...i followed the instructions on the manual and installed everything...i ran a diagnostic test of the all the speakers and everything seemed fine...however, when i started to play my mp3's, dvd's, and divx's...the center speaker does not work...can anyone pls help me. Also, instructions on how to use the live drive will be helpful...thanks!

 

[JasonKurtz]

MP3's - there is no centre channel in audio. Get yourself a plugin for Winamp such as OSSD which will create a centre channel out of the two stereo channels. That's what I'm doing with my 5.1 system.

Divx's - Again, no centre channel. I'm not familiar with the DTT speakers, but there might be an option to decode using dolby pro logic, or something like that. Windows Media Player probably can't be configured to create an extra channel out of thin air.

DVD's - do you have S/PDIF output selected in your DVD player? I suggest either PowerDVD or WinDVD, the two most popular dvd programs. You should easily be able to set up S/PDIF output, and then your speaker system should be decoding the Dolby 5.1 signal.

Hope this helps,

 

[heffe734]

Could you tell me where i can find that plugin?

 

[JasonKurtz]

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/browse.jhtml is a pretty good one, that's the one I use.

You can browse winamp.com for others that might more suit your taste.

 

[heffe734]

that link does not work...just tell me where i could find it...i went to the plugins secion yesterday...and i couldn't find anything under ossd...

Also, enable Private Messaging in your profiles section..

 

[JasonKurtz]

Whoops, my bad. I wasn't paying attention to the link I posted, or the name of the program

It's actually DS3D... Just do a search in the plugins section for that program and you'll get it (I just double checked).