Enabling CD Digital Audio in 98se

[gariig]

I want to get my computer to read CD digital audio because I think it will let me listen to a CD on my 4.1's. Even though I hardly do this, I can do it in win2k but not in 98. I see the place I need to check to enable it, but it's greyed out and I don't understand why. I have a SB Live with the LiveWare 3.0 installed. I can't think of anything I can do. I can do it through the CD Audio as the recording device, but I also need my MIC to work more often then not.

Gariig

 

[Pederv]

Have you tried going to the Audio HQ/ Mixer and enabling digital cd audio there? You may have to disable analog cd audio, because it tries to play at the same time.

 

[thraxes]

W2K can transfer the Audio Data in digital mode via IDE. I have not seen Win98 support this internally but there is a plugin for WinAmp that will do just that: Link

Another way is to get that CD drive hooked up with SPDIF connectors to your aound card.

 

[papadoum]

Firstly, to run digital audio, you can't use the conventional sound cable you run from your cdrom to you soundcard, it must be digital, which is a separate jack, which runs to the digital in on your card, the option is more than likely greyed out as you don't have this cable in your system, also, I've read on Audio sites, that running pure music type audio on your system will show little difference in your audio reproduction quality. The playing of digital audio is upto your soundcard, not your O/S.