Optical In problems with SBlive! Drive

[MadEye2]

I'm trying to wire up my DVD player to my PC so I can make use of 4 channel sound. I'm using the Creative drivers for the Sound Blaster Live! card with the drive bay board I can't find any controls for Optical In - everything else is there but not that. I tried using the SPDIF ports on the DVD and SBLive! card, but with a generic phono cable and didn't get any sound with that either.

Can anyone help with getting optical to work please?

 

[MadEye2]

I can get it to work with the APS Live! drivers, but they don't seem to produce surround sound - whatever goes out of channels 1 and 2 comes out the same with channels 7 and 8

 

[MadEye2]

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[PurdueRy]

Creative tech support is VERY good. I have never used an optical in to my PC as I send everything out to my receiver to play over the home theater surround sound speakers. However, it sounds like you are using CMSS 3d or something as that can play STEREO surround sound. Send an e-mail to the tech support telling the what you are doing exactly and they should offer some good suggestions

 

[MadEye2]

Thanks. I might do that, but I'm also thinking of buying an Audigy card. Do you have any idea if it'll work with the SBlive!'s drive bay?

What's CMSS? My SBlive! is capable of 5.1 surround, but I have tonnes of problems with it's official drivers. The APS live! drivers work better for me, especially for sequencing, but I can't figure out how to make use true surround sound.
I suppose I could get some new speakers. The one's I have now is a 4 satelite and subwoofer affair that don't have any other inputs apart from 2 stereo jacks for front and rear.