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Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

Iain Mackenzi

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Iain Mackenzi » Sun, 16 Sep 2001 01:08:50

Has anyone else tried to run GPL after a CLEAN install of XP?  Everything is
OK except for the engine sound which is totally wrong!  It just sounds,
well, musical!  When I did an upgrade to XP from ME it was OK, but a fresh
install has***ed up the sound on my SBLive completely on GPL - it's
unusable - help!
Iain
Borut Srebotni

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Borut Srebotni » Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:03:10

same here, fresh install. don't know about the upgrade. never tried it.
other SB Live users report very bad sound in some other games. some games
work o.k. ( N4 is the only i tried and is ok ).

borut

Kirk Hous

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Kirk Hous » Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:21:58

Someone told me that setting sound quality lower in APP.ini helps
this is what I have, works better in Win2K
[ Sound ]
soundQuality = 2


Stefan Zscharnac

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Stefan Zscharnac » Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:33:32

I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other settings
wit sounds.
What device to use etc.
Stefan Zscharnack

Iain Mackenzi

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Iain Mackenzi » Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:25:16

Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
change to resolve this?
Iain


Jari Jokine

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Jari Jokine » Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:17:26

Try setting Control Panel/Multimedia/Audio/Playback/Advanced
Properties/Performance/Harware acceleration to Full.


>Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
>change to resolve this?
>Iain



>> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
>> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
>> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other settings
>> wit sounds.
>> What device to use etc.
>> Stefan Zscharnack

Brian Bowle

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Brian Bowle » Tue, 18 Sep 2001 03:09:21

You have to get different drivers. There are some hacked ones on the net
somewhere. Someone gave me some that work much better. I do not know where
they came from though. My sound was real bad too. Now it seems fine.

> Try setting Control Panel/Multimedia/Audio/Playback/Advanced
> Properties/Performance/Harware acceleration to Full.



> >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
> >change to resolve this?
> >Iain



> >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
> >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
> >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
settings
> >> wit sounds.
> >> What device to use etc.
> >> Stefan Zscharnack

Iain Mackenzi

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Iain Mackenzi » Tue, 18 Sep 2001 03:54:08

Where did you get these drivers from?
Iain


> You have to get different drivers. There are some hacked ones on the net
> somewhere. Someone gave me some that work much better. I do not know where
> they came from though. My sound was real bad too. Now it seems fine.


> > Try setting Control Panel/Multimedia/Audio/Playback/Advanced
> > Properties/Performance/Harware acceleration to Full.



> > >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
> > >change to resolve this?
> > >Iain



> > >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
> > >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
> > >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
> settings
> > >> wit sounds.
> > >> What device to use etc.
> > >> Stefan Zscharnack

Rafe McAulif

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Rafe McAulif » Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:45:06

Iain, I had this IDENTICAL problem. When I changed the sblive settings
for simultaneous wave sounds to 0, the problem was fixed. Setting it
back to more than that would bring the problem back. Only in GPL too.

I can't remember what my permanent fix was, but I've got a feeling it
sorted itself out after a reboot while it was set to 0. No driver
change either. Go figure.

HTH
Rafe Mc

On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:25:16 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"


>Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
>change to resolve this?
>Iain



>> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
>> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
>> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other settings
>> wit sounds.
>> What device to use etc.
>> Stefan Zscharnack

Iain Mackenzi

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Iain Mackenzi » Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:48:34

Rafe,
How did you make that change on XP? I can't see how to do it in Control
Panel. Do you mean within GPL itself?
Iain

> Iain, I had this IDENTICAL problem. When I changed the sblive settings
> for simultaneous wave sounds to 0, the problem was fixed. Setting it
> back to more than that would bring the problem back. Only in GPL too.

> I can't remember what my permanent fix was, but I've got a feeling it
> sorted itself out after a reboot while it was set to 0. No driver
> change either. Go figure.

> HTH
> Rafe Mc

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:25:16 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

> >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
> >change to resolve this?
> >Iain



> >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
> >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
> >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
settings
> >> wit sounds.
> >> What device to use etc.
> >> Stefan Zscharnack

Rafe McAulif

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Rafe McAulif » Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:51:22

On win98 actually, but it's not within the control panel. From the
Creative "AudioHQ", then go to the Device controls, where you can
choose no. of simultaneous waves.

Rafe Mc

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:48:34 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"


>Rafe,
>How did you make that change on XP? I can't see how to do it in Control
>Panel. Do you mean within GPL itself?
>Iain


>> Iain, I had this IDENTICAL problem. When I changed the sblive settings
>> for simultaneous wave sounds to 0, the problem was fixed. Setting it
>> back to more than that would bring the problem back. Only in GPL too.

>> I can't remember what my permanent fix was, but I've got a feeling it
>> sorted itself out after a reboot while it was set to 0. No driver
>> change either. Go figure.

>> HTH
>> Rafe Mc

>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:25:16 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

>> >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
>> >change to resolve this?
>> >Iain



>> >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
>> >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
>> >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
>settings
>> >> wit sounds.
>> >> What device to use etc.
>> >> Stefan Zscharnack

Iain Mackenzi

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Iain Mackenzi » Wed, 26 Sep 2001 06:01:25

Well, there's the problem.  Creative haven't released a version of Liveware
(inc Audio HQ) for XP yet.  Coming in mid-oct though.
Iain


> On win98 actually, but it's not within the control panel. From the
> Creative "AudioHQ", then go to the Device controls, where you can
> choose no. of simultaneous waves.

> Rafe Mc

> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:48:34 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

> >Rafe,
> >How did you make that change on XP? I can't see how to do it in Control
> >Panel. Do you mean within GPL itself?
> >Iain


> >> Iain, I had this IDENTICAL problem. When I changed the sblive settings
> >> for simultaneous wave sounds to 0, the problem was fixed. Setting it
> >> back to more than that would bring the problem back. Only in GPL too.

> >> I can't remember what my permanent fix was, but I've got a feeling it
> >> sorted itself out after a reboot while it was set to 0. No driver
> >> change either. Go figure.

> >> HTH
> >> Rafe Mc

> >> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:25:16 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

> >> >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did you
> >> >change to resolve this?
> >> >Iain



> >> >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
> >> >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
> >> >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
> >settings
> >> >> wit sounds.
> >> >> What device to use etc.
> >> >> Stefan Zscharnack

Das

Problems with GPL and fresh install of XP

by Das » Sat, 29 Sep 2001 15:58:19

I had the same problem before i updated the drivers with some beta drivers,
cant remember the site address though, but it fixed the sound, GPL sounds
perfect.

Cheers

> Well, there's the problem.  Creative haven't released a version of
Liveware
> (inc Audio HQ) for XP yet.  Coming in mid-oct though.
> Iain



> > On win98 actually, but it's not within the control panel. From the
> > Creative "AudioHQ", then go to the Device controls, where you can
> > choose no. of simultaneous waves.

> > Rafe Mc

> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:48:34 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

> > >Rafe,
> > >How did you make that change on XP? I can't see how to do it in Control
> > >Panel. Do you mean within GPL itself?
> > >Iain


> > >> Iain, I had this IDENTICAL problem. When I changed the sblive
settings
> > >> for simultaneous wave sounds to 0, the problem was fixed. Setting it
> > >> back to more than that would bring the problem back. Only in GPL too.

> > >> I can't remember what my permanent fix was, but I've got a feeling it
> > >> sorted itself out after a reboot while it was set to 0. No driver
> > >> change either. Go figure.

> > >> HTH
> > >> Rafe Mc

> > >> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:25:16 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

> > >> >Thats exactly the effect  -- steps up and down!  What settings did
you
> > >> >change to resolve this?
> > >> >Iain



> > >> >> I also had some sound problems with SB live , but in Win98.
> > >> >> The engine sound  was like stears. . . strange steps up and down.
> > >> >> I think the problem was the settings in windows, modem and other
> > >settings
> > >> >> wit sounds.
> > >> >> What device to use etc.
> > >> >> Stefan Zscharnack


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