Switching Creative SB Live! Series (WDM) to default device

Caffran · 07-13-2006, 10:00 PM

Hello,

I've been having trouble recently getting sound out of certain programs such as AIM or Trillian. My sound works properly; I use winamp all the time and it has no problems with playing sounds in video games; however, for some reason I just can't hear anything out of these other programs. I have no other programs running that are using the same device and there is no way (to my knowledge) to change the sound output on programs like AIM.

I read the DXDiag off a previous post in these forums related to a similar problem and noticed that the Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated) on that PC was not set to default. Mine is (highlighted below), and I was wondering if there was a way to set the Default Sound Playback to Yes on the Creative SB Live! Series. I realize this may not fix my issue, but I figured it was worth a shot. If you have any other information that could help, please let me know. Thanks.

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Sound Devices
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Description: Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 81
Type: Emulated
Driver Name:
Driver Version:
Driver Attributes:
WHQL Logo'd:
Date and Size:
Other Files:
Driver Provider:
HW Accel Level: Standard
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

Description: Creative SB Live! Series
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: P16X.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0129 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8/14/2003 11:58:12, 1296384 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
HW Accel Level: Standard
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 96000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 63
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 63
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

whardman · 07-14-2006, 07:09 AM

Go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. Under the Audio tab make sure that Creative is listed as the default audio device.

Caffran · 07-14-2006, 01:32 PM

Ah, thanks. The only place I didn't check

. That fixed it; I appreciate the response.

07-13-2006, 10:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Caffran Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Switching Creative SB Live! Series (WDM) to default device Hello, I've been having trouble recently getting sound out of certain programs such as AIM or Trillian. My sound works properly; I use winamp all the time and it has no problems with playing sounds in video games; however, for some reason I just can't hear anything out of these other programs. I have no other programs running that are using the same device and there is no way (to my knowledge) to change the sound output on programs like AIM. I read the DXDiag off a previous post in these forums related to a similar problem and noticed that the Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated) on that PC was not set to default. Mine is (highlighted below), and I was wondering if there was a way to set the Default Sound Playback to Yes on the Creative SB Live! Series. I realize this may not fix my issue, but I figured it was worth a shot. If you have any other information that could help, please let me know. Thanks. ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 81 Type: Emulated Driver Name: Driver Version: Driver Attributes: WHQL Logo'd: Date and Size: Other Files: Driver Provider: HW Accel Level: Standard Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No Registry: OK Sound Test Result: Not run Description: Creative SB Live! Series Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: P16X.sys Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0129 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: Yes Date and Size: 8/14/2003 11:58:12, 1296384 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd. HW Accel Level: Standard Cap Flags: 0xF5F Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 96000 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 63 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 63 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No Registry: OK Sound Test Result: Not run

07-14-2006, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
whardman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 617 OS: Windows XP My System	Go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. Under the Audio tab make sure that Creative is listed as the default audio device.

07-14-2006, 01:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Caffran Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Ah, thanks. The only place I didn't check . That fixed it; I appreciate the response.