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5.1 and mp3s

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antok86

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how come when i use winamp to play mp3s only 2 fronts work...but when i use windows media or media player classic i get sound from all speakers??..how do i get winamp to play sound to all speakers?
 
antok86 said:
how come when i use winamp to play mp3s only 2 fronts work...but when i use windows media or media player classic i get sound from all speakers??..how do i get winamp to play sound to all speakers?
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Well MP3's are only recorded in 2 channels which is the 2 fronts on a 5.1 system. Any player on my computer only plays music out of the 2 front speakers on my 5.1. You must have a plugin thats doing the 5.1 in Windows Media or Media Player Classic and dont know about it.

Do you have a codecs pack installed? Thats what probably causing those 2 programs to do it. I know Media Player Classic is included in a lot of codec packs and Windows Media shares the same codecs it uses.
 
do u know how i can get winamp to do what my other apps are doing.....if its codecs? i have klite codec pack
 
Have you tried enabling hardware acceleration?
That usually fixes it with WInamp.
 
Mister X said:
Have you tried enabling hardware acceleration?
That usually fixes it with WInamp.
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Well this topic and this statement motivated me to try to Winamp to play my music in 5.1 sound. I have this enabled but still only plays on the 2 front speakers. I have the latest version also. I use the Realtek 882 integrated audio cheap. Both Windows and the Realtek Control panel is set properly. I also have the latest drivers. Any ideas or its just not possible?

I do remember on my old computer that had the 880D Realtek chip in it and when Winamp released the Winamp 5.1 Surround Sound version it worked perfectly. So I think its just a setting somewhere I have to mess with.
 
Meh I figured it out. I had to enable a environment setting in the Realtek Control Panel to get Winamp to work in 5.1. Stupid Realtek drivers.
 
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