Vista - Audio/sound problems

If you have Audio/sound problems, then you must be specific about what
hardware and software you are using. My SB X-Fi audio card works on Vista
RC1 5600; however, SB (Sound Blaster) says "This download supports Windows
Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta 2 Build 5384 and Build 5456, and may not work on
other Vista builds."

SB has unsupported Beta drivers.

I also have onboard audio SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio and both X-Fi
and Sigmatel work the same way. WMP 11 works great, but PowerDVD 7 has
crackly sound. I am only able to get 2 speaker confuguration. XP OS worked
great with 5.1 and used less settings. Vista has a few too many audio
controls. I now feel like I am an Astronaut when I use Vista. I bet ya that
Vista will appeal to rocket scientists. Me thinks Vista is not very user
friendly.

Mick,

Remember CreativeLabs is responsible for the X-Fi drivers for Vista, not
Microsoft. Since the current Beta drivers expire in a couple of weeks, I
would expect to see updated drivers with more functionality shortly.


Bill F.

"Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E6F4DB5-A485-4A62-A065-3FF3E32CB90B@microsoft.com...
> If you have Audio/sound problems, then you must be specific about what
> hardware and software you are using. My SB X-Fi audio card works on Vista
> RC1 5600; however, SB (Sound Blaster) says "This download supports Windows
> Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta 2 Build 5384 and Build 5456, and may not work
> on
> other Vista builds."
>
> SB has unsupported Beta drivers.
>
> I also have onboard audio SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio and both
> X-Fi
> and Sigmatel work the same way. WMP 11 works great, but PowerDVD 7 has
> crackly sound. I am only able to get 2 speaker confuguration. XP OS
> worked
> great with 5.1 and used less settings. Vista has a few too many audio
> controls. I now feel like I am an Astronaut when I use Vista. I bet ya
> that
> Vista will appeal to rocket scientists. Me thinks Vista is not very user
> friendly.
>