5.1 speaker set up doesn't like waveout

February 2, 2006 9:59 AM

Having upgraded to 5.1 speakers, I find my sound occasionally dying and requiring a reboot...

I didn't change my soundcard hardware, just plugged in the 5.1 speakers. They work fine, but sometimes sound will just stop working - but only for some applications. I think I have identified the problem to be with waveout - anything using Directsound still plays, but anything using waveout doesn't - so the Windows XP sounds don't work, but Winamp does (now that I have a Directsound plugin).

How can I either stop this from happening, or set Windows to only use Directsound?

posted by Orange Goblin to computers & internet (2 comments total)

Have you tried getting the latest version of the sound driver?
posted by kenchie at 11:59 AM on February 2, 2006

Yep, and I still have the problem.
posted by Orange Goblin at 12:23 PM on February 2, 2006