Problem with speakers

[Elemennop]

I have a set of Logitech 5.1 X-5305 speakers with a Chaintech 7.1 soundcard; I've downloaded the newest drivers, and when I test the speakers in 5.1 format with the driver it plays through all the speakers perfectly; however, my music won't. I regularly use iTunes to play my music off my iPod, and it was only playing through Front left+right and the subwoofer. I thought it might have been a software problem, so I tried Winamp, and does the exact same thing.

Any solutions?

 

[Fanny]

Do you have the settings set to 5.1 in the control panel?

 

[Elemennop]

Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio > Default Audio Device (Envy24 Family Audio WDM) > Advanced >

It was already set to 5.1 speakers.

 

[TheBoy]

You need something to upmix a stereo source (CDs) to six channel surround (Creative's cards have CMSS) or like Dolby Pro Logic. If the source is only stereo what you're going to hear will be stereo

 

[Elemennop]

So the mp3's I have won't be able to play stereo unless I re-rip them?

 

[frootbooter]

They'll play stereo unless you "re-rip" them.

 

[TheBoy]

any mp3 or wav or other sound file format will play through two speakers if it is stereo or mono, but play them on a something that can't create the extra channels for a 5.1 system and you won't get the extra channels, you'll just hear it through the front left and right speakers and the sub. The extra channels can either be the front speakers mirored to the back, or certain frequencies (or something like that) are picked for the back speakers but you need software (and the right hardware i think) to be able to do it.

 

[Kishan]

enable directsound in winamp.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Elemennop
So the mp3's I have won't be able to play stereo unless I re-rip them?

A lot of mp3s are in joint stereo, which doesn't work well with pro-logic at all.

Very few albums actually benefit from channel expansion, because the simply aren't recorded to be played that way.

However, normal stereo tracks should work with prologic.

Does it work when you use CD audio input?