April 17, 200818 yr I've been using VLC media player for some time in Windows 98SE.It's good for playing QuickTime 7 files.I have Creative Sound Blaster Live! 4-speaker audio.My Creative drivers are:A3D.DLL - 80.0.0.3AC3API.DLL - 4.6.0.506CIFMAN.DLL - 4.5.0.1005CIFMAN.VXD - 4.5.0.1003CSPMAN.DLL - 4.14.0.1CTMM16.DRV - 4.12.1.900CTSYN.VXD - 4.6.0.609CTSYN16.DRV - 4.6.0.603CTWT16.DRV - 4.12.1.900DEVCON32.DLL - 4.6.0.659EMU10K1.VXD - 4.12.1.906SBLFX.DLL - 5.12.1.3210SFMAN.VXD - 4.6.0.502SFMAN32.DLL - 4.6.0.3301These are the latest version VxD drivers that I have determined to work on 98SE.The problem is, that I have never got 4-speaker sound working in VLC...I can use stereo, but 4-speaker just gives me a high pitched scratching noise.I have KB269601 (KB242937) Multi-Channel Non-PCM Audio Update installed.This update allows 4-speaker audio from some other software that did not work before.Generally software needs to use waveOut Win32 API on 98SE to work with more than stereo.But... Not VLC media player...BTW, I've tried the stock-standard Creative 9x Web Release drivers for the Sound Blaster Live! with no difference (except instability in Windows!)...No problem on the same PC with Windows XP and the Creative Web Release XP drivers.Does anyone else have this problem with VLC media player and a Creative Sound Blaster Live! sound card?Or... does anyone use VLC and a Live! card with 4 speakers okay?Obviously this only applies to media with more than two channel sound.
April 17, 200818 yr Personally I've had nothing but problems with my SB Live!... I miss my old Sound Blaster 128 with emulated DOS drivers.Can you upload your drivers or point me to them please? It's a pain to find stable ones.
April 18, 200818 yr Author glocK_94 said: ...Can you upload your drivers or point me to them please? It's a pain to find stable ones. Hey glocK_94, see my new topic here: https://msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=115903 Edited August 14, 20251 yr by RetroOS Fix broken link
April 19, 200818 yr Author ...I miss my old Sound Blaster 128 with emulated DOS drivers...Hi glocK_94, I've got another present for you...I've uploaded the DOS Emulation drivers for the Live!See here again: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=115903
July 6, 200818 yr Author RetroOS said: ... The problem is, that I have never got 4-speaker sound working in VLC... I can use stereo, but 4-speaker just gives me a high pitched scratching noise. ... Okay, it looks like 0.8.6h has fixed my problem... To get VLC player 0.8.6h working in 9x, see here: https://msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=113345&view=findpost&p=778510 I can now select Win32 waveOut extension output and it actually works instead of scratching noise for 5.1 audio... Edited August 14, 20251 yr by RetroOS Fix broken link
July 6, 200818 yr Hi glocK_94, I've got another present for you...I've uploaded the DOS Emulation drivers for the Live!See here again: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=115903Wow, I can't believe how I managed to miss this topic for so long! Thanks a lot RetroOs! :
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