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[Nidarrock]

Well I've tried all the options out there but I can't seem to get 5.1 for ME1

I've tweaked the config file in various ways based off of these two options:
www.tweakguides.com/ME_7.html
meforums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html

My sound Card used to be an old Creative Audigy card(which did provide 5.1), but I just upgraded to an HT Omega Claro(which I had read does work with ME1 5.1).  Maybe I am still not getting the config file correct.  Any thoughts would be a huge help.

Perhaps I should have went with a creative card and if so do the X-Fi Titanium cards work well?

Thanks all.

[OMFGitsthatGUY]

 I managed to get 5.1 (not 7.1 ....sniff...) for my usb razer megalodon 7.1 surround sound headset because when I open the launcher for me1 an ac3 filter config loads in the system tray and it was pretty simple from there

http://img163.images...10205015251.png

so tell you what, try opening the launcher and look for an ac3 filter thingy - if that doesnt work download and install the codec and look again, if not ill have to think harder

[Nidarrock]

Thanks for the tip. Sadly it does not seem to work in game. With the ME launcher open I found the icon and adjusted it and it works... until I get to actual gameplay. At this point it seems like the codec shuts downs. I went back in and adjusted the Bioengine config a number of times with the same results. It's a shame that this one game has to prove difficult. Well I'm not giving up yet.



Thanks again, and if you think of anything else let me know.

[Icinix]

There was a huge problem if you edited the files THEN access the config through the launcher rather than the executable itself, so maybe make a shortcut to the executable. Edit the ini files, and run the shortcut with administrator rights and compatibility mode for XP.



I remember having a **** of a time when I made the upgrade to vista, then the same issues with 7. It took a fair bit of trial and error even and the same solution didn't work twice.

[RocShemp]

It's a shame there wasn't a patch to make multichannel audio in ME1 as easy as it is for ME2.



I simply use my videocard (a Radeon HD 5670) as a sound card and get 7.1 audio on ME2. Sadly, though my receiver reports 7.1 audio from ME1 as well, it only gets 2.0 audio from ME1.

[NipWup]

locate your BIOengine.ini   BACK IT UP FIRST

open in notepad and look for this heading "[ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]" just use ctrl+f to find quickly

if you have an X-Fi card you can copy past this exactly with no problems.
if you dont have an X-fi you may have to use "MaxChannels=64" or "MaxChannels=32"
and "TotalAvailableChannels=64" or "TotalAvailableChannels=32"
or may not work at all for audio cards other than X-fi.... still worth a try


[ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]
UseEAX=True
Use3DSound=True
UseDefaultDriver=True
MaxEAXVersion=5
UsePrecache=True
MaxChannels=125
CompatibilityMode=False
UseFilter=True
UseReverb=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15.000000
UseEffectsProcessing=False
LowQualitySound=False
DisablePitch=False
OutputRate=48kHz
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
NoHALSupport0=RealTek AC97
NoHALSupport1=SigmaTel Audio
NoHALSupport2=Realtek HD Audio output
NoHALSupport3=Sound Blaster Audigy
NoHALSupport4=SB Audigy
//DeviceName=
DeviceName=Generic Hardware
ReserveChannels=2
TotalAvailableChannels=125

this should fix your surround sound issue.. hope this helps

Edit: just looked at that link you posted, almost exactly what i did.... hmmm buy an x-fi ! lol

Modifié par NipWup, 07 novembre 2010 - 03:18 .

[RocShemp]

NipWup wrote...

locate your BIOengine.ini   BACK IT UP FIRST

open in notepad and look for this heading "[ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]" just use ctrl+f to find quickly

if you have an X-Fi card you can copy past this exactly with no problems.
if you dont have an X-fi you may have to use "MaxChannels=64" or "MaxChannels=32"
and "TotalAvailableChannels=64" or "TotalAvailableChannels=32"
or may not work at all for audio cards other than X-fi.... still worth a try


[ISACTAudio.ISACTAudioDevice]
UseEAX=True
Use3DSound=True
UseDefaultDriver=True
MaxEAXVersion=5
UsePrecache=True
MaxChannels=125
CompatibilityMode=False
UseFilter=True
UseReverb=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15.000000
UseEffectsProcessing=False
LowQualitySound=False
DisablePitch=False
OutputRate=48kHz
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
NoHALSupport0=RealTek AC97
NoHALSupport1=SigmaTel Audio
NoHALSupport2=Realtek HD Audio output
NoHALSupport3=Sound Blaster Audigy
NoHALSupport4=SB Audigy
//DeviceName=
DeviceName=Generic Hardware
ReserveChannels=2
TotalAvailableChannels=125

this should fix your surround sound issue.. hope this helps

Edit: just looked at that link you posted, almost exactly what i did.... hmmm buy an x-fi ! lol

Tried it.  Seems that trick doesn't work when your soundcard is a Radeon HD 5670.

[NipWup]

I didnt even realise you can use a GPU as a soundcard.... i can see why you are having problems, do you have motherboard onboard sound ? if so try that you will have a much better chance of it working..

[RocShemp]

NipWup wrote...

I didnt even realise you can use a GPU as a soundcard.... i can see why you are having problems, do you have motherboard onboard sound ? if so try that you will have a much better chance of it working..

Yeah, I have a Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 in my HTPC which I use to bitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio tracks to my receiver.

It works just fine for gaming too.  Mass Effect 2 and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey play in 7.1 surround.  Unfortunately, Mas Effect does not.  My receiver reports that it is receiving a 7.1 signal when I play that particular game but in reality all but the left and right speakers are silent.  I need to change my HTPC's audio settings to 2 channel so that I can at least your PLIIx on my receiver when playing Mass Effect.

My mobo had analog outputs in the back.  I'll need to get a set of minijack to RCA splitters to hook it up to the multichannel analog inputs of my receiver.  But that rather defeats the purpose of having a videocard that outputs all my audio through a single HDMI out.

Modifié par RocShemp, 09 novembre 2010 - 11:31 .

[NipWup]

Nice! this sounds very new to me as i have always used creative soundcards and have never considered any other.... are you using the GPU only for audio connectivity or does/can it process and decode audio ?.. or your onboard sound is used but connected through your gpu ? if not id be interested to see what your audio control pannel looks like.

furthermore I would have to highly recommend an X-fi card to sort out any incompatibilities with just about anything out there.. depending on your receiver and depending what model x-fi you can get.. you can connect via fiber, coax or miniport. If you have a fiber connection on your receiver that would be the ultimate quality option !

Modifié par NipWup, 10 novembre 2010 - 04:35 .

[RocShemp]

I use it for audio connectivity. See I use my PC as an HTPC (especially since my PS3 recently died). Since my receiver can handle lossless audio, I use the combo of my i5 processor and my 5670 gpu to bitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA to my Onkyo 705. That said, should I wish it, I can use TotalMedia Theater 3 to decode said audio to LPCM and simply use my receiver as an amplifier.

I followed these suggestions as a general guide:
http://www.avsforum....70#post18816470

Modifié par RocShemp, 10 novembre 2010 - 10:04 .

[Nidarrock]

Thanks everyone for your tips. It seems that this was just the wrong card to get, so now I'm looking into an X-Fi card. Talk about a huge backfire though. Trying to move on from the issues with the 360 version only to fall into others on PC.



And RocShemp, that sounds like a very sweet set-up. I'm not quite there yet. However I went with this card because of it's optical output for my receiver and PCI interface.

[Nidarrock]

Ok so new problem. I returned the Claro card and went with the X-Fi Titanium card and now I have sound in 5.0. The subwoofer is not receiving a signal and from some experimenting, even ME2 does not register on the subwoofer. Yet games that use ALchemy(ex: Guild Wars) run beautifully. I know I'm missing something here. I'm close.



One other minor gripe is that with these audio setting the game has a few slip framerate drops, but no-where near as bad as the 360 so I'm willing to ignore it.

[NipWup]

I am sure you have already but... run the auto update and download everything associated with the card.... once it is finnished re-run the auto update incase of incremental version updates...



also need more information.. your sys, os and what speaker system are you using and connectivity....



check your audio control pannel and run self diagnostics to rule out any hardware fault



I have a 7.1 Gigaworks S750 system and get flawless performace using the x-fi in ME1 and 2 you sould beable to achive the same.



The only thing I have done that most others donot is compleatly disable my onboard sound in device manager to rule out any potential conflicts.



BTW - Alchemy does not play apart in ME as it is an OpenAL game.



if you are expiriencing framerate drop caused by your audio card... that is just not right, somthing is wrong, most likely software or firmware based. X-fi cards should be giving you fps... in most cases it sould give you an extra 1 or 2 frames as it is taking the audio processing load off the cpu.

[Nidarrock]

Yeah I've run the auto-updater a handful of times now, and I've even went and downloaded a few "official" beta updates that I saw just in case. From what research I've done it seems it's an issue with the optical output. Which is what I intended to use. Another interesting thing I found is it seems that the bass is being directed to my right front speaker.



My OS is windows 7 (64), and my preferred set-up method is to use the SPDIF out to my receiver. Using my old 5.1 creative speaker set-up runs fine, but it's not 100% and I'd like to reduce the amount of wires & speakers.



PC specs:

Intel Core I5 2.67ghz

4 GB ram

GPU: Nvidia Geforce gts 250

Audio Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium



The reason I mentioned the ALchemy games is because I figured it might have been a card issue, yet it works for those games.

[NipWup]

check your speaker connections that they are connected in the right spot... having your bass redirected to your front right speaker suggests you have it connected incorrectly.. swap your sub and front right speaker and test again. within your creative console, launch your speaker setup console and test the direction of your speakers to confirm correct positioning and while your at it check your polarity for inverse wave



if still no joy..



test the sub in console... does it work or is it directed incorrectly or no sound whatsoever ?.. try alternate conectivity such as miniport jacks and retest the sub. have a play around with the internal and external decoder settings although it should have nothing to do with it..

[Nidarrock]

Sorry for a late response. I seem to only encounter the loss of the sub when using the optical out and using the console for testing I find the quietest of sounds from the sub... even with bass options maxed. So in there it gets directed properly yet quiet, but elsewhere its redirected. I'm not sure where to check for inverse wave in the console.



What I did find is that using the output for center/sub and plugging it directly into my sub works fine. No big surprise as those outputs work 100% with my old PC speakers. Could it be the actual optical output port or the cable? I'll check the cable, why not.

[NipWup]

now.. sorry for my late reply hehe.. looks like your on to something there. Im not sure from here on.. only thing i can say is it cannot be the cable or the actual optical output port, there may be an internal hardware problem but doubtful. The fact you are getting perfect sound on the other channels other than the sub when using the optical out means the optical connectivity is fine. Optical works on light pulse's in a direct manner not parallel, meaning if you did have a connectivity problem it would have a general effect, effecting all channels..



If you find a solution let me know !

thanks.