Beta - Windows

When using VirtualDJ and switching from simple low latency to Creative Asio the whole driver crashes resulting in no sound and audio console is all blank with no dials or writing resulting in a reinstall of the Creative Drivers. http://www.virtualdj.com/

Since installing "creative x-fi xtreme gamer "computer does not come out of standby and reboot is needed.

-spdiff With current beta spdiff ac3 passthru is not possible in Vista ult. 64. When testing dolby/dts in Vistas control panel the message appears, that the spdif is in use. Nero Showtime is hanging when setuped for passthru, WinDVD doens't show spdiff passthru, VLC doesn't passthru. Switching "spdifs" as default audio device doesn't help. In XP x64 and the same driver spdif passthru is working, it is a driver/vista x64 problem. -asio when using asio for playback sometimes the sound is up pitched. Rebooting helps.

THX console lacks speaker positioning in the new driver 2.18, worked fine with previous diver off the installation disk Installing new beta console launcher does not do the trick, so new THX application is needed.

Frequently when using the beta drivers, and occasionally other drivers as well, the sound channels will randomly switch around. For example, when playing stereo music out of 5.1 speakers, sound will normally be played through front speakers, but occasionally will swap to rear speakers, or both left speakers, etc. If the format is set via driver software to 2-speaker mode, sometimes the music will abruptly come through the center speaker. Also, sometimes when playing 5.1 music, all speakers will seem to rotate one to the left (front left to back left, back left to back right, back right to sub, sub to front right, front right to center, center to front left).

After S3 standby mode, the remmote control don't recevide commands from RM-1800.

Reproducible crash to desktop with Battelfield 2 Version 1.41): 1. Install Beta 2.18 drivers and restart windows 2. Start BF2 3a Select Sound Options or 3b start a Map and wait until it is loaded in both cases (3a and 3b) you get back to desktop.

Decoding Dolby Digital DTS of signals does not work neither in any mode and nor in any application. The digital stream through a digital out without decoding is deduced only.

When any sound is playing and i scroll up and down a page i hear constant crackling and when playing COD 4 crackling and sound loss and random times

The sound when playing music is faster than usual, and when playing movie the sound & picture is played faster than usual

Drivers 2.18.004 vista 64 When you set the dynamic range to full in Dolby option. You will have crackling and parasite sound. Occurs espacially in action scene with loud sound.

I have a nforce 4 ultra board, vista premium 64 bit with 4 gigs of ram. Latest creative drivers that are supposed to fix 4 gig memory issue, still dont. If I disable hardware and software mapping so the system only sees 3 gigs of memory the sound is crystal clear no problems. Also have the latest chipset drivers from nvidia.

No matter what I do (UAC disabled, Run as Administrator etc.) the oainstaller just won't stick (ie. the OpenAL32.dll file isn't anywhere on any drive after running the installer).

Using the 2.18.0004 drivers, upon startup of Windows and the subsequent login, the initial Windows Startup comes out massively distorted, with pops, crackles, and slowdown of audio with the occasional changing of mode of the card. This only happens when there is more than 4 GB of addressable space, and this also affects any other software that uses that particular path to play audio (Flash player), though the effect is significantly reduced using other playback means (foobar2000 using any of the audio drivers). This issue does not exist under XP32 IF I set the boot option /MAXMEM=4096. It also doesn't exist if I only have 2 GB installed for XP64 (which defeats the point of using a 64-bit OS). This leads me to believe the drivers are FUBAR and whoever is doing the coding has no access to any system with more than 4 GB of addressable space.

Upon selecting any other speaker configuration (ie, 4 or 5.1 speakers) -- distortion and crackling can be heard. Then, after changing the option back to 2.1 the distortion and crackling go away.

I'm using the latest version of the drivers and when i play TF2, sometimes there's no sound in place where obviously it should be (spinning the Heavy minigun), or when the sound appear it's crackling high-frequent noise (yeah noise, not sound)

I have a optical cabel from the Elite Pro external box. This cable goes to my dolby and dts enabled amplifier.

When listening to multichannel music or playing dvd:s with multichannel sound. The sound disapears at times (say ones in 2-4 minutes) and comes back on. My amplifier shows the channels that are coming in and they flikker on/off when this happens.

Normal music (stereo) and other sounds thrue the optical spdiff are ok. Also things worked fine with windows XP.

The card is pci version.

I have tried multiple players (ex. prower dvd). And there is always the same problem.

Also the problem does not happend in the same part of the movie or music recording so it's not about the recording.

After installing SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0004 drivers on my x-fi platinum, I noticed that the volume control in the RM-1800 remote control only affects the left speaker

I can play through the first level of Doom 3 1.3.1 with EAX4 enabled, but once the level is finished the game quits back to main menu. The error message is "Error unloading data from OpenAL hardware buffer."

main problem is that, when playing midi through Soudfont device (Synth A or Synth B) for some reason does not work DSP FX's rever and chorus, and other effects, while they work on the wave out. Eax enabled on max, reberbsend too stand on max.

Creative RM-1800 Renote control doesn't work. It worked fine for a while, but after a few weeks (auto-update, I assume), the remote just work for left channel volume, and the scroll buttons just stopped working.

Hello, i have a serious problem. i cant get my xfi installed on my vista x64 machine. i know that there are some problems but i dont even found a beta driver. can you please give me some information about? so that i only can hear a noise from my pc? thanks a lot

Sometimes when changing from Entertainment mode to Game mode you can hear crackle hiss and statick and only way to fix it is to click reset settings several times or switch betwen each mode several times.

Any SOUND when played will make the process "Windows Audio" shutdown. When started back again and tried with something other audio same issue. Solved By ticking "Disable Sound Blaster Enhancements" but with this off in control panel, sound, properties,whats the sense buying the card. It will not have the special features that it came with. Its worst than using built in sound

There is no Xtreme Audio driver for Windows 7 Beta! It's quite disturbing that I cannot use my soundcard!

The 2.18.0006 and 2.18.0008 drivers cause a memory leak in audiodg.exe. This occurs when I run any application that uses audio including, but not limited to, instant messengers, games, and media players. The only way to fix it is to restart the computer or the Windows Audio service about every hour which is quite annoying... With such high resource usage, this causes distorted audio, especially when using Alchemy.

BSOD tritt bei Installation des Entertainment Centers (ECUP_PCAPPBETA_LB_3_40_21.exe) auf. Offenbar konnte der Treiber ctdvda2k.sys nicht korrekt registriert werden (Aufruf von regsvr32.exe). Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.9.0003.113 X86 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [D:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP] Kernel Complete Dump File: Full address space is available ************************************************************ WARNING: Dump file has been truncated. Data may be missing. ************************************************************ Symbol search path is: SRV*D:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols Executable search path is: Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 3) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Built by: 2600.xpsp_sp3_qfe.080814-1300 Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805634c0 Debug session time: Fri Jan 30 10:51:59.203 2009 (GMT+1) System Uptime: 0 days 0:26:07.861 Loading Kernel Symbols .............................................................................................................................................. Loading User Symbols PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details Loading unloaded module list ........... ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 8E, {80000003, 804e2a46, 9f64b348, 0} *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ctdvda2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ctdvda2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ctoss2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ctaud2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ctprxy2k.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for klif.sys PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details Probably caused by : Pool_Corruption ( nt!ExFreePool+f ) Followup: Pool_corruption --------- 1: kd> !analyze -v ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (8e) This is a very common bugcheck. Usually the exception address pinpoints the driver/function that caused the problem. Always note this address as well as the link date of the driver/image that contains this address. Some common problems are exception code 0x80000003. This means a hard coded breakpoint or assertion was hit, but this system was booted /NODEBUG. This is not supposed to happen as developers should never have hardcoded breakpoints in retail code, but ... If this happens, make sure a debugger gets connected, and the system is booted /DEBUG. This will let us see why this breakpoint is happening. Arguments: Arg1: 80000003, The exception code that was not handled Arg2: 804e2a46, The address that the exception occurred at Arg3: 9f64b348, Trap Frame Arg4: 00000000 Debugging Details: ------------------ PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details PEB is paged out (Peb.Ldr = 7ffdf00c). Type ".hh dbgerr001" for details EXCEPTION_CODE: (HRESULT) 0x80000003 (2147483651) - One or more arguments are invalid FAULTING_IP: nt!DbgBreakPoint+0 804e2a46 cc int 3 TRAP_FRAME: 9f64b348 -- (.trap 0xffffffff9f64b348) ErrCode = 00000000 eax=00000001 ebx=000001cb ecx=80501eaf edx=00000041 esi=e44c5000 edi=8adc5028 eip=804e2a47 esp=9f64b3bc ebp=9f64b3f4 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz ac pe nc cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000296 nt!DbgBreakPoint+0x1: 804e2a47 c3 ret Resetting default scope DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0x8E PROCESS_NAME: regsvr32.exe LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 805221f9 to 8053767a STACK_TEXT: 9f64af10 805221f9 0000008e 80000003 804e2a46 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1b 9f64b2d8 804de403 9f64b2f4 00000000 9f64b348 nt!KiDispatchException+0x3b1 9f64b340 804deb5c 9f64b3f4 804e2a47 badb0d00 nt!CommonDispatchException+0x4d 9f64b340 804e2a47 9f64b3f4 804e2a47 badb0d00 nt!KiTrap03+0xae 9f64b3b8 80552057 e44c5e58 00000e50 e4460df4 nt!DbgBreakPoint+0x1 9f64b3f4 805513e3 e44c5008 00000000 9f64b444 nt!ExFreePoolWithTag+0x371 9f64b404 9f55f63b e44c5008 00000000 e44c500c nt!ExFreePool+0xf WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong. 9f64b444 9f55844e c0000001 00000000 3fffffff ctdvda2k+0x2463b 9f64b4dc 9f55ea0d 9f64b44c 9f5547bc c0000001 ctdvda2k+0x1d44e 9f64b548 9f53f1d3 9f541924 9f541961 9f5419a4 ctdvda2k+0x23a0d 9f64b564 9f53b640 00000000 87842840 00000000 ctdvda2k+0x41d3 9f64b598 9f53b9da 877e17b0 9f64b64c 87842840 ctdvda2k+0x640 9f64b5e8 b5c8301c 408d0008 877e17b0 00000000 ctdvda2k+0x9da 9f64b63c b5c835d1 9f64b66c 00000000 00000000 ctoss2k+0x801c 9f64bb70 b8ff4bb4 8a184530 9f64bb94 00000002 ctoss2k+0x85d1 9f64bba8 b8fe23a0 89f84ea8 8601f0e0 8601f0e0 ctaud2k+0x1cbb4 9f64bbc0 b5ed5616 8a1c68a0 8601f0e0 8601f0e0 ctaud2k+0xa3a0 9f64bbf8 804e13d9 8601f0e0 89f7c838 80701410 ctprxy2k+0x4616 9f64bc08 8057087c 85de6978 877e4a38 85de6908 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x31 9f64bc1c 805803d0 89f7c780 85de6908 877e4a38 nt!IopSynchronousServiceTail+0x70 9f64bcb8 805889d2 00000f90 00000000 00000000 nt!IopXxxControlFile+0x5ef 9f64bcec a2b50fe2 00000f90 00000000 00000000 nt!NtDeviceIoControlFile+0x2a 9f64bd34 804dd99f 00000f90 00000000 00000000 klif+0x10fe2 9f64bd34 7c90e4f4 00000f90 00000000 00000000 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xfc 0007e100 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c90e4f4 STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_IP: nt!ExFreePool+f 805513e3 5d pop ebp SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 6 SYMBOL_NAME: nt!ExFreePool+f FOLLOWUP_NAME: Pool_corruption IMAGE_NAME: Pool_Corruption DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0 MODULE_NAME: Pool_Corruption FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x8E_nt!ExFreePool+f BUCKET_ID: 0x8E_nt!ExFreePool+f Followup: Pool_corruption

I installed the latest drivers from the creative website and whenever I want to redirect the bass to the sub-woofer when listening to music the subwoofer sounds awful, the sound is distorted. To be sure i connected a normal speaker to the subwoofer output and I realized the distortion was extreme. I installed the card to a Windows XP machine and the bass redirection was working perfectly, no distortion at all. This is for sure a Vista x64 driver issue.

Creative has not released beta drivers for xtreme audio, but it has for other x-fi cards. Vista drivers don´t work on windows 7 beta.

I'm unable to make SB X-Fi play ANY sound through it's software based dolby digital/dts decoders in Vista/7 beta since... well... ever. None of the drivers ever supplied by Creative solved this.The only thing I can hear is pure silence when MMedia player is switched to passthrough to SPDIF mode. How long is it goin to take for Creative Labs to FINALLY fix this mess?? A decade? A century?

I got the unofficial drivers from danielk to work, but whenever I try to install official drivers, it kills my system. I have to restore from a backup or re-install the os, going back to a restore point only makes the boot process worse (black screen and problems with the boot manager).

I was trying to use Reaper 64-bit but it complained that it could not find any asio drivers. 32-bit version works with ASIO drivers though. Can you bring back ASIO for 64-bit or at least give a clue on how to enable it myself? Thanks!

Crashes to desktop regularly when playing star wars battlefront via creative ALchemy with Directsound.dll as the cause for the crash , usually happens when respawning or when entering "cantina" on the Mos Eisley Map in Singleplayer and Multiplayer. Sound & Hardware setup: X-fi Extreme Audio ( LB_1_04_0079 ) Crystalizer 65% and CMSS-3D in stereo Surround mode enabled, speakers 5.1 mode Creative ALchemy ( LB_1_10_01 ) default settings Direct X9c Nov008 Vistax64 ultimate