Problem using XXHighEnd with Terratec Aueron 7.1 Space

[WeHa]

Hi there. I just got my brand new Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space. When i tried to run XXHighEnd with engine #3, i got this message :
"Device (currently) does not support / allow Exclusive Use. It will not be bit perfect!"

and then a window appears : "Device cannot be allocated because of not matching sample rate (?)"

but when i tried to use engine #2 it'll run normally.

can anyone help me about this?

thank you for the reply.

[PeterSt]

Did you tick the two checkboxes as shown ?

If yes, did you get the latest (signed) drivers for Vista ?
Does your device show (left screen below) as your sound device properly (opposed to "loudspeakers") ?

Lastly, did you make your device the Primary Device (as per green tick in the left screen below) ?

Peter

[WeHa]

thanks for the reply Peter.

i think i've done the right setting. but still it doesn't work.

here's the screenshot of my sound properties :

thanks for the reply.

[PeterSt]

Ah, so you're using Analogue Out ...

I don't think I have ever seen that working ...
I must honestly say I never dove into it, but it looks like that using Analgue Out of a soundcard just will not allow Exclusive Mode.
If you'd have a DAC to put behind it ... (spdif)

The next problem you (we all) have, is that the combobox (where yours shows 24/192000) does not allow for 16/44100 (or does it ?). I mean, what would be output from the program is 16/44100 (or 16/88200 at Double/Uprate), and since Vista *ALWAYS* resamples to the selection in that combobox, the program tells you that the samplerate is not supported ... (because it isn't). Note : "always" is except for Exclusive Mode.

All would leave you with Engine#1 or #2, and the only thing you'd get from that is ... resampling. Not worth a thing ... bad sound.

[WeHa]

thanks for the reply Peter. it's really wierd happened to my Aueron, because yesterday i just tried with my SBLive! 24 bit set @ 24 bit, 96KHz playback and it worked like a charm with engine #3.

so i wonder why this happens to my Aureon while my SBLive! 24 bit worked like a charm.

[astacus21]

it works, but not exactly in exclusive mode, cause you can change the volume from the tray slider.
Sb live resamples internaly form 44.1 khz to 48 khz and this affects the output quality.

[WeHa]

Thank you for the reply. so is there any chance to make this Aureon works in Exclusive mode? maybe some tweaks?

thanks.

[WeHa]

hi there, still i can't make it works. wonder what i should do. thanks.

[PeterSt]

Difficult ...

http://supporten.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=56&menu=53820

Apart from hardly anything working (at this moment ?) on that site, it looks like there are no official Vista drivers.
The status with the beta drivers as far as I can see did not change since March (07).

Apart from that this most probably will prevent you from using Exclusive Mode (but try the beta if you ever can get it to download !), you MUST select 44100/16 in the combobox. Without that, you'll get the second message (sample rate doesn't match).
Note that this combobox is for Shared Mode only. In Exclusive Mode it's not effective.

I found no proof that the Space 7.1 resamples.


Can't you bring it back ? 

[WeHa]

I think i'm giving up to make this works. I've tried everything possible, but still I got nothing to make it works.

thanks everybody for the help.

[PeterSt]

Did you try those beta drivers ?

[WeHa]

Did you try those beta drivers ?

Hi Peter, yap right now i'm using those drivers, but still i can't make XXHighEnd to work.

may be you have some thoughts to make it work?

thanks.

[WeHa]

until the release of 0.9p i still can't make it work.

i want it to work so bad.

here are the screenshots :

then when pressed enter :

Peter, i hope you can make XXHighEnd work in my setup.

thanks.

[PeterSt]

Get yourself a nice weekend by returning that soundcard ...

I am very sorry, but if I'd know what to do I would have told it. Actually, at getting the WMP rips to work (Version N and source problems) I broke down the device allocation as far as I could (this stops when "kernel" programs are called, which are out of reach) and something like this cannot be tweaked. Ok, not with my current knowledge. I thought about you as well, but it just can't be done.


Your last post shows that your card does not allow exclusive mode for the driver you chose (probably analogue-out (Loudspeakers)), and *then* you run into the problem that Vista always resamples (it even will do that from 44K1 to 44K1 ) but Vista settings do not allow ... err ...  44K1 in your case ?

At writing this, I now realize that something else must be going on as well ...
(keep in mind, the real culprit is the Exclusive Mode not being allowed)

If you are sure that you're feeding XXHighEnd with 44K1 material, something in your system does not allow 44K1.
BUT ALSO SET THE OUTPUT TO 44k1 (in this post) you actually showed a WRONG setting, while I in the post after that pointed out that you should choose 44K1 in there. Did you ? can you ?
If you can't set things like I showed here, and if not indeed where you most probably can choose 48K only, your card will be resampling to 48K, and ... and now I don't know.

Something else is wrong, because it should be possible anyway to let Vista resample. Example : if *I* resample to 88K2 (Engine#2), Vista will make 96 of it. I think the kernel programs somewhere must be in error *OR* the reason why it is not working is not clear. Look at the last screenshot you showed : "Device cannot be allocated because of nor matching sample rate (?)" ... note the question mark, which shows that at that point I myself cannot determine the real reason for rejection, while actually I "ask" for a sample rate to be fed.

Background : When in Shared Mode this is about, say, KMixer which will indeed mixes several samplerates to one common denominator, and whether this is needed in your case or not, it tells me (the program) it can't.

I have a Vista laptop which shows similar behaviour, BUT, that does not allow 44K1 as a choice. It still should work as per explanation above, but it does not. Exact same messages.

Please answer the question whether you can choose 44K1 in that screen I showed.

I could use the laptop to tear down the problem ...



PS: Sorry for being a bit fuzzy, but this kind of brainstorming helps me to set things better in my mind.

[WeHa]

Thank you for the reply and the explanation, Peter.

I've tried to do what you showed me to do in my setup.

here is the screenshot :

but still it doesn't work

i don't know what is the problem. but when i tried to use Foobar + ASIO, the AureonSpace control panel, shows and changes automatically to 44.1 KHz and it runs with no problem. here is the screenshot :

so i think my Aureon Space is capable of running in 44.1KHz. but i wonder why it won't work with XX.

once again thanks for the reply.