SB X-Fi series Vista Support Pack v2.15.0004A (Decoder, WaveRT, Hw MIDI) (02/

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Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Support Pack - Compiled on Feb 13 2008 by Daniel Kawakami



Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (including Service Pack 1).


Supports all X-Fi cards with a Hardware CA20K DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models)



Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:

- Host / software-based cards including X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI and PCI-E
- any external X-Fi soundcards



Integrated setup program to install the following items:

- X-Fi series driver 2.15.0004 (the latest)
- APO Interface Module 1.30.00
- Audio Console 2.50.10
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.76 (32-bit only)
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.20.20



Exclusive features in this unofficial driver:

- Dolby/DTS decoder (working on 32-bit/64-bit, requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
- DVD Audio (32-bit only)
- Hardware MIDI synthesizer (includes 2Mb, 4Mb and 8Mb SoundFont banks)



Release notes / Known issues:


- Windows Security warning during driver installation

When prompted with "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".


- WaveRT Pull Mode enabled by default
Does not seem to cause any problems, but if you ever need to disable it, follow these steps:

- run the Registry Editor (Regedit) and open the following registry tree:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class

- select Search (or press the F3 key) and type EnableWaveRTPullMode, deleting the value when found.
Restart the computer.

For more information on WaveRT, access:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/audio/wavertport.mspx



- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player does not support the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista



- Built-in Decoder (requires Windows Vista Service Pack 1)
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.

Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of
your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream
through SPDIF.

When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) may not be applied.
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.


- Windows Vista MIDI Device Configuration Utility
Use this utility to change the MIDI playback device for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
The driver installer automatically selects the first hardware MIDI synthesizer found.


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