[Mr.Rotory]

When I run the Creative Volume control I can do a channel test and a noise test, and those run fine, however when I play an mp3 or a cd or a game all of a sudden my rears dont wanna play!! I restarted the computer, ran a diagnostics Passed!! All speakers work during test and noise/channel creative test, however not in games winamp mediaplayer cd or mp3. How come? any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[PatrickBateman]

ideas:
-mp3 is Stereo: i.e. two channel audio so maybe it shouldn't play the rears.
-CD's are usually simply stereo, but some (Sting and such) are multi-channel, or surround.
-you might have to adjust individual game sound settings to some multi-channel setting and not "stereo" or 2-speaker. (this might be obvious, but maybe you overlooked it?? --it's an easy solution anyway.)
-which sound card?

well, it's a start anyhow...

[Biasos]

I am running a 4.1 speaker setup right now. To get mp3's or games with only stereo sound to play out of the rear speakers I need to do one of the following:
1) On the speakers, set it to either Stereox2 or Prologic.
2) I have to enable the CMSS3D option under the EAX HD Console which came with my Audigy 2ZS.

[Mr.Rotory]

AHA!! I figured it out, thx a lot all of you, especially Biasos, you just gave me the idea!! Woo hoo, my neighbors hate me yet again!!!

Lolz, its was the CMSS 3d, what is that anyways, other then make my sh*t surround?