Sound borked?

[BobTheGoldfish]

I built my PC recently and cos of price i skimped a little and got a creative soundblaster 4.1 digital (as opposed to an audigy)
I have it hooked up via an analogue cable from the "Front line-out/digital out" to the line-in on my hifi.
This works alright and i can happily listen to my music, or have sound in my games.

However, it can only do one at once. If (for example) i am playing mp3s and then a sound is triggered in mirc, or i ma playing a game, the sound from mirc or the game cannot play. However if i stop the music the other thing can work.

Any ideas whats wrong, or should i have just got a proper soundcard and i'm stuck like this (cant afford another)?

 

[Cooler666]

some sound cards allow muliple wave out devices, yours doesn't look like it does. Check your sound options in control panel to see if you can enable it.

 

[ThePunkGeek]

do you mean the soundblaster live 5.1 ?
it can play more then 1 sound at a time if this is the card you meant say if not my bad

 

[BobTheGoldfish]

I cant find any options to turn it on anywhere in my control panel
Also the card is exactly what i said, copied that straight from the box.
Starting to wish i had got a quality card now, though i may be able to flog this to my IT teacher at school (cos he wants a cheap system and it doesnt need top spec) and then get a decent card.