Re: using two sound cards

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> For now I'm using one Creative Live for 5+1 watching movies and listen 
> to music.
> I have one sound card onboard of my PC which I have disabled from BIOS.
> My question is can I activate the second sound card and for example
> duplicate all that is played on my front speakers of the primary card and
> pass it to the output of the second card ?
> If the answer is yes can you give me some clue how to set it up :)

If you don't mind a hardware solution to the problem, and your cards
have enough inputs/outputs, you can connect the SPDIF out from one card
to the SPDIF in on another card, effectively daisy-chaining the cards
together.

This would result in the first card's audio output only playing audio
from the card itself, and the second card's audio output playing audio
from both cards.

Most cards these days have internal pins for extra inputs and outputs,
so you can connect them together internally without any external
loopback cables.

I know for a fact the SBLive has three stereo digital outputs (one for
the front speakers, one for the rear, and one for the centre/subwoofer)
so if you connected the front SPDIF-out to your motherboard's SPDIF-in
pins you should have the result you're after.

Cheers,
Adam.


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