Audio issues

[Wolfenstein]

Hello,

anyone knows a fix for the audio issues? I have like no sound, except for the music. Sometimes i can hear some sounds. But in dialogues in can't hear ♥♥♥♥.

[[Fmds]Finder82]

Did you try tinkering with the windows audio settings for possible fix.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Sounds like you have Windows set to 5.1/7.1 when you do not actually have it. That makes Voices come through Center channel; and if u lack that, you won't hear them in games/movies that are dubbed in Surround Sound.

Set to Stereo/2.1 + Virtual Surround in Windows Playback

[zieh den rucksack aus]

It worked with 7.1 for me. but after restarting the game it only worked with stereo, which sounds bad.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by AfricanPrince:

It worked with 7.1 for me. but after restarting the game it only worked with stereo, which sounds bad.

But do you actually have 5.1 or 7.1 Speakers?
Headsets don't count.

[zieh den rucksack aus]

Headset

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by AfricanPrince:

Headset

Yea that means you must select Stereo/2.1 in Windows Playback
then enable Virtual Surround

[zieh den rucksack aus]

What is windows playback?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by AfricanPrince:

What is windows playback?

Yes of course

[Kulin]

I guess its a positioning problem with 7.1 or 5.1 settings. Try to right click on your little volume icon in the task bar, open the audio settings for playback and right click on your currently used standard speaker/headphone and then configure speaker(or whatever it is called in english).

If in the following windows is 5.1 or 7.1 selected switch to headphones/stereo.

[zieh den rucksack aus]

It only allows to select Stereo, there is nothing else. I selected Windows Sonic for headsets in the settings and then enabled virtual surround.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by AfricanPrince:

It only allows to select Stereo, there is nothing else. I selected Windows Sonic for headsets in the settings and then enabled virtual surround.

Then you should be fine with those settings to then properly capture 2.1 and/or Surround based audio in all forms of Games/Movies properly.

Users should only select 5.1/7.1 in Windows Playback when they actually have physically hooked up such systems that use 3x 3.5mm Jacks

[zieh den rucksack aus]

Well my headset uses two of these.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by AfricanPrince:

Well my headset uses two of these.

No it uses one, the other is for the Mic

[GHOS7]

Hey guys i Have actual 5.1 surround system the Logitech z906 and i can hear all sound appart from dialouges it seems like the speakers are underwater, on my audio console of the Z906 if i try change the "Effects" to 4.1 or 2.1 i cant hear any dialouge at all.... PLEASE HELP! thanks in advance

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by GHOS7:

Hey guys i Have actual 5.1 surround system the Logitech z906 and i can hear all sound appart from dialouges it seems like the speakers are underwater, on my audio console of the Z906 if i try change the "Effects" to 4.1 or 2.1 i cant hear any dialouge at all.... PLEASE HELP! thanks in advance

You need to double check your Speaker Connections to the PC.
Do they use 3x 3.5mm jacks or Optical TosLink?
You need to set Windows to 5.1 Surround.
2.1 and 4.1 can work with proper center channel only dialog as well by enabling "Virtual Surround" in the enhancements section of your Audio Device; such as Realtek or Creative. However for 5.1 you must have the 3 jacks in the correct placement, so Center actually is Center, which is for dialog. And for 5.1 you want Virtual Surround disabled and actually select 5.1 Surround within the OS. This should dictate and carry over properly to Movies, such as when using VLC Media Player; however some movies will have multiple tracks to choose from, such as one for 2.1 Stereo and one for 5.1 Surround. If the movie was made for surround sound (like Saving Private Ryan for example) selecting the Surround Sound Audio Track will be key to hearing everything properly. Games also might load up for first time defaulted to Stereo, you can often change this to Headphones (for Sonic/DTS usage needs) or Surround Sound. If a game ONLY offers a Stereo option, then enable Virtual Surround at this time for that gameplay; what this will do when a media is stereo but you have 5.1/7.1 surround will do the opposite, it will push the stereo 2 channel playback to ALL of your speakers.