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  1. Aug 2nd, 2002, 01:37 AM #1
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    idiot's question about playing sound....

    Umm I dont know how to explain this.... There is a limit for the number of applications that play some kind of sound at the same time. For example on my old comp if I was playing music I couldnt hear any other sounds from any other programs becuase my sound card could only play one sound at a time....
    There is a place in windows where you can specify/limit this number, I cant find it.... anyone can help?

    sorry for the poor explanation
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  2. Aug 2nd, 2002, 04:56 AM #2
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    If there is anything I would assume it would be in Control Panel > Multimedia. I think you can sometimes change drivers for your card from there, depending on your card.
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  3. Aug 2nd, 2002, 07:53 AM #3
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    MrPolite: Try what Rick Bull said, but I believe that is a hardware limitation. What sound card do you have? If it's an old card, that is definitely the issue.
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  4. Aug 2nd, 2002, 01:19 PM #4
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    I tried the control panel thingie, but I cant find it there.... and no I'm not having a problem right now, I have creative Live so it works pretty good
    The thing is that there was also a section about the amount of RAM used to play sound or something like that. I cant find that niether, maybe it was something installed by the drivers
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  6. Aug 2nd, 2002, 06:48 PM #5
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    I had the same problem with windows 95 and 98, but now I've got XP, I can have several apps all playing sound at the same time.


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  7. Aug 2nd, 2002, 11:10 PM #6
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    MrPolite: Get the latest Creative drivers from the website. The Live! is capable of multiple audio streams. A lot of times you need the latest from Creative-- the drivers on the CD for my Audigy don't support any EAX.
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  8. Aug 2nd, 2002, 11:36 PM #7
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    Don't do it! Don't listen to him, lol

    But seriously, on two occasions I've installed the official creative drivers for my SB PCI 512, and it screws up Counter-Strike and RtCW. (Won't let you connect to multi-player servers). I know its because of this.

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  9. Aug 3rd, 2002, 12:58 AM #8
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    Umm I installed new drivers, worked! I wish I had the original CD that came with my sound card... The new software/driver doesnt have that many sound effects

    Umm and sorry Sastraxi, I couldnt possibly listen to your advice
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  11. Aug 3rd, 2002, 11:33 AM #9
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    Just try playing you 3D games now, mwahahahaha
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