Guest Niteowl Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Hi, My purpose is to run old win95/98/dos games under winxp. the games seem to install okay and run the video, but the onboard sound setting won't/don't match up with these old legacy game settings. (i.e. duke nukem, age of empires, half life, winroids(actually a 3.1 game), etc. So I was wondering if it's possible to simply install an older sound card without disabling the newer or an onboard sound function. Seems like I would just need a separate pair of speakers if this will work. ?? I currently have one win98 machine just so I can still run these games, but it won't last forever. thanks for any suggestions. (be nice) ;) niteowl
Guest M.Hockings Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? Niteowl wrote: > Hi, > > My purpose is to run old win95/98/dos games under winxp. the games seem to > install okay and run the video, but the onboard sound setting won't/don't > match up with these old legacy game settings. (i.e. duke nukem, age of > empires, half life, winroids(actually a 3.1 game), etc. > > So I was wondering if it's possible to simply install an older sound card > without disabling the newer or an onboard sound function. Seems like I > would just need a separate pair of speakers if this will work. ?? > > I currently have one win98 machine just so I can still run these games, but > it won't last forever. > > thanks for any suggestions. (be nice) ;) > > niteowl > > Yes, you can have several sound devices on XP. For me Duke Nukem and Half Life seem to work fine on XP, I don't have the others. This is using a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 so maybe it's drivers have good original Sound Blaster emulation which is probably what those games are looking for. It could be too they are just looking for the Sound Blaster environment string that was used to configure other cards (or alternate SB interrupt/dma settings)? Using multiple sound devices is not without it's frustrations in XP though... Mike
Guest Bob I Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? You may have 2 sound cards, but only one can be the default, AND you need XP compatible drivers, so if the card is too old it won't work. Niteowl wrote: > Hi, > > My purpose is to run old win95/98/dos games under winxp. the games seem to > install okay and run the video, but the onboard sound setting won't/don't > match up with these old legacy game settings. (i.e. duke nukem, age of > empires, half life, winroids(actually a 3.1 game), etc. > > So I was wondering if it's possible to simply install an older sound card > without disabling the newer or an onboard sound function. Seems like I > would just need a separate pair of speakers if this will work. ?? > > I currently have one win98 machine just so I can still run these games, but > it won't last forever. > > thanks for any suggestions. (be nice) ;) > > niteowl > >
Guest matt1544@gmail.com Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? If you have two cards, can you direct that specific applications use one card, and other applications use another? I'd like to have Winamp port sound to one card (for use with a home stereo system), while all other windows sounds use another card for local sounds. Thanks Matt On Aug 27, 12:37 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > You may have 2soundcards, but only one can be the default, AND you > need XP compatible drivers, so if the card is too old it won't work. > > Niteowl wrote: > > Hi, > > > My purpose is to run old win95/98/dos games under winxp. the games seem to > > install okay and run the video, but the onboardsoundsetting won't/don't > > match up with these old legacy game settings. (i.e. duke nukem, age of > > empires, half life, winroids(actually a 3.1 game), etc. > > > So I was wondering if it's possible to simply install an oldersoundcard > > without disabling the newer or an onboardsoundfunction. Seems like I > > would just need a separate pair of speakers if this will work. ?? > > > I currently have one win98 machine just so I can still run these games, but > > it won't last forever. > > > thanks for any suggestions. (be nice) ;) > > > niteowl
Guest V Green Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? <matt1544@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1188844785.175987.81210@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > If you have two cards, can you direct that specific applications use > one card, and other applications use another? I'd like to have Winamp > port sound to one card (for use with a home stereo system), while all > other windows sounds use another card for local sounds. > > Thanks > Matt That has to be supported by the app. Some do, most don't. In my install of Winamp, it's using DirectSound for output, which means it's using the "default" sound card (I have two installed) and the only way I can direct it to use the other is to re-specify which is my "default" in Control Panel. > > On Aug 27, 12:37 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > You may have 2soundcards, but only one can be the default, AND you > > need XP compatible drivers, so if the card is too old it won't work. > > > > Niteowl wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > My purpose is to run old win95/98/dos games under winxp. the games seem to > > > install okay and run the video, but the onboardsoundsetting won't/don't > > > match up with these old legacy game settings. (i.e. duke nukem, age of > > > empires, half life, winroids(actually a 3.1 game), etc. > > > > > So I was wondering if it's possible to simply install an oldersoundcard > > > without disabling the newer or an onboardsoundfunction. Seems like I > > > would just need a separate pair of speakers if this will work. ?? > > > > > I currently have one win98 machine just so I can still run these games, but > > > it won't last forever. > > > > > thanks for any suggestions. (be nice) ;) > > > > > niteowl > >
Guest matt1544@gmail.com Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? OK, thanks. Any idea if other MP3 players would support playing to a specific sound card? I'm not married to Winamp, but would like something that'd support playlists. I'll google for this, but I'm just not really sure what to look for. Matt > > That has to be supported by the app. Some do, > most don't. > > In my install of Winamp, it's using DirectSound for > output, which means it's using the "default" sound card > (I have two installed) and the only way I can direct it > to use the other is to re-specify which is my "default" > in Control Panel. > >
Guest V Green Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: is it possible to have two sound cards on one XP machine? <matt1544@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1188854788.273074.25690@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > OK, thanks. > > Any idea if other MP3 players would support playing to a specific > sound card? I'm not married to Winamp, but would like something that'd > support playlists. > > I'll google for this, but I'm just not really sure what to look for. > > Matt I would just try them for yourself. I haven't gone beyond Winamp as it does what I need to do. The applications that I have seen that allowed you to specify which device to use WITHIN the app were CoolEdit and Audacity, both audio editors which I would expect to support this. Not the same thing for players, apparently. > > > > > That has to be supported by the app. Some do, > > most don't. > > > > In my install of Winamp, it's using DirectSound for > > output, which means it's using the "default" sound card > > (I have two installed) and the only way I can direct it > > to use the other is to re-specify which is my "default" > > in Control Panel. > > > > >
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