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Q117766: Playing Compressed Audio on a Audio Plus Sound Card

Article: Q117766
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,2.0; :1.0,1993 edition,1994 edition,1995 edition
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Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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SUMMARY
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Audio Plus and Audio Plus II cards, by Zoltrix, support compressed audio, when
they are configured to use the SoundBlaster drivers.

MORE INFORMATION
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The above mentioned applications use the Microsoft Audio Compression Manager to
produce sounds.

To install the SoundBlaster driver, use the driver disk that accompanies the
Audio Plus or Audio Plus II card. This includes the SNDBLST2.DRV file.

You will need to edit the SYSTEM.INI file; it can be opened in any text editor,
such as the Windows Notepad or the MS-DOS Editor.

Below are sections of the SYSTEM.INI file that include the setup for the sound
card. The port (I/O Base Address), INT (interrupt/IRQ), and DMACHANNEL (DMA
channel) settings may be different, depending on the settings on the sound
card.

  [Drivers]
     MIDI=apdev.drv
     Wave=apdev.drv
     MIDI1=apmus.drv

     [apdev.drv]
     port=220
     int=7
     dmachannel=1

     [apmus.drv]
     port=220

The Zoltrix 16 cards will play compressed audio if you edit the above sections of
the SYSTEM.INI file to look like the entries listed below. You may have to add
the [sndblst2.drv] and [MSACM] sections. A semicolon (;) in the SYSTEM.INI file
indicates that the line is a comment and the information will not load into
memory.

     [Drivers]
     ;MIDI=apdev.drv
     ;Wave=apdev.drv
     ;MIDI1=apmus.drv
     Wave1=sndblst2.drv
     MIDI2=sndblst2.drv

     ;[apdev.drv]
     ;port=220
     ;int=7
     ;dmachannel=1

     ;[apmus.drv]
     ;port=220

     [sndblst2.drv]
     port=220
     int=7

The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft;
we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance
or reliability.

Support for the Zoltrix sound cards is provided by the following companies:

In the United States, support is provided by the manufacturer, Zoltrix:

  Main telephone number: (510) 657-1188
  Technical support number: (510) 657-5737

In Canada, support is provide by the distributor, 3D MicroComputers:

  Main telephone number: (905) 479-8822
  Service number: (905) 479-3668
  Tech. Support number: (800) 846-7655

Additional query words: kbhowto zoltrix soundblaster sb sbpro pro creative labs zoltric zoltrick zoltrik mm wm_writer wm_artist sound bits clips sound-

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Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0; :1.0,1993 edition,1994 edition,1995 edition

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