Stereo Mix recording and Equalizer for XPS 1530 and Vista/Server08

I recently needed to record from the non-existant stereo mix on my XPS. I muddled through the info on getting it to work with XP, but found no good vista solutions. With the recent touchpad driver from the Studio line, I decided to check out the other drivers. The audio driver from the Studio 1536 is the one I'm working with.

What works: Recording from stereo mix, Equalizer, Array Microphone for webcam, line/mic in, second headphone out jack, general audio stuff.

What's missing: No HDMI output listed in playback devices. Can't select 5.1 or quadraphonic speakers. I can select the different speakers for the jacks, but there is no option in the sound control panel app to change speakers from headphones/stereo speakers to anything else.

I've been messing with these drivers since yesterday in an attempt to get everything 100% working but I've not been able to get the last two parts of the puzzle worked out. I originally thought the answer was in the W92HDM83.ini file but haven't had any luck in adding the HDMI device or getting the speakers thing worked out. I have been comparing it to the W92HDM 63.ini and the WRT_M8-3.ini file from the current sigmatel driver for the XPS 1330. That is how I got all three front panel jacks to show instead of just two. I've also tried to go the other way and get the stereo mix and equalizer working in the 1330 drivers by modifying it to more closely resemble the Studio driver without any success. I'm currently working with the x64 version of Server08, but I suspect the same results for Vista x86 and x64 as well as Server08 x86.

Anyway, if you want to install and give it a try, here's what I did. Installation requires modification of the inf and two ini files to get it to the point I'm at now. First, open up the stwrt.inf or stwrt64.inf file. Find the line

Code:

 %ST.DeviceDesc%=STHDA,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_10280286

and add a line above or below it with your sound card's hardware ID. Mine was different only in the last two characters as shown below.

Code:

%ST.DeviceDesc%=STHDA,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_10280286
%ST.DeviceDesc%=STHDA,HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_1028022E

Next open up the stwrt.ini or stwrt64.ini file and find the line

Code:

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_10280286=W92HDM83.INI

again simply add a line above or below for your hardware id. Mine looks like this.

Code:

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_10280286=W92HDM83.INI
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_1028022E=W92HDM83.INI

Finally, replace the W92HDM83.ini file with the attached one here. You don't have to do this step, but it will add the third audio jack to the control panel app.

 

Hi l7777. Good work trying to get a better driver for us m1530 guys. The current popular solution of the XP driver isn't great as we loose quite a bit.

I've tried your method but the driver didin't work well for me. My hardware ID's are
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_1028022E&REV_1002
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7616&SUBSYS_1028022E

I got the driver installed ok but didn't work well. Trying to enable the stereomix function in recording devices caused a .dll to crash (can't remember the name have now uninstalled). Also the array microphone was not recognised, only came up with mic, and only the left channel would record at very low volume (no mic boost). Also couldn't get mic-boost with the mic-in, although the GUI did pop up when devices were plugged in.

I hope someone can really crack this and mod some drivers (I wish I knew how) to stick two fingers up at Dell who have left us all hanging on this one.

Let us know if you have anymore success.

Rich