VaiOSX Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I finally find a solution to get the sound working on Mac mini with XP. 1st : install the Dell drivers HERE 2nd : plug your speakers jack on the mic plug (yes microphone plug). And Voilà ! After analyzing the driver and tried to change the jack sensing to the analog line out (because it's blocked to Digital SPDIF), i tried to record something to see if the card was correctly recognized, and i though that if the jack sensing of the sigmatel HD Audio Codec built-in would switch the microphone to line out. Bingo ! (later i will post a how-to modify settings like EQ dolby etc etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ClamXavMan Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 You, sir, are nothing short of a legend! It works brilliantly. Well done. Of course, you would have to figure this out on the same day my optical cable arrives from eBay, wouldn't you!? BTW, in case anyone misses this step, you'll probably want to remove the original audio drivers before installing these new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slantyyz Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Nice work, but does this impact the ability to record audio using the audio in jack now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClamXavMan Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Jeez, there's just no pleasing some people! JK ;-) Try recording using the audio-out and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inferno10 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Confirmed it works. Great work, VaiOSX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi I'm Ben Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Kind of a pain to switch the cable back and forth for dual booting no? especially if the MacMini is stored in a tight space saving way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inferno10 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 It is slightly inconvenient. But right now, this is the only known working method to get analog sound out of the mini. So I'd be pretty glad that sound works in XP, to say the least. If you dont' want to have to switch between ports everytime you switch the OS, get a sound system that has optical input, as optical out works in both OSX and XP using the same port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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