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Creative Xfi Titanium PCIE - No Audio

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Can someone post a step by step process in getting the audio to work?
I got it to work by trail and error once but now I can't figure out how to make it work.
I installed Voodoo 2.7.3 from multibeast and I have the speaker icon and i select line out(Green) but still no sound.
 
Hey,
returning to this thread after almost two years. I`ve been having some issues lately using my Titanium HD card on Mavericks with the Fatality Champion VoodooHDA package from this thread. I guess it`s only to be expected as the OS gets updated.

So I thought I`d give a vanilla VoodooHDA for Mavericks a shot. As I more or less expected, it didn`t work out of the box. But I managed to make a Info.plist file to get it working again, so I thought I`d share it here.

It goes without saying that I in no way can guarantee that it`ll work for you and/or that it`ll be as easy and painful as it was on my system. You`re messing with system files - pretty much anything can happen. You`ve been warned.

First, you want to install VoodooHDA for Mavericks. Get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/voodoohda/

You might want to get rid of the old VoodooHDA install first, just to be sure you don`t have any leftovers (I had an old VoodooHDA.preflist installed in S/L/E, so I removed it).

Then just go to S/L/E/VoodooHDA.kext/Contents, backup the original Info.plist file (just to be sure) and copy the new Info.plist (attached to this post) there. Note that you need root access to modify the contents of this folder (I used Terminal and sudo-ed Midnight Commander for the job).

Finally, check that the permissions and ownership of your new Info.plist file is correct - permissions should be 644 (rw, r, r) and the file should be owned by user root, group wheel.

Once you`ve done all that, just restart. Hopefully your system will boot just fine and you`ll be able to access your sound configuration in System Preferences and select the correct output. Please note that as far as I`m aware, when using analog output, you`re still limited to the rear RCA output (now shown as "Line Out [Red]") - neither rear nor front panel headphone output seem to work. Can`t really test the digital output, so I can`t really tell whether that works or not (the outputs and inputs should be configured properly from the Info.plist side of things, as far as I can tell). But as always, it`s better than nothing, at from my initial testing, it seems a lot more stable than the old Fatality Champion VoodooHDA on Mavericks.

Of course, YMMV.
 

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Just a heads up that this still works on Yosemite, at least with VoodooHDA 2.8.7 from here:

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=355&st=1320&p=42432&#entry42432

Attached is the current Info.plist for Titanium HD. Use as before.

BTW, if you have no sound and the volume icon in menu bar is greyed out, don`t do the same mistake I spent the last hour with and assume that the VoodooHDA doesn`t work. It most likely does, you just have to select the correct audio device in System Preferences / Sound ;)
 

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Thanks CaseF. I'm going to be trying to get the Creative working, as I can't get the Realtek ALC892 working on the Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 board I'm trying.

I can't get the plist to download. Can you link it again?

Thanks!
 
Hi CaseF,

I think I followed the VoodooHDA instructions you gave to the letter. Have your Info.plist installed, with root:wheel 644 ownership/permissions. I am just seeing four "Digital-out (HDMI)" sound output devices, but nothing else. Have you ever seen that before? I have onboard audio turned off in BIOS.

Thanks

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I have the Fatal1ty Champion set.

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Much thx @Case_f !
Used your (newest) Info.plist in combination with VoodooHDA 2.8.8 on El Capitan and Headphone output using the front panel works perfectly.

Only Digital-Out doesn't seem to work for me. In the Settings I have 4 "Digital-out (HDMI)" options, one "Headphones (Green front)" and one "SPDIF-out (Grey Rear)". Latest of all should be the optical out, but my receiver doesn't make a sound.

I cant test the HDMI options as my displays dont have speakers and my receiver doesnt have HDMI ports.

Thx for your work nonetheless! :D
 
Thank you @Case_f! This still works in Sierra, used with VoodooHDA 2.8.8.
 
@caae_f , I have the 20k2 embedded chip on my mobo. Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 - z68. I'm wondering , is your kext likely to work in my situation ?

I have Yosemite 10.10 installed and am in the process of getting it working correctly. Totally new to osx so it's a bit of a learning curve.

Could you explain the process / method of installing the kext and config plist and how to correct permissions etc.

Thanks in advance for any help offered.
 
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