C Media 8738 Game Port Driver

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Aug 14, 2023
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C Media CMI8738 DM Driver is a driver used only for Windows XP. It strictly requires a computer with CMI8378 audio card. It contains driver for all PCI cards and are based on the CMI8378 chipset. This program supports music synthesis, equalizer, reverbs, multi-channel 3D, gaming and audio.

C Media 8738 Game Port Driver

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C Media CMI8738 WDM Driver for Windows XP is licensed as freeware for PC or laptop with Windows 32 bit and 64 bit operating system. It is in drivers hardware category and is available to all software users as a free download.

The CMI8738 driver package contains a driver for PCI cards that are based on the CMI8378 chipset. This driver is for Windows XP only, and requires a computer with a CMI8738-based audio card. C-Media does not provide end user support for drivers, so please contact your hardware manufacturer if you need further support.

CMI-8738 supports the legacy audio - SBPRO, FM emulator, MIDI MPU-401 port. 8738-SX supports 4-channel 16-bit DACs to provide surround audio. 8738-LX or MX supports 6-channel DACs for 5.1 home theater environments and meet PC99 audio performance requirements. CMI8738-MX also provides S/PDIF digital audio interface I/O for 44.1KHz and 48KHz LPCM audio or Dolby Digital (AC-3), DTS Digital Surround 5.1 pass-through.

On the software side, CMI-8738 supports wavetable music synthesis, equalizer, reverbs, Karaoke, and multi-channel 3D positional gaming audio, Xear3D, EAX 2.0 functions with Windows Drivers. Linux driver is also available in most Linux OS versions.

Features of C-Media CMI8738 WDM Driver (Windows XP) 06391. 2-bit PCI 2.1 compatible bus master.2. 8738-LX/MX supports 6CH DAC 5.1 surround output for movies and 3D games.3. 8738-SX supports 4CH DAC surround output for movies and 3D games.4. 8738-MX provides additional digital interface S/PDIF IN/OUT (44.1K and 48KHz).5. Built-in 32ohm earphone buffer.6. Built-in 2CH 16bit ADC.7. Supports full-duplex 44.1K/48KHz sample rate playback and recording at 16bit.8. Supports analog mixer for Line-in, Mic-in, Aux, CD inputs.9. Built-in Microphone pre-amplifier (+20dB).10. MIDI MPU-401 port/ game port.11. Built-in ZV port.12. Legacy audio SBPRO compatible.13. External E2PROM interface for custom Sub-VID/PID.14. Digital power +3.3V, analog power +5V.15. Industrial 128-pin QFP package.The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this driver & update software.

Traditionally the game port was at 0x200-0x207, with 0x201 as the one usually used. So the driver code just tries to reserve 0x201 and 0x200, in that order, for joystick_port=1, and the given port otherwise, and then enables the joystick in the card. There's no proper detection, and no messages.

So, first check that the resource is free: Without the driver loaded (check with lsmod, use rmmod if necessary), edit the question with the output of cat /proc/ioports as root (as normal user, you don't see the ranges). If the 0x200 range is taken, we must find a way to free it.

In don't remember exactly where the gameport shows up, but if everything works (the range is free), you should now see gameport and some other modules in lsmod, and I think you should have a device /dev/js* or similar which you can test with jscal or jstest. If that happens but you don't get any reaction, try 0x200 next.

As I said, I don't remember exactly the module stack you need, and I don't have gameport hardware anymore. But I dug out my old joystick (which also happens to be a Logitech WingMan Extreme, no idea if "Digital" or not), looked at old files and googled a bit. Here's my current understanding of the module stack:

BTW, my Wingman is multi protocol (USB + ADI, possibly also analog), and came with a gameport-to-usb adapter cable which allows me to connect it to an USB port. Simpler than using an old soundcard. :-)

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>\cwcdata\cwcdos /v /P CrystalWare(tm) SoundFusion(tm) Initialization Utility, Version 2.80Copyright (c) 1998 Crystal Semiconductor Corp. All Rights Reserved. * Found PCI Bios. * Initializing the VCPI interface. * Found a CS4624 Revision H. * INTEL Chipset Found. * DDMA support Used. * Loading DOS game task from C:\CWCDATA\CWCDDMA.OSP. * Initializing. * Resetting SP. * Downloading DOS Game Tasks. * Starting DOS Game Tasks. * GPIO Pins Used for ISA interrupts. * Blaster using Port: 220 Irq: 5 Dma 1. * Uninitializing the VCPI interface. * Editing dosstart.bat. * Found cwcdos.exe dosstart.bat * Terminating and staying resident.>mpxplay -sctSBp card detected : SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4

i have a C-Media CMI8738 pci card and im trying to get it to run on a hp d530 computer and i am having problems getitng sound to work i have tryed two games duke nukem 3d and the secret of monkey island both give no sound at all i have used the drivers from here -media-cmi8738.html when i configured the sound card in duke nukem 3d the fx rest will not play at all it just gives me an error and it trys to plays the musdic test but i here no sound if anyone has got this card to work in dos please let me know how you did it ?

This module supports all ADB PCM channels, ac97 mixer, SPDIF, hardwareEQ, mpu401, gameport. A3D and wavetable support are still in development.Development and reverse engineering work is being coordinated at output has a copy of the AC97 codec output, unless you use thespdif pcm device, which allows raw data passthru.The hardware EQ hardware and SPDIF is only present in the Vortex2 andAdvantage.

When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmwareis supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically.Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package.When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load thefirmware via mixartloader utility in alsa-tools package.

I have a GA-X58A-UD3R(rev. 2.0) motherboard with a Realtek ALC889 codec (HDA_INTEL driver) and a CMEDIA 8738 pci sound card and I have tried both in arch and they both sound worse than in windows. This is true when using ALSA and pulseaudio, which are the same anyway because pulse is using the ALSA backend. The sample rates are fine and PCM is set high enough, but I've noticed on both devices that the volume is lower in linux. I'm thinking the Windows drivers are just better in both cases, but I read somewhere the cmedia card is well supported in linux. The sound in windows seems to have more volume, bass and fullness. So my question is what am I doing wrong, if anything.

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C Media 8738 Game Port Driver

C Media 8738 Game Port Driver

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