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xGamersElite
3 years ago
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No audio behind me in S15 (game doesn't boot with +miles_channels 2)

Hey there, getting the same problem on launch of S15 of apex, except this time the game wont boot if I have the '+miles_channels 2' exception as shown in this FAQ line (https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/NO-SOUND-Behind-me-Audio-Configuration-from-7-1-surround-to/td-p/8185980), any clues as to how to fix it? (this is the error code) 

Couldn't initialize sound

Please make sure you have a sound playback device that is enabled and properly configured

Failed in: MilesDriverCreate

Miles output follows:

[WASAPI] Output channels and sample rate must match the endpoint format

  • Crazyrest's avatar
    Crazyrest
    3 years ago
    @xGamersElite Better solution: +miles_channels 2 -xaudio2

    setting miles_channels to 3 i still had not a great audio experience. In combination with -xaudio2 everything works like it used to

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  • iiTzCainto's avatar
    iiTzCainto
    3 years ago

    I tried this command, its better than without miles_channel 2 but still not the best for me, not that loud when it was in the previous seasons. Is there any other option in the windows or realtek driver which is must for the better quality?

  • Dejan840's avatar
    Dejan840
    3 years ago

    If you will use DX12 it will force the audio to be Headphones/stereo here is the launch options command -eac_launcher_settings SettingsDX12.json

    Hope this will help

  • P1ll0-70-'s avatar
    P1ll0-70-
    3 years ago

    This worked for me in windows 7

    "So, basically the game complains about a missing "XAudio2" thing.

    Via StackOverflow[stackoverflow.com] I've found a fix that worked for me:
    As stated in Developer guide for redistributable version of XAudio 2.9[learn.microsoft.com], a version does exists for Windows 7, as a NuGet

    My fix is to get that DLL.

    1. Go to the "Microsoft.XAudio2.Redist" NuGet[www.nuget.org] page.
    2. Download the ".nupkg" file and give it the ".zip" extension (to open it with your favorite archive manager).
    3. Copy the "xaudio2_9redist.dll" located in "build\native\release\bin\x64\"
    4. To "C:\Windows\System32" as "xaudio2_9.dll"
    5. Launch APEX: it should now starts just fine."

    Taken from _Raynor_ in discussion forum in steam. Give credit to the person who find the solution

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