Windows 10 and... USB Drivers for the XMC-1, DC-1, XDA-2

[KeithL]

UPDATE (8/20/2015)
The Windows 10 DRIVERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
They have been tested and we haven't seen or heard of any problems.
(Note that you will have to disable driver signature enforcement in Windows 10 -
this is required in order to install many current drivers, and the procedure to do so is covered in the Install Instructions.)

UPDATE (8/7/2015)

The most reliable way to install USB drivers for a particular device is to download and install drivers that you know are correct.
However, we are still waiting for our "official" drivers from C-Media so we can offer them for download.
(The C-Media CM6631a drivers are used for the XMC-1, the DC-1, and the XDA-2.)

IN THE MEAN TIME, if you connect your XMC-1 to your Windows 10 computer, it will fetch and install drivers automatically.
Since these drivers come from that magical place where Windows finds drivers on the Internet, your computer must be connected to the Internet for it to work.
These drivers will recognize your XMC-1 and appear to work correctly (you get up to 24/192 via the USB Stream input).
(If you connect your computer to the Internet after it's already connected to your XMC-1 and the drivers don't load, disconnect and then reconnect the USB cable to your XMC-1, and wait a minute or two.)
These drivers do not seem to associate themselves with the XDA-2 or the DC-1.

However, we have also had several reports of XDA-2's "working just fine" with Windows 10 (and the old drivers).
Therefore, it seems that, if you had the Windows 8.0/8.1 drivers installed on your computer before you upgraded to Windows 10, they may still work after the upgrade.
(Whether this works for you or not may depend on exactly how you did the upgrade.)

We will, of course, make the official drivers available for download as soon as we receive them and confirm that they work correctly.
(We expect the Windows 10 drivers to be available early next week.)



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The current USB drivers for the Streaming USB Input on the XMC-1, and the USB inputs on the DC-1 and XDA-2 (v1.11) DO NOT WORK with Windows 10.

We will be issuing new Windows 10 drivers for those devices shortly.
(We'll announce it here, and you'll find the new drivers on the Resource tabs of the individual product pages as they become available.)

[jamco]

Jul 31, 2015 15:17:11 GMT -5 KeithL said:

The current USB drivers for the Streaming USB Input on the XMC-1, and the USB inputs on the DC-1 and XDA-2 (v1.11) DO NOT WORK with Windows 10.

We will be issuing new Windows 10 drivers for those devices shortly.
(We'll announce it here, and you'll find the new drivers on the Resource tabs of the individual product pages as they become available.)

Good to know.  Thanks, Keith.

[ludi]

I had plans to update to Windows 10 this weekend, better to wait a bit.

[brubacca]

it is almost never a good idea to update a OS the weekend it is released.

[rocky500]

Aug 1, 2015 6:18:06 GMT -5 brubacca said:

it is almost never a good idea to update a OS the weekend it is released.

Great advice! ...... but I did it anyway. :-)

[indyscammer]

I've already rolled back to 8.1 until I can sort out the many programs that stopped working.

[rocky500]

I went back to Windows 10 and I will be staying with it for my HTPC.
Just had to install JRiver over the top and now it works and still registered.
With Dirac, I just had to run my desktop shortcut as administrator and now it seems to work.(Haven't actually tried a sweep yet)
My Stealth DC-1 still works fine but I did install the Schiit drivers before under Windows 8.1.
Also I installed the free "Classic shell" as I still prefer the Win7 style menu over the new Win10 one.
MediaPortal with my KWorld TV card is still working.
I can't see any problems so far, so will stay with it.

[ozohnoes]

Thanks for the update Keith! Looking forward to having my DC-1 working again since my weekend upgrade.

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Can you confirm they will be signed so we don't need to disable driver signature security checking?

[d.cortez]

hi all, new to the forum but not new to Emotiva. Short Intro on my Setup: I'm using an XPA-5 (for B&W 2-CM10s, 2-CM5s and CMC2), an XPA-500 (4 B&Ws M1 for Atmos TF and TR) and an Emotiva XDA-2 DAC. Needless to say i'm extremely pleased with Emotiva products. Right now (and for the past 2 months) I've been using Windows 10 (pre-release and RTM) and the USB drivers with my setup (JRiver and Denon AVR7200) and have had very few issues. When issues arise, it's usually JRiver locking up. unfortunately i never checked to see if the drivers were an issue. @keithl, I'm using the Emotiva_Unified_USB_Drivers_v1_11a (based on zip file name) and wanted to know if these are the drivers you are referring to. Thanks in advance for any replies.

[wilburthegoose]

Keith - I just checked, and it's working great for me.

Windows 10, JRiver 20, USB to XMC-1.

[ozohnoes]

Aug 5, 2015 19:51:16 GMT -5 wilburthegoose said:

Keith - I just checked, and it's working great for me.

Windows 10, JRiver 20, USB to XMC-1.

Sorry did I miss something, which Windows 10 drivers did you use?

[The History Kid]

Windows 10 Drivers with the XDA-2 Gen I worked perfect for me. In fact they work better now than they ever did on Windows 8.1.

[wilburthegoose]

Aug 7, 2015 0:14:42 GMT -5 ozohnoes said:

Aug 5, 2015 19:51:16 GMT -5 wilburthegoose said:

Keith - I just checked, and it's working great for me.

Windows 10, JRiver 20, USB to XMC-1.

Sorry did I miss something, which Windows 10 drivers did you use?

Still using the old drivers, which ARE working with JRiver.

However, when playing stuff like YouTube, I'm getting silence now.   But JRiver is really all I care about for now.

[frenchyfranky]

I just finished the update of windows 8.1 to windows 10 and reinstalled JRiver mc20 and everything works perfectly with the XMC-1. Like KeithL has explained, Windows update has certainly kept the old driver already installed, unlike an installation started from scratch.

[The History Kid]

Also, wanted to chime in that Windows 10 and the Fusion 8100 play better together than Windows 8 as well. I am no longer encountering problems with Netflix due to the 7.1 out.

[fastbike]

Well I'm really happy for all of you, but it's really not helping me have a working DC-1. It's pretty unbelievable that even a generic USB1 driver won't work. The computer doesn't think the device is plugged in. Seems Like pretty poor planning on Emo's part as well as C-Media. Not like Windows 10 is a surprise. I've got a pretty expensive DAC that's currently worthless.

[andyadler]

After upgrading to Windows 10, I had to download the Win 10-specific Schiit drivers to get my DC-1 connected again. It now works fine, with HD Speakers 2.0 mode selected under Sound settings. Also needed to download the latest JRiver media center.

Best from New Orleans...A.

[jaydreamer]

I have now everything running on Windows 10 and I am very happy with it. I have all ASIO/WASAPI settings available and they are working with almost all settings in foobar/reclock/mpc etc. I can also  power off and on the XDA-2 while PC is on, it just identifies the device and start flowing the sound instantly (I had the problem before that DAC has to be on while PC is coming back up from a sleep or shutdown).


NB: I did a fresh install of Windows 10 and used Drivers v1.01a - Windows 10 ONLY (8/10/2015) (.zip) from Emotiva site (had to turn off digital signing to install the new C-Media drivers, but that was the only extra step).

[EmotivaFanBoy]

Hey guys, any updates to this? I didn't go through the upgrade route for a new PC. I have rhe stealth DC1 and really looking forward to 64bit drivers.

[vcautokid]

Using Wasapi, no issues. Works!