XP Audio Studder

Recently, I performed a reinstall of Windows XP on my
system. For the first few weeks, I had virtually no
problems in the audio/video department.

Then, seemingly out of the blue I have had the following
issue develop:

When playing any movie files or any sound files, I hear
what can be best described as intermittant studders in the
sound playback. This studder is basically a short, half-
second continuation of whatever tone was being played at
the time of the studder. When watching a movie file,
spoken words end up coming through as a sort of short
buzzing noise, after which, audio continues to play until
the next studder.

I've investigated the problem to the best of my ability,
but have reached an impasse. All my drivers appear to be
up-to-date, I've tweaked the hardware acceleration and am
basically lost now.

Any help that could be provided would be much
appreciated. If possible, please email me directly,
otherwise, I'll check back to this newsgroup at my
earliest opportunity.

Specs of note:
Vid Card: Radeon 9800 w/ dual monitor support (dual
monitor mode disabled)
Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Gamer Edition
Proc: AthlonXP 1.6Ghz - 1 GB Ram

Thanks in advance.

"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
news:0cc801c39a51$f512e2f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Recently, I performed a reinstall of Windows XP on my
> system. For the first few weeks, I had virtually no
> problems in the audio/video department.
>
> Then, seemingly out of the blue I have had the following
> issue develop:
>
> When playing any movie files or any sound files, I hear
> what can be best described as intermittant studders in the
> sound playback. This studder is basically a short, half-
> second continuation of whatever tone was being played at
> the time of the studder. When watching a movie file,
> spoken words end up coming through as a sort of short
> buzzing noise, after which, audio continues to play until
> the next studder.
>
> I've investigated the problem to the best of my ability,
> but have reached an impasse. All my drivers appear to be
> up-to-date, I've tweaked the hardware acceleration and am
> basically lost now.
>
> Any help that could be provided would be much
> appreciated. If possible, please email me directly,
> otherwise, I'll check back to this newsgroup at my
> earliest opportunity.
>
> Specs of note:
> Vid Card: Radeon 9800 w/ dual monitor support (dual
> monitor mode disabled)
> Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Gamer Edition
> Proc: AthlonXP 1.6Ghz - 1 GB Ram
>
> Thanks in advance.

Try installing the codec package from MS :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...ecdownload.aspx

Cheers,
Jerry

Thanks, but unfortunately that didn't work for me. Its
worth noting that when the issue happens during video
playback, the video freezes for as long as the audio
studder is happening. With few exceptions, there is
a "buzzing" sound.

>-----Original Message-----
>"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
>news:0cc801c39a51$f512e2f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Recently, I performed a reinstall of Windows XP on my
>> system. For the first few weeks, I had virtually no
>> problems in the audio/video department.
>>
>> Then, seemingly out of the blue I have had the following
>> issue develop:
>>
>> When playing any movie files or any sound files, I hear
>> what can be best described as intermittant studders in
the
>> sound playback. This studder is basically a short,
half-
>> second continuation of whatever tone was being played at
>> the time of the studder. When watching a movie file,
>> spoken words end up coming through as a sort of short
>> buzzing noise, after which, audio continues to play
until
>> the next studder.
>>
>> I've investigated the problem to the best of my ability,
>> but have reached an impasse. All my drivers appear to
be
>> up-to-date, I've tweaked the hardware acceleration and
am
>> basically lost now.
>>
>> Any help that could be provided would be much
>> appreciated. If possible, please email me directly,
>> otherwise, I'll check back to this newsgroup at my
>> earliest opportunity.
>>
>> Specs of note:
>> Vid Card: Radeon 9800 w/ dual monitor support (dual
>> monitor mode disabled)
>> Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Gamer Edition
>> Proc: AthlonXP 1.6Ghz - 1 GB Ram
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
>Try installing the codec package from MS :
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...ia/format/codec
download.aspx
>
>Cheers,
>Jerry
>
>
>.
>

"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
news:00de01c39a60$2bdce2a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks, but unfortunately that didn't work for me. Its
> worth noting that when the issue happens during video
> playback, the video freezes for as long as the audio
> studder is happening. With few exceptions, there is
> a "buzzing" sound.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
> >news:0cc801c39a51$f512e2f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Recently, I performed a reinstall of Windows XP on my
> >> system. For the first few weeks, I had virtually no
> >> problems in the audio/video department.
> >>
> >> Then, seemingly out of the blue I have had the following
> >> issue develop:
> >>
> >> When playing any movie files or any sound files, I hear
> >> what can be best described as intermittant studders in
> the
> >> sound playback. This studder is basically a short,
> half-
> >> second continuation of whatever tone was being played at
> >> the time of the studder. When watching a movie file,
> >> spoken words end up coming through as a sort of short
> >> buzzing noise, after which, audio continues to play
> until
> >> the next studder.
> >>
> >> I've investigated the problem to the best of my ability,
> >> but have reached an impasse. All my drivers appear to
> be
> >> up-to-date, I've tweaked the hardware acceleration and
> am
> >> basically lost now.
> >>
> >> Any help that could be provided would be much
> >> appreciated. If possible, please email me directly,
> >> otherwise, I'll check back to this newsgroup at my
> >> earliest opportunity.
> >>
> >> Specs of note:
> >> Vid Card: Radeon 9800 w/ dual monitor support (dual
> >> monitor mode disabled)
> >> Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Gamer Edition
> >> Proc: AthlonXP 1.6Ghz - 1 GB Ram
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Try installing the codec package from MS :
> >
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...ia/format/codec
> download.aspx
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Jerry
> >

Tyr this : open up the PC, take out the soundcard and place it in another
free slot, as far away from other bits abd bobs that could cause
interference. That may cure the buzzing.

For the freezing videos : Start > Run > type MSCONFIG > Start-up tab >
disable things that you don't need at start-up (I have, for example Nero
(disabled), Creative Mixer (disabled) etc. The idea is to free up some more
resources.

Cheers,
Jerry

Thank you VERY much for your recommendation Jerry. After
doing what you recommended, my audio problems have
disappeared! You rock.
>-----Original Message-----
>"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
>news:00de01c39a60$2bdce2a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, but unfortunately that didn't work for me. Its
>> worth noting that when the issue happens during video
>> playback, the video freezes for as long as the audio
>> studder is happening. With few exceptions, there is
>> a "buzzing" sound.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >"Matt Warren" <matt@mattwarren.net> wrote in message
>> >news:0cc801c39a51$f512e2f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Recently, I performed a reinstall of Windows XP on my
>> >> system. For the first few weeks, I had virtually no
>> >> problems in the audio/video department.
>> >>
>> >> Then, seemingly out of the blue I have had the
following
>> >> issue develop:
>> >>
>> >> When playing any movie files or any sound files, I
hear
>> >> what can be best described as intermittant studders
in
>> the
>> >> sound playback. This studder is basically a short,
>> half-
>> >> second continuation of whatever tone was being
played at
>> >> the time of the studder. When watching a movie file,
>> >> spoken words end up coming through as a sort of short
>> >> buzzing noise, after which, audio continues to play
>> until
>> >> the next studder.
>> >>
>> >> I've investigated the problem to the best of my
ability,
>> >> but have reached an impasse. All my drivers appear
to
>> be
>> >> up-to-date, I've tweaked the hardware acceleration
and
>> am
>> >> basically lost now.
>> >>
>> >> Any help that could be provided would be much
>> >> appreciated. If possible, please email me directly,
>> >> otherwise, I'll check back to this newsgroup at my
>> >> earliest opportunity.
>> >>
>> >> Specs of note:
>> >> Vid Card: Radeon 9800 w/ dual monitor support (dual
>> >> monitor mode disabled)
>> >> Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! Gamer Edition
>> >> Proc: AthlonXP 1.6Ghz - 1 GB Ram
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >Try installing the codec package from MS :
>> >
>>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...ia/format/codec
>> download.aspx
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >Jerry
>> >
>
>Tyr this : open up the PC, take out the soundcard and
place it in another
>free slot, as far away from other bits abd bobs that
could cause
>interference. That may cure the buzzing.
>
>For the freezing videos : Start > Run > type MSCONFIG >
Start-up tab >
>disable things that you don't need at start-up (I have,
for example Nero
>(disabled), Creative Mixer (disabled) etc. The idea is to
free up some more
>resources.
>
>Cheers,
>Jerry
>
>
>.
>