Distorted Sound on XP not real One

[Michael C.]

Can you help? Driving me nuts. Distorted sound
especially at louder parts. I'd swear I have cracked
speakers. Records this way also.

 

[oakes]

Either up-grade to WMP9 or if you have it re-install it on top of the
original. Should fix things, sounds
like one of the codecs could be corrupted.

Cheers,
Jerry

| Can you help? Driving me nuts. Distorted sound
| especially at louder parts. I'd swear I have cracked
| speakers. Records this way also.

 

[Michael C.]

Jerry,

Thanks for the response. Reinstalled over top - no
good. Is there a plan B?
Michael

 

[Jonas Bjurel]

I have the exact same problem, have updated to WMP 9
with no improvement. Sounds fine with Real player,
WinAmp and Quicktime. The speakers are fine, actually I
get the same distortion when I login to my computer
from another computer using Remote Desktop and
re-directing the sound.
Can any one help or tell me how to re-install the codecs.

BR/Jonas

 

[Mark]

Michael --

I am having similar problems as you. I think the problem
is the codec that WMP9 is using. I don't think WMP9
installs an MP3 codec by default but rather uses what you
already have installed. My PC came with other media
player software and then I did an install/uninstall of
another program, now I have a number of codecs installed
but I can't tell which one WMP9 would use on a pristing
(working) XP system. You configure this in Control Panel -

Sounds and Audio Devices -> Hardware (Tab) -> Audio

Codecs -> Properties.

Does anyone know what codec(s) WMP9 would use in a
configuration that works?

Mark

 

[zachd [ms]]

WMP (and XP) use and install the FhG MP3 decoder. Due to how codecs work,
other applications can stop on that codec, though.

-Zach
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[Mark]

Thanks Zach. The problem I had (and perhaps Michael C
too) is that when the FhG codec isn't loaded, WMP9
defaulted to an inferior codec (in my case Cyberlink)
which sounds really distorted.

I have a number of FhG files (some installed by WMP9 some
not). The one WMP9 recognizes is l3codecp.acm (in
Windows/System32). Apparently if that file is there, WMP9
will use it regardless of Control Panel settings. If it
is not there, it will try to load the best codec based on
what's in the Control Panel. The Creative codec is
ctmp3.acm (this is the bad one). I tested it by moving
each file into a temp folder and seeing how WMP9 reacted.

This isn't a WMP9 reinstall issue. The MP3 codec didn't
get reinstalled for me when I did a WMP9 reinstall.
Perhaps it's bundled with XP - I don't know. l3codecp.acm
is dated from 1999.

One last question for the group -- I have other FhG files:
l3codeca.acm
l3codecx.acm
l3codecx.ax

l3codeca.acm is dated 2002 (newer than the default).
However I can't get that codec to load in WMP9 no matter
what I do. I think this codec was loaded with K-Lite
Codec Pack. Does anyone know how to get WMP9 to load this
(it won't seem to load no matter what the Control Panel
says -- perhaps it's recognized as a "bad" codec.)

Thanks,

Mark

 

[zachd [ms]]

The Control Panel actually isn't really the best way to go here, which is
one of the reasons pirated codec packs suck - they can be hard to remove.
l3codeca.acm (the default MP3 decoder) can only be used if l3codecp.acm is
off the system (or renamed), ctmp3.acm is off the system (or renamed), and
then you run
regsvr32 l3codeca.acm
.... that should work, depending upon the exact FhG registration
implementation.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the newsgroups*.
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