XP Audio Studder

[Matt Warren]

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.

 

[plectrum]

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/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

Cheers,
Jerry

 

[Matt Warren]

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.

 

[plectrum]

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.

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

 

[Matt Warren]

Thank you VERY much for your recommendation Jerry. After
doing what you recommended, my audio problems have
disappeared! You rock.