I heard you the first three times. Try removing whatever you can. AV, Spybot, and Adobe, at a minimum.
Could the RealTek software conflict with the ESI sound card?
Please copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.
Try switching playback between DirectSound and Wave Out. Try disabling the 96K mode on the ESI.
Could the RealTek software conflict with the ESI sound card?I suppose it's possible but that begs the question; "Why now?"
Try switching playback between DirectSound and Wave Out. Try disabling the 96K mode on the ESI.I've always used ASIO. I'll try these alternate formats and see what's happens. I've set the sampling on the card to "Auto."
Try removing whatever you can. AV, Spybot, and Adobe, at a minimum.
Done, but for whatever it's worth, since I installed 129 and the updated sound drivers, except for the learning remote crash, it's been running solidly.
SysinfoMedia Center 13.0.129 C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 13\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2997 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1570 MB, Free - 895 MB
Internet Explorer: 8.0.6001.18372 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive E: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive F: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B Addr: 0:0:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No /
Portable Device Info
Removed devices:
Interface Plugins:
last.fm (Active)
Library Server (Active)
TiVo Server (Active)
UPnP Server (Active)