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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: V-Man on April 03, 2004, 01:30:31 pm

Title: Crackles and pops
Post by: V-Man on April 03, 2004, 01:30:31 pm
Not sure if this is an issue with MC, but recently I'm experiencing loud crackles and pops when pressing play or stop and when changing the volume in MC, and also when shutting down the PC. The 'cure' appears to be to play a second of a song through WMP - then MC starts behaving, until the next time I restart the PC. Can anyone suggest what the problem is?

Media Center Registered 10.0.99 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1671 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 214 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive P:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive Q:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive Q: TEAC     CD-W524E           Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re:Crackles and pops
Post by: JimH on April 03, 2004, 02:41:15 pm
Did you try a search here?  There was a similar problem reported and solved around a month ago.  
Title: Re:Crackles and pops
Post by: V-Man on April 04, 2004, 01:47:56 pm
Hi Jim

I did try a search, and have tried again just now, but evidently the terms I'm searching for aren't right. I'm either getting no hits, or it's returning this particular thread  ?. If you can suggest some alternative terms or provide the thread ID, I'd be grateful - sorry if I'm being dense.
Title: Re:Crackles and pops
Post by: xen-uno on April 04, 2004, 01:59:39 pm
Probably the DMA/PIO issue, which doesn't seem to apply to your case. Do you have latest soundcard drivers installed? If you do...then re-install them. It looks like your keeping up with the 10.0.x builds so I doubt a re-installation of MC would help.

If nothing above helps...
1) Shutdown
2) Remove the SoundCard
3) Reboot (don't run anything audio related)
4) Shutdown
5) Re-install SC
6) Reboot
7) Install SoundCard drivers

Rx