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Title: Sound Anomalies Cured By Reboot
Post by: Shrubman on April 22, 2005, 06:05:43 pm: Hi all:

Here's my system info:

Media Center Registered 11.0.241 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1901 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 586 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2627 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050309-1648) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2620 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050225-1820) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive F: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive H: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive G: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

I'm running my sound ASIO through an Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1LT.

Often, if my computer has been up for a period of time and I launch Media Center, the songs exhibit a good deal of periodic light pops, or static.

I've noticed that a PC reboot cures the problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Evan
Title: Re: Sound Anomalies Cured By Reboot
Post by: datdude on April 22, 2005, 10:56:36 pm: Interesting. Are you hearing actualy pops and clicks that are sounds not apart of the songs or things more along the lines of pauses, stutters, skips. How often are these happening and any specific time in a songs?
Title: Re: Sound Anomalies Cured By Reboot
Post by: dedidio on April 23, 2005, 05:04:29 am: I was getting similar problems with the same card (both asio and regular)

see this thread for what sorted it for me:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=25511.0
Title: Re: Sound Anomalies Cured By Reboot
Post by: Shrubman on April 23, 2005, 09:42:07 am: Quote from: datdude on April 22, 2005, 10:56:36 pm
Interesting. Are you hearing actualy pops and clicks that are sounds not apart of the songs or things more along the lines of pauses, stutters, skips. How often are these happening and any specific time in a songs?

It's a bit hard to explain but I'll try. The songs do not skip or pause. They generally appear to play through at the normal rate. What I hear is more like little glitches, like someone is brushing a piece of paper across the singer's microphone or something. The noises are softer than the music, which is helpful, but they are definitely noticeable.

When the problem exists, it starts as soon as I start playing the music, usually making the noises every 10 seconds or so (yet random).

I should note that all of my music is ripped to my hard drive. None of this is with CDs.

BTW, is it possible for digital music to be slowed down or speeded up depending on what's happening with the PC? I swear there's been a time or two that songs sounded slower than they should have been- a problem that was, again, cured by a reboot.