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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: kadiddle on September 16, 2010, 11:08:35 am
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I'm using MC 15 on Win 7 pro 64 bit. All was working fine when I put a ripped cd in the pc to play. It played fine, at first, however I noticed it was also being played by Windows Media player at the same time as MC 15. I closed WMP and then restarted playback on MC 15. Playback started fine then started making very bad static sounds. I stopped playback and when I tried to restart it I get this message:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/barefootpilot/MC15/error.jpg)
Output mode is WASAPI and no DSP items are checked. Here's a shot of some settings:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/barefootpilot/MC15/settings.jpg)
WMP can still play music and I can get sound from youtube videos etc. It's only MC15 that quit making sounds.
Any ideas what could have happened? I rebooted but that didn't help.
thanks,
Cliff
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One question is simple to answer: check 'Exclusive' otherwise you are sending your audio through the Win audio engine (the mixer)
The static is harder to answer.
- is your DAC 24?
- decrease buffer size, WASAPI (or your DAC) don’t like large buffers.
A couple of screen shots: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/Players/MC14/MC_Wasapi.htm
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The Output Format DSP switch isn't checked in your screen shot (left hand side), so none of those settings in that screenshot are active. I don't know if this has anything to do with anything, but I thought I'd mention it.
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Thanks for the replies. I tried a few more things including unplugging and replugging the USB playback device (Halide Designs SPDIF Bridge). What finally worked was choosing a different device in the Output Mode settings, closing MC, opening it again then going back into settings and choosing the Bridge device again. It's working now.
Cliff