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August 1st, 2003, 11:57 PM
#1
Registered User
audio affected by applications
I'm curious as to why my audio is affected when certain programs are launched, even though I'm not using onboard audio. I bought a sound card to alleviate this problem, but something must either be malconfigured and/or unknown to me as to how to correct this condition.
Any ideas, anyone?
I'm using Windows XP Pro.
512Mb pc133 sdramm
950Mhz Athlon processor
40Gb 7200 r.p.m. Western Digital hard drive
Creative Labs sound card
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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August 2nd, 2003, 05:07 AM
#2
Intel Mod
Re: audio affected by applications
Originally posted by Ronin
my audio is affected
It would be helpful to have a little more information than this, Ronin.
For example, how your sound is affected, and what type of sound is affected. eg CD play, .wav replay, FM synthesis or all of them.
Also do you know the model of motherboard in the system, or what support chipset it uses, eg Via, AMD, and the model of sound card?
Also which programs cause the problem and what they're doing at the time could help too.
Last edited by Platypus; August 2nd, 2003 at 05:09 AM.
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August 2nd, 2003, 05:58 AM
#3
I don't know the why of it but actually setting a DMA buffer helps at least on my low end system. I don't know XP, but for 9x it's Device Mangler|System Devices|Direct Memory Access Controller|Properties|Settings. Reserve 64K buffer. That adds the following line to the [386Enh] section of System.ini - DMABufferSize=64. Doing either causes the other. Having a DMA buffer set also helps to get CDROM and hard drives to accept DMA settings in Device Mangler sometimes. Might try it?
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August 2nd, 2003, 09:56 AM
#4
Registered User
Re: Re: audio affected by applications
Originally posted by Platypus
It would be helpful to have a little more information than this, Ronin.
For example, how your sound is affected, and what type of sound is affected. eg CD play, .wav replay, FM synthesis or all of them.
Also do you know the model of motherboard in the system, or what support chipset it uses, eg Via, AMD, and the model of sound card?
Also which programs cause the problem and what they're doing at the time could help too.
Example: I like to listen to 80's music from www.shoutcast.com with the use of Winamp. Should I attempt to check email via Outlook Express or if I launch Trillian, then the audio goes into a slower speed that sounds like the words are being dragged.
My motherboard is a PC Chips K7 series with SiS730 chipset.
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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August 2nd, 2003, 10:19 AM
#5
Driver Terrier
If you are using shoutcast, the audio is being streamed from the internet. You then launch other programs that use the bandwidth you have. If this is dialup it will be very noticeable.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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August 2nd, 2003, 12:35 PM
#6
Registered User
I'm using a cable modem, and this happens equally when I'm playing mp3s.
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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August 2nd, 2003, 02:08 PM
#7
Driver Terrier
Is the sound sharing an irq with another device?
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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August 2nd, 2003, 03:06 PM
#8
Registered User
All I know is that my sound card is using IRQ 11. Is there some way to show a list of all the IRQ's in use?
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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August 2nd, 2003, 03:10 PM
#9
Driver Terrier
yes in device manager, click view, resources by connection, interupt request(irq)
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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August 2nd, 2003, 03:14 PM
#10
Registered User
edit: NooNoo beat me to it.
"And just when I thought today couldn't get anymore poo-like." -Outcoded
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August 2nd, 2003, 03:52 PM
#11
Registered User
O.k., please correct me if what I'm going to say is wrong.
Sometime ago, a friend of mine showed me that he had to reduce the hardware acceleration setting for his video card because his processor wasn't strong enough to really drive the video card. He was advised to do this by the manufacturer.
In light of that, I wondered if the same concept may apply to my situation. I adjusted the hardware acceleration for the audio card, launched a program or two while the streaming audio played, and the audio doesn't slur and/or stutter anymore.
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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August 3rd, 2003, 08:09 AM
#12
Intel Mod
Originally posted by Ronin
if what I'm going to say is wrong.
It's difficult to argue with results, Ronin. But you don't sound fully convinced yourself...
It is possible that reducing the hardware acceleration is just papering over the cracks, turning off a feaure that is not set up properly. (Maybe a hardware conflict, not unknown for Creative, or chipset driver problem.)
Unless someone else has a better suggestion, why not try it like that for a while, & see if there are any ill effects on anything else, eg sound might be choppy in games?
If you want to investigate further, fill us in a bit more on the details of the system.
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August 3rd, 2003, 08:46 AM
#13
Geezer
Originally posted by Platypus
...If you want to investigate further, fill us in a bit more on the details of the system.
Like what the sound card actually is rather than just "Creative Labs sound card" ... buying a 'new' card mightn't have made much difference, some of the cheapie/old cards available aren't any better than an 'onboard' ... if its a VIA chipset board make sure you have the lastest VIA 4-in1(hyperion) drivers ...
Most likely turning down any hardware acceleration of sound simply stops the 'full' range being played ... if you can't hear any difference all well & good but most likely if you had a direct fully working comparrison you'd hear that certain bits are replaced simply by silence ...
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August 3rd, 2003, 11:08 AM
#14
Registered User
By any chance are you using VIA "CHEAPSET" (yes, cheap - as non expensive ) ?
I had the same problem with my AOPEN AK73 (using via CHIP) Solved using the 4-in-1 Driver.
Cheers,
Gabriel
Real stupidity beats Artifical Intelligence
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August 3rd, 2003, 03:10 PM
#15
Registered User
"I see your lips moving but all I hear is 169.blah.blah.blah."
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