bad sound quality sometimes

portapottyguy · 16th February 2004, 08:48

when i run winamp for a while nonstop. like about 5 hours? give or take a few hours, the sound starts getting rufflez up and staticy. is that cuz of my sound card? or is that cause of winamp. because all i have to do is restart winamp again and the sound is fine. it's just weird that my sound gets ruffled up after awhile

portapottyguy · 17th February 2004, 00:14

does someone want to help me?

ajanini · 17th February 2004, 03:34

portapottyguy and Nullsoft Support Guys,

I've this exact same problem. When Winamp 5.01 is running for a long time, the sound begins to crackle and click. Then it slows down and the pitch becomes lower.

Restarting playing doesn't solve the problem and neither does switching songs. Closing and reopening Winamp does the trick. I've tried different skins but this doesn't seem to affect it either.

I have an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ CPU, on a ASUS A7V8X mainboard, 512 MB of RAM and a Sound Blaster Audigy card (using Audigy 2 drivers). Running Windows XP and Norton Antivirus 2003.

Thanks,

Alexandre

portapottyguy · 17th February 2004, 22:16

yea...would u guys please help? this has to have an answer if it happens to us. it could be because we both use AMD and the same motherboard. u use the integrated one right? maybe it's out soundcard.

ajanini · 18th February 2004, 02:47

I am not using the onboard sound. I have the Sound Blaster Audigy installed.

My main board is not the A7V8X-X, it doesn't have the "-X".

Anyway, any input on this would be appreciated. I've uninstalled Winamp 5 and gone back to 2.91 since this happened.

DJ Egg · 18th February 2004, 05:00

Was it a clean install of Winamp 5.02
or did you install it directly on top of an older version?

Using any third party plugins?
eg. any DSP/Effects or a non-standard input/output plugin?

Sure, it could be a driver-related issue,
or it could be something else bogging down the system...
Depends on what else is running at the time.

Are you sure it's okay to use Audigy 2 drivers with Audigy 1 ?
www.soundblaster.com/drivers/

As for onboard AC'97 audio chips/codecs, well, anything's possible.

You could also try switching between WaveOut and DirectSound Outputs,
though DirectSound is recommended under Win2k/XP/2003.

16th February 2004, 08:48	#1
portapottyguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 16	bad sound quality sometimes when i run winamp for a while nonstop. like about 5 hours? give or take a few hours, the sound starts getting rufflez up and staticy. is that cuz of my sound card? or is that cause of winamp. because all i have to do is restart winamp again and the sound is fine. it's just weird that my sound gets ruffled up after awhile

17th February 2004, 03:34	#3
ajanini Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Posts: 2	I have this exact same problem! portapottyguy and Nullsoft Support Guys, I've this exact same problem. When Winamp 5.01 is running for a long time, the sound begins to crackle and click. Then it slows down and the pitch becomes lower. Restarting playing doesn't solve the problem and neither does switching songs. Closing and reopening Winamp does the trick. I've tried different skins but this doesn't seem to affect it either. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ CPU, on a ASUS A7V8X mainboard, 512 MB of RAM and a Sound Blaster Audigy card (using Audigy 2 drivers). Running Windows XP and Norton Antivirus 2003. Thanks, Alexandre

18th February 2004, 05:00	#6
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Was it a clean install of Winamp 5.02 or did you install it directly on top of an older version? Using any third party plugins? eg. any DSP/Effects or a non-standard input/output plugin? Sure, it could be a driver-related issue, or it could be something else bogging down the system... Depends on what else is running at the time. Are you sure it's okay to use Audigy 2 drivers with Audigy 1 ? www.soundblaster.com/drivers/ As for onboard AC'97 audio chips/codecs, well, anything's possible. You could also try switching between WaveOut and DirectSound Outputs, though DirectSound is recommended under Win2k/XP/2003. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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17th February 2004, 00:14	#2
portapottyguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 16	does someone want to help me?

17th February 2004, 22:16	#4
portapottyguy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 16	yea...would u guys please help? this has to have an answer if it happens to us. it could be because we both use AMD and the same motherboard. u use the integrated one right? maybe it's out soundcard.

18th February 2004, 02:47	#5
ajanini Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Posts: 2	I am not using the onboard sound. I have the Sound Blaster Audigy installed. My main board is not the A7V8X-X, it doesn't have the "-X". Anyway, any input on this would be appreciated. I've uninstalled Winamp 5 and gone back to 2.91 since this happened.