Loud buzzing sometimes when starting non-mp3 audio

The_X · 9th April 2004, 02:43

When Winamp 5.03 starts to play a track from any of these formats (with the plug in parenthesis) -
FLAC (Reference FLAC decoder v1.0beta7)
musepack (.mpc Musepak plugin 0.98)
Monkey's Audio (Monkey's Audio Player v3.97)
WMA (Nullsoft WMA plug-in v2.00(x86))

It will unpredictably either play the track correctly or emit a loud buzzing noise. I'd say it buzzes 1/5 to 1/10 of the time. Oddly, it doesn't buzz for mp3s, for which I use the MAD plug-in 0.14.2b. I'm using the DirectSound output on an M-Audio Revolution.

DJ Egg · 9th April 2004, 03:12

Can't reproduce.
I've got most of those plugins installed (though I don't use MAD)
and I've also got an M-Audio Revo.

What other 3rd-party plugins are installed?
Any DSP/Effects?

The_X · 9th April 2004, 04:32

Here are all the plugs I have(not using any DSP/Effect):

DJ Egg · 9th April 2004, 05:11

Hmm, the only potentially iffy 3rd-party plugin I see there is "Now Playing" . . . though I'm not sure, because I don't use that particular plugin.

Also not sure if having both in_mad and in_mp3 installed at the same time is a good idea, but that shouldn't bear any effect on .flac, .mpc or .ape playback.

Do you have any .ogg, .midi, .wav, and/or .mod files you can test with?
Are these formats also affected?
(Note: these formats are supported by 1st-party Nullsoft plugins, whereas your problem formats are all supported by unsupported 3rd-party input plugins).

You could also try the DirectSound Output tweaks here, and also maybe try turning the EQ off (for troubleshooting purposes).

The_X · 9th April 2004, 12:10

.ogg files are also affected.

I tried removing Now Playing but that did nothing.

Eq off doesn't fix the problem either.

I upgraded to Winamp 5 and got the Revolution at around the same time, which is when the problem started. I'll test onboard sound with Winamp 5 and see if it still happens.

9th April 2004, 02:43	#1
The_X Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	Loud buzzing sometimes when starting non-mp3 audio When Winamp 5.03 starts to play a track from any of these formats (with the plug in parenthesis) - FLAC (Reference FLAC decoder v1.0beta7) musepack (.mpc Musepak plugin 0.98) Monkey's Audio (Monkey's Audio Player v3.97) WMA (Nullsoft WMA plug-in v2.00(x86)) It will unpredictably either play the track correctly or emit a loud buzzing noise. I'd say it buzzes 1/5 to 1/10 of the time. Oddly, it doesn't buzz for mp3s, for which I use the MAD plug-in 0.14.2b. I'm using the DirectSound output on an M-Audio Revolution.

9th April 2004, 03:12	#2
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Can't reproduce. I've got most of those plugins installed (though I don't use MAD) and I've also got an M-Audio Revo. What other 3rd-party plugins are installed? Any DSP/Effects? Playlist -\|- Twitter

9th April 2004, 05:11	#4
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Hmm, the only potentially iffy 3rd-party plugin I see there is "Now Playing" . . . though I'm not sure, because I don't use that particular plugin. Also not sure if having both in_mad and in_mp3 installed at the same time is a good idea, but that shouldn't bear any effect on .flac, .mpc or .ape playback. Do you have any .ogg, .midi, .wav, and/or .mod files you can test with? Are these formats also affected? (Note: these formats are supported by 1st-party Nullsoft plugins, whereas your problem formats are all supported by unsupported 3rd-party input plugins). You could also try the DirectSound Output tweaks here, and also maybe try turning the EQ off (for troubleshooting purposes). Playlist -\|- Twitter

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9th April 2004, 04:32	#3
The_X Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	Here are all the plugs I have(not using any DSP/Effect):

9th April 2004, 12:10	#5
The_X Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	.ogg files are also affected. I tried removing Now Playing but that did nothing. Eq off doesn't fix the problem either. I upgraded to Winamp 5 and got the Revolution at around the same time, which is when the problem started. I'll test onboard sound with Winamp 5 and see if it still happens.