white noise in background?

cliffkram · 17th December 2002, 05:41

Is anyone else experiencing white noise in the background when playing anything? For those that dont know, white noise is that soft "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in the background. bc of it, the music sounds distant and muffled, a problem i never had using the older winamps. its not a problem with the equalization.

any help anyone can provide i would be greatful for.

will · 17th December 2002, 11:17

Update your sound card drivers. Go to the website of your sound card manufacturer and follow your nose.

cliffkram · 17th December 2002, 15:00

Updating drivers didn't help...like i said it ONLY happens in Winamp3...no other programs

Samarys · 17th December 2002, 23:11

Try uncheck "Enable DirectSound" in Preferences/Audio.
I had the same problem, but now it's OK.

Eprom999 · 18th December 2002, 08:18

I had the white noise on one of my computers while playing streams from the web( and the white noise got worse the longer the WinAmp played the streaming audio)...... I went as far as disabling the sound logic on my PC Chips mother board (system is a white box K6-500), and installing a creative labs sound blaster, but the white noise persisted (on that computer).....two of my other PCs never exhibited the problem.... one is an emachine eTower 466i, and the other is my Compaq P3 800 mhz Laptop. Those two computers sound wonderful playing streaming audio w/ WA3.

Cringer · 20th December 2002, 21:41

I get crackling on MP3s and stuff - I think it's performance...

17th December 2002, 05:41	#1
cliffkram Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2	white noise in background? Is anyone else experiencing white noise in the background when playing anything? For those that dont know, white noise is that soft "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in the background. bc of it, the music sounds distant and muffled, a problem i never had using the older winamps. its not a problem with the equalization. any help anyone can provide i would be greatful for.

17th December 2002, 11:17	#2
will Nullsoft Newbie (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 5,569	Update your sound card drivers. Go to the website of your sound card manufacturer and follow your nose. DO NOT PM ME WITH TECH SUPPORT QUESTIONS

18th December 2002, 08:18	#5
Eprom999 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1	WA 3 white noise I had the white noise on one of my computers while playing streams from the web( and the white noise got worse the longer the WinAmp played the streaming audio)...... I went as far as disabling the sound logic on my PC Chips mother board (system is a white box K6-500), and installing a creative labs sound blaster, but the white noise persisted (on that computer).....two of my other PCs never exhibited the problem.... one is an emachine eTower 466i, and the other is my Compaq P3 800 mhz Laptop. Those two computers sound wonderful playing streaming audio w/ WA3.

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17th December 2002, 15:00	#3
cliffkram Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2	Updating drivers didn't help...like i said it ONLY happens in Winamp3...no other programs

17th December 2002, 23:11	#4
Samarys Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Grenoble.fr Posts: 2	Try uncheck "Enable DirectSound" in Preferences/Audio. I had the same problem, but now it's OK.

20th December 2002, 21:41	#6
Cringer Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 10	I get crackling on MP3s and stuff - I think it's performance...