Pausing causes static upon unpausing? (5.24)

[shadowwyvern]

As the thread title says, winamp 5.24 is behaving like this. Happens on both local files and files on the network, audio and video, though I have played only mp3 tracks. I have the april version of DX9.0c, sound drivers are recent. The strange thing is, if I pause, unpause, (static now), pause, unpause, it will resume playback normally.

EDIT: Upon reading soem of the many tips and hints here, none of which specifically pretain to my problem, I have increased the main buffer to 20s, and the prebuffer to 851ms. It now plays normally, pauses and unpauses, etc UNLESS I do it very fast. DIdeally, this would never happen, what else do I need to do to fix this, and what causes it in the first place. BTW, this is on a new mobo with cheap sound (soundMAX)

[JonnyMac]

Have you seen the following?...

From the Common Issues section of the Troubleshooters Sticky

No sound, skippy/choppy/crackly playback, high VM usage, etc.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=1212926#post1212926

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=166479

In addition to ^that^, close & restart Winamp after the DirectSound tweaks. Although not necessary, you may want to close Winamp, Windows and restart the computer. Some users have found changes don't fully take effect until a reboot.

Also, using the EQ and a DSP/Effects plug-in at the same time can cause distortion. So, when using a DSP try disabling the EQ (if it is on) or vice-versa

[guidebot2]

I have a Soundmax (built into the Asus P5NSLI) and the same problem; sounds fine when playing, but pause then unpause and it's loud static with no hint of music. None of those fixes helped unfortunately...

[=TT=]

I also get this problem, same soundmax hardware in a brand new ALienware laptop.

Dont get this problem when using ecternal sound cards like Motu 828 MK II or a Digi002R

I also get random crashes of winamp, have people been getting this sympton with the pause / unpause scenario?

[JonnyMac]

Try updating the soundcard drivers. If you have a soundcard go the manufacturer's website for updates. If you have an on board sound chip, go to the website of your computer provider or the manufacturer of the mother board. Also make sure DirectX is up to date for your system.

[starhawk55]

I have the exact same issue. I have a Asus motherboard (This is at work and I didn't build it, so I am not sure of the model) with SoundMAX on board. It has 1Gb of RAM and Athlon 64 3500+.

I have tried everything described in this thread, and I still get static every time I pause and unpause.

It goes:

1) Pause
2) Unpause sometime later
3) Static
4) Pause
5) Unpause
6) No static


Oh, and everything is full up to date.

[Galatix27]

I realize that this a bit of an old topic, but I was having the exact same problem, Googled it, and was sent here. Now I believe I have fixed it, and I thought I should let you know.

I was looking through the "configure" settings for DirectSound in the "Output" tab under Preferences, which is where the Buffer settings are. However, changing the Buffer settings had no effect on the problem. I continued looking through these settings and came across the option of "Old-style fade on pause (buggy)" under the "Fade" tab. Upon checking this box, the problem disappeared entirely.

I don't know what "(buggy)" refers to, but I haven't had any problems since then, pausing or elsewhere. Just thought you might want to try it.

[bena]

Originally posted by Galatix27
I realize that this a bit of an old topic, but I was having the exact same problem, Googled it, and was sent here. Now I believe I have fixed it, and I thought I should let you know.

I was looking through the "configure" settings for DirectSound in the "Output" tab under Preferences, which is where the Buffer settings are. However, changing the Buffer settings had no effect on the problem. I continued looking through these settings and came across the option of "Old-style fade on pause (buggy)" under the "Fade" tab. Upon checking this box, the problem disappeared entirely.

I don't know what "(buggy)" refers to, but I haven't had any problems since then, pausing or elsewhere. Just thought you might want to try it.

exactly the same thing here.
thanks!

[DJ Egg]

The 'old style fade on pause' option is a compatibility fix for older soundcards.

I guess the Soundmax onboard chip must come under that same "buggy" category.

[goophie]

Wow cool. Sorry for pulling up an old topic, found this with google as well.

But this tip totally fixed my exact same problem. Maybe it should go in a FAQ somewhere lol.

[christen]

I just noticed that the fix will try to move the current position in the audio slightly forward to avoid the static.

[Scythan]

Ah Ha.

Yes it skips it about 3 Seconds on default settings, however if you shrink the buffer down quite a good bit you actually control the ammount skipped. I am down to about 500ms on skipping, which is honestly hardly noticable. Much less than three seconds for sure.

The settings mine are at, which I feel are the best compromise for buffer and uninterrupted play are:

BUFFER: 400ms

PREBUFFER: 100ms

AHEAD BUFFER: 190ms

Adjust these how you like best, but for me this works fine. Hope this solves any lingering inperfections.

Rock On.

[smackywolf]

This is a problem that I've had since 3.x.

Always wondered a little about it. But I turned the OldStyle Fadeout On Pause on and it works fine.

Go figure. I also have an Asus mobo.

[charonn0]

Galatix27, thanks so much!

This fixed it right up. And I also have an Asus MB.