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Dodgy audio playback on laptop

  • 30-01-2006 10:35am
    #1
    humaxf1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭


    Hi all...

    I'm looking at a laptop for a friend. Problem is, audio playback of mp3 files is not 100%. Every now and again the audio is very "breaky-uppy", kinda latent as if being played over a dodgy GSM connection in bad signal area.

    The actual files are not distorted/clipping etc. I tried external PC speakers connected to line out and the same result. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the sound card, tried the files in both itunes and MPlayer 10. Same result.

    Doing an ewido malware scan right now and it's found 83 infrected objects half way through. OS is XP Home SP2, AMD Athlon XP1800+ (500MHz), 256MB RAM, 1.5GB free space (Resources???) on an Acer Aspire 1300

    Anyone got ideas or come across this prob before? Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    thetourist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭thetourist


    did you check it with other files wav ogg wma etc - if it works on these then its not hardware related and could be a codec problem - are you SURE that the mp3 files themselves are ok and that the player (realplayer or whatever) is ok - try the files in a different pc and try installing a different mp3 player altogether on the laptop -

    other than that it might be the sound card - if it's not onboard audio then i would try to get a different soundcard and install that to eliminate that as a possibility - so if its not the soundcard or the speakers etc then it's prob os or codec related


  • #3
    bpmurray
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭bpmurray


    And you replace the soundcard on a laptop how?


  • #4
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    bpmurray wrote:
    And you replace the soundcard on a laptop how?

    http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=10769&nav=1 is one option!


  • #5
    humaxf1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭humaxf1


    I ripped a fresh CD track into mp3 and it sounded crap too. I tried various mp3 player SW and the same result.

    I had a spare HDD, did a clean install of XP home and the audio was 100%. Soooo, backed up and did a clean install on the original disk. Works fine now. Sometimes it's just as easy to do what I did instead of spending hours trying to trace the fault, as I did.


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