Pops and Clicks: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:03, 13 February 2007

Sometimes when playing your music in Media Center you may hear pops and clicks.

Here are some things to try:

Try switching playback between Direct Sound and Wave Out.
Try updating your sound card drivers.
If you're using a sound card, make sure your BIOS has any on-board sound disabled.
Adding other programs that play sound may cause a problem. Try uninstalling these other programs.
Another possibility for anyone who has a problem is the well known (but no so commonly seen these days) problem with via chipsets and latency settings in the BIOS. Try a web search for these.
Disable any third party plug-ins, visualizations, spam blockers, pop-up blockers, virus checkers, etc. that you use while running Media Center.
Check your Windows volume controls and make sure your Mic is muted.
The pop or click may actually be in the song itself.
Enable silence suppression ("Do not play silence ..." option) for gapless MP3 playback.
Increase the buffering in: Options > Playback > Output Mode Settings.
Turn off sample-rate conversion or other CPU-hungry DSPs.

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+Sometimes when playing your music in Media Center you may hear pops and clicks.
+Here are some things to try:
-There are lots of non-MC causes for this.
+* Try switching playback between Direct Sound and Wave Out.
+* Try updating your sound card drivers.
-Here's one:
+* If you're using a sound card, make sure your BIOS has any on-board sound disabled.
+* Adding other programs that play sound may cause a problem. Try uninstalling these other programs.
-http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;topic=32316.48#msg222131
+* Another possibility for anyone who has a problem is the well known (but no so commonly seen these days) problem with via chipsets and latency settings in the BIOS.  Try a web search for these.
+* Disable any third party plug-ins, visualizations, spam blockers, pop-up blockers, virus checkers, etc. that you use while running Media Center.
+* Check your Windows volume controls and make sure your Mic is muted.
+* The pop or click may actually be in the song itself.
+* Enable silence suppression ("Do not play silence ..." option) for gapless MP3 playback.
+* Increase the buffering in: Options > Playback > Output Mode Settings.
+* Turn off sample-rate conversion or other CPU-hungry DSPs.
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