Difference between revisions of "Pops and Clicks"
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+ | 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. | ||
[[Category:Frequently Asked Questions]] | [[Category:Frequently Asked Questions]] |
Revision as of 14:03, 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.