Hi all
Have a strange problem with WMC 7, hoping someone may be able to help....
When listening to music in WMC, every so often (probably every 5-10 minutes, it varies) the sound drops for a second or two, almost as if you have turned the speakers off and back on again or hit mute for a sceond.
The machine is an Acer Aspire 3610 and is connected to my amp using an optical cable.
Yesterday I tried using an analog cable but the problem is still noticable using that so it would appear to rule out a problem with the cables or amp (analog is connected to a different port).
When watching movies this does not happen at all, it is only with music.
Any help or advice would be apprecited.
Thanks
Dave
I can't help as it seems my problem (with video only so far as I can tell, since I don't listen to music on the htpc) is not resolved either.
I have a similar problem with Live TV, recorded TV whether local or on the server, DVD's...quite frustrating. It's machine dependent since I didn't have the problem when I swapped my laptop in for an extended weekend.
Have tried drivers, codecs, updates etc. Good luck...
Hi
Little update on this, the problem is still there with the audio dropping for a second or so every few minutes, however I have noticed that if I use Nokia's music player (I have a comes with music device) the audio does not drop out.
So the audio drop only happens in WMC7 and WMP.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I recently did a factory restore but this have failed to fix the problem.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers
I've had similar issues in the past (mine was related to video content and dvd). And in the end what seems to have fixed it for me was to disable all the audio options I didn't use. In my case I use a COAX digital audio feed to my AVR so I disabled the analog audio (including the front panel jacks) as well as the other digital options and it looks like it's fixed...
Im glad this thread has popped up. I have 1-3 second audio dropouts on music and video often (video not affected). Im using sharks codecs. My audio goes from my onboard SPDIF to my Onkyo sound system. If I play to my desktop speakers it doesn't have the problem so I fugure it must me the SPDIF.
Ged
Windows 7 64 bit, Intel X-25mg2 SSD, 4gb RAM, SPDIF out, NVIDIA GTS8800
I use an Onkyo AVR as well...and yeah it's the switch between digital and analog outputs that causes issue. At least it seems that way to me.