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[Chrono]

I’ve been having this problem for a week now and tried everything I can... it just won't go away. :'(

Every time I play .avi files (like fansubs, well actually only fansubs) 1 out of 3 times I get this low whistle sound that plays in the background. Or a scratchy beep sound. I’m not sure how to describe it but it’s annoying and even gives me headaches. @_@

Possible sources of the problem:

- Speakers. They seam fine with most fansubs and music and pretty much anything else so I think they’re fine.

- Players: I tried Windows Media Player Classic, Vidolan, WMP, and zoom player and the sound is still there, in the same files and in the same spots (it goes up and down).

- Sound card: I unstalled and reinstalled drivers, and checked for the latest. No change. I messed around with the settings, also installed acfilter and nothing changed.

A good example of this is in the very beginning of Monster ep 44 by A-K. You can hear it very well in the first 30 seconds but it looks like I’m the only one with the problem though (and I downloaded it again just to make sure).


Any ideas on what could be the problem here? Thanks in advance.

 

[Fresh Prince]

Have you turned up you speakers with no sound to listen for hiss\whistle?

 

[Chrono]

yeah, and there's only a very, very low hissing sound that I can barely hear. The one I hear during playing movies btw varies while playing.

What's weird is that it appears in some files but not in others. I checked with others and they said there's no problem so It can’t be the file but if it's the speakers/audio card then it should appear when I'm playing all files. ¬_¬

 

[Fresh Prince]

No idea. Maybe your line- in is picking some feedback off your speakers or something?

 

[Burger]

What are you playing the media off ?? CD? HDD?

If you are playing off CD, sometimes the drive access can cause small audio 'irregularities'. You could make a RAMDISK to make sure this is not the problem. You might need third party software for this, windows now longer supports this I think (well, your not running msdos I mean).

Also, in your volume properties, mute EVERYTHING that is not the master, or wave.

 

[Chrono]

I'm playing the media off my HDD.

Also, in your volume properties, mute EVERYTHING that is not the master, or wave.

I just did that, and nothing changed. =\

The thing is, this only happens with a few fansubs and not all. Like I can crank up the volume all the way up for champloo 24 and everything is still clear, but in monster 44 it'd make my ears bleed. I checked other fansubs by a-k and they’re fine (and all other media).

So far it's just occurring in random files, but it varies with the same levels during playback no matter how many times I play the file again so it HAS to be with the file itself, that must be the problem, except every body I asked said they don't have it. O_O

I can live with this I guess.

 

[Chrono]

Sorry to bump this thread but I think I know what's wrong, but have no idea how to solve it.- I just did what Burger suggested in pm and those didn't help either.

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So, my question is, how the hell do I get this driver? I searched all over MSI's site and can only find drivers for the onbaord sound, not this 'multimedia audio controller' thing.

Here's a pic..

Thanks for any help.


Edit:

The error thing has been solved. I just disabled creative audio from bios.

Whistle sound still there. :|

 

[NohWun]

What other hardware is in your PC? I had a weird problem where an I/O card I added made the sound go weird (noisy/crackly). The problem only appeared when installing the drivers for the I/O card. Never did bother to find a real fix, though; ended up changing the motherboard in that system (which fixed it, I suppose).

 

[Chrono]

I put this PC up weeks ago, didn't add any hardware since. What I don't understand about this problem is that only a few files are 'infected' with it. I have no problem with Monster episode 47, but 45 from the same group (and using the same codecs) gives me a headache.

After all these tests I can say...

- It’s not my sound card. Neither my onboard sound. The problem doesn't go away using either one.
- Not speakers. I just dug out my old speakers minutes ago and it's there.

Could it be that the captures are just bad? When I tested my old speakers, the whistle sound was much fainter. Though I’m not using state of the art speakers and don't jack up the volume even half way through...

bah I'll just forget about this for now.