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| Thread ID: 76399 | 2007-01-31 02:37:00 | Popping and Crackling noises in windows media player 11 | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 520973 | 2007-01-31 02:37:00 | Finally decided to give windows media player 11 for XP a try, in a spirit of enquiry you understand ;) (normally I just use winamp) It's a useless piece of junk! Practically all my Mp3s I try to play with it (ripped cd's, downloaded, etc) end up sounding like a dusty record with all the pops and crackles I hear - now these exact same files play perfect in Winamp, Nero, Realplayer and everything else I have tried. I have tried to find a soudcard config option in WMP11 but I can't find anything of use. is it just me or is WMP11 a piece of complete junk?? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 520974 | 2007-01-31 02:45:00 | Yup it is a piece of junk even tho I installed it, all its got is a pretty face. I use Winamp for most things too. And since MP3's play ok in everything else, the soundcard wont be the prob, its either WMP or some setting in it. Its not too bad for some removable devices, it even detects my webcam but not the Ipod without a plugin or something. But, the Ipod works fine in Winamp. It xfers MP3's back and forth as well as video. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 520975 | 2007-01-31 04:06:00 | SRS WOW Effects may cause that. Turn it off by going to View > Enhancements click SOS WOW effects and choose 'Turn off' |
yzhu (9783) | ||
| 520976 | 2007-01-31 05:13:00 | SRS WOW should be off by default though... I recommend that you dump WMP11 and go back to WMP10...it's the DRM-thing I have in mind really...not your sound, which hasn't anything to do with DRM....I think anyway! :waughh: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 520977 | 2007-01-31 05:22:00 | Yeah, it was already off, though the EQ was on - turning it off made no difference though. I don't really care about DRM since I don't use WMP for ripping or anything else really - unless 11 interferes with EAC :stare: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 520978 | 2007-01-31 05:45:00 | Looks like you'll hear crackling noises, when songs have a high bitrate. According to Google. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 520979 | 2007-01-31 17:51:00 | I use 320 bitrate and so far have not had any problem like that . . . . . . I imagine it is possible however as the "purity" of digital might get in the way of the human ear response . . . or something like that . One sidebar here: I have noticed that anything ripped in WMP11 and has been converted to MP3, is hard to play in WMP10 as an MP3 . I hate to use Audacity to re-copy the MP3 as an MP3 again . . . but it is all I can sometimes do . . I suspect a lot of loss that way . I also suspect it is the DRM thing again . I am speaking purely of homemade, personally recorded music that I play on guitar or keyboard . . not commercial cd's . . of course! Now that begs the question . . why does WMP11 give a fig about homemade cd's and violating DRM's that don't even exist? :mad: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 520980 | 2007-01-31 19:29:00 | I use WMP 11 myself, and I don't hear anything except for the music and/or video being played. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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