Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I got myself a Creative X-fi 5.1 surround pro (USB) model today and ive just settled down to watch a film and ive noticed there is alot of sound popping. Now i know its not the movie as i watch it perfectly the other night with no problems OS Win 7 Ultimate x 64 using most upto date x-fi drivers from creatives website Anyone know whats going on?? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Might be those drivers. Manufacturer's drivers aren't always the best drivers. I found that the drivers on the ASUS site, for this were worse than the drivers Win7 installed for the onboard sound. You could turn the volume up to 100%. And it was like it was only up 1/2 way. Barely audible. And the videocard I had the drivers on the ASUS site caused like a dead pixel on the screen. Once I uninstalled the video drivers the dead pixel disappeared. Will it work with the Win7 drivers (if its got them)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 I think it has I'll give them a try in a bit and I'll let you know mate :) Thanks for getting in touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 If the latest version makes a popping sound, try the version before that if its available. It may be the version you're using thats causing the prob / popping. If its got onboard sound, did you disable it in the BIOS??? Might make a diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 I've not disabled the ob sound I'll do that as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ien Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Run DPC Latency checker, see if it finds anything. http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml If it does, a solution is often had by updating every last driver on your system until the DPC check shows latency is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Just uninstalled xfi rebooted and disabled ob sound chip in process of rebooting atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Run DPC Latency checker, see if it finds anything. http://www.thesycon....ncy_check.shtml If it does, a solution is often had by updating every last driver on your system until the DPC check shows latency is normal. just done a check and all is in green even when running a HD movie it does say 'Some device drivers on this machine behave bad and will probably cause drop-outs in real-time audio and/or video streams. To isolate the misbehaving driver use Device Manager and disable/re-enable various devices, one at a time. Try network and W-LAN adapters, modems, internal sound devices, USB host controllers, etc.' but still remains in green Im currently running on default windows update drivers and so far no crackling or popping i have noticed in XBMC its changed to 'Direct sound' from 'WASAPI' what does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 As a test im about to reinstall the x-fi drivers to see if the o/b sound was causing problems, if the popping comes back i know its the official drivers :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Well the popping as come back with the official drivers and XBMC is back to WASAP: Speakers (SB X-Fi Surround Pro 5.1) when i select 'Direct sound: digital pass though' or direct sound: Speakers' all the popping goes away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 There's a bit about WASAPI here. The prob maybe XBMC. Not the drivers. Look at section 5 System -> Video -> Playback (Analog/SPDIF/HDMI) IMPORTANT NOTE:- These changes are only for test purposes in order to eliminate these settings as a possible cause of issues, this is not guidance of how things should be set under normal circumstances. If testing with these settings shows no difference then they can be set back to whatever you chose. Make sure DXVA2 hardware acceleration is disabled and select Software as Render method Make sure Sync playback to display is disabled (this can be a cause of distortion if using a WASAPI device as this can cause interference on the audio stream) <- this maybe the cause of the popping? If this option is in the latest version of XBMC It looks like this popping sound is a known prob when WASAPI is used. WASAPI can also cause crackling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Just tried step 5 and still getting popping, so im going to have to use direct sound, thanks for doing some digging i was just having a poke around on the XBMC forums as well At least its just not me having issues, shame it cant be fixed though Thanks for your help mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.D Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Sweet no probs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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