When i play MP3s on my computer i get a lot of static and shitty sound. i have replaced the speakers hoping that would help but it didnt. before i get a new sound card, i was wondering if there were any other things to try in order to fix it

5/20/2007 2:29:36 AM

First thing you should do is plug in headphones to your sound card and see if it's the computer/soundcard/file issue or a speaker/cable/interference issue.

5/20/2007 2:54:58 AM

Is it only for mp3s? Is it only in one application (a version of iTunes had an issue with this?

5/20/2007 3:10:14 AM

yeah, my I tunes did it....but so does my Win Amp. its crazy annoying becasue i like to listen to my music on the computer but it sounds like crap

5/20/2007 3:35:58 AM

So like YouTube sounds play normally?

You should first try reinstalling your soundcard drivers.

Then in WinAmp, I believe in the preferences there is an option to use hardware acceleration, disable this. If non-mp3s don't mess up, and this fixes your problem, then it's probably your soundcard.

5/20/2007 3:41:16 AM

i use win amp, so i will try what you suggested and see if it works.

5/20/2007 9:29:35 AM

so i tried the above suggestions and i still get that shit, its annoying since i really only listen to music on the comp and in the car. how can i fix this?

5/24/2007 10:47:35 PM

Does it work when you play music CDs too?

Does it happen through headphones?

5/24/2007 10:50:28 PM

CDs dont do it to the best of recollection. headphones do it when playing MP3

5/24/2007 11:08:08 PM

That's kind of weird... WMA doesn't even do it?

Try this though:
Q. Why do I hear audio distortion while playing an MP3 file?
A.
If you hear audio distortion when playing an .mp3 file, find the file Ctmp3.acm on your computer and rename it to Ctmp3.bak. The Player isn't fully compatible with the Ctmp3.acm file, which is a Creative PlayCenter MP3 decoder.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/playing_files.mspx


Try booting in to safe mode too, to see if you can eliminate a driver/software problem more completely.

[Edited on May 24, 2007 at 11:14 PM. Reason : ]

5/24/2007 11:13:07 PM

download VLC http://www.videolan.org that has built-in codecs and see if the mp3 plays fine in that.

5/28/2007 4:52:15 PM