poor sound on DVD playback

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  1. biggie123

    biggie123 Member

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    whenever I try to play a dvd on my comp there is constant crackling noises try'd messing with the speaker settings but this has made no difference any help much appreciated

    dvd drive is a samsung dvd-rom SD-608
    playback with power DVD
     
    biggie123, Jun 14, 2003
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    hmmm i had the exact same problem as you are describing, turned out to be the way my speakers were connected!
     
    Dela, Jun 14, 2003
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    Many people are saying that by incorrectly connecting your speakers results in crackling noises.

    How hard can it be to connect up your speakers or am I missing something?

    I'm getting crackling noises too but I think it's because I need an additional MPEG-2 Decoder.

    Any enlightenment?

    Regards,
    Wai Shing
     
    Shing, Jun 15, 2003
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    hmmmmm, what software dvd players have you got installed?
     
    Dela, Jun 16, 2003
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    Could be an IRQ sharing problem. Move your soundcard to another slot and try if it's better.
     
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    I'm using PowerDVD XP 4.0.

    Can moving the sound card to another IRQ really solve the problem? Windows doesn't indicate that there is an IRQ conflict as is usually would.

    Regards,
    Wai Shing
     
    Shing, Jun 16, 2003
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    There are many possible reasons for crackling sound ...
    If IRQ sharing / conflict is the reason moving the sound card can help. (Or - if it's onboard sound moving another card, e.g. network card. Both cases have happened here already.) IIRC a conflict is not necessary for trouble, plain sharing can be enough to cause sound problems. For mainboards with VIA chipset http://forums.viaarena.com audio forum is a great resource for solving this kind of problems.
     
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