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2014-04-16, 21:09
(This post was last modified: 2014-04-16, 21:11 by apachehavok.)
Hi all!
Have an HTPC hooked up to the TV via HDMI and the receiver VIA optical using a sound blaster X-fi sound card windows 7 (XBMC frodo)
EVERYTHING IS WORKING GREAT, except one thing.
Every once in awhile, when I start a video file, I hear some popping sounds in the audio. When I just stop the video, wait a sec, then start it again it fixes the issue. This happens every like 10 or so videos and can always be fixed by just stopping the video, then just restarting the same video.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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Can I just ask, why don't you have HTPC -> HDMI AVR -> HDMI TV? There is no advantage over using a SB X-Fi over HDMI audio.
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Unfortunately my receiver, although high end at the time doe not support HDMI audio. Its just a pass through or splitter if you will. So the only way to get DTS or Dolby 5.1 is through optical.
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Oh, that makes sense.
I'm going to make a guess but popping you describe sounds like the audio stream stopping output. I've never used optical on a X-Fi so can't really offer further advice. Just curious, does your TV allow pass-through? You could do:
HPTC -> HDMI TV -> Optical AVR if it does.
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It does but not DTS or Dolby. Its a nice TV (73 inch) and the receiver sounds amazing when its working so I would like to not replace them for now.
Just wondering why it would pop and crackle, then when stopping and starting again, it would be fine. Same file.
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Cool ill try that thanks!
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Yeah didnt help...
I have no idea what the problem is. I tried switching out cables, same thing. Every like 10th or so file I play it sounds like crackling and sound clipping. Then when i just hit stop, wait a sec and relaunch it, its fine...