XP Sound Problems - Try this out - Page 6

DRG · #51 October 22nd, 2005, 02:24 PM

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Beeblebrox said:
Hi, there.

Seems like the soundprobs went away for most people but me. I have the CD version and 2.0 patch. Sounddriver is the often problematic integrated AC97, processor AthlonXP 1600+, winXP, a fairly ordinary setup. However, I have never exeperienced any problems with this particular sound unit in any other game ever. Oh, and I did the Wave-stuff already. Doesn't work. game freezes in barely a round of action. Have I missed something? Are there more tricks to try?

Read through the entire "Games crashes and flashes" thread. There is info in there on sound problems. Integrated sound IS a problem with some computers and this game but we've found that some third party sound CODEC will give the game trouble as well.

One thing that has caused trouble for some people is mmswitch.ax . if you have it you could try unregistering the mmswitch.ax file by typing the following in Start > Run: regsvr32 /u mmswitch.ax. FYI I don't have it in my system

Don

Beeblebrox · #52 October 24th, 2005, 05:58 AM

Thank you, and sorry for not reading through the threads properly. I'll try that fix. Seems like that file has caused lots of problems not only for winSPMBT.

DRG · #53 October 24th, 2005, 12:54 PM

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Beeblebrox said:
Thank you, and sorry for not reading through the threads properly. I'll try that fix. Seems like that file has caused lots of problems not only for winSPMBT.

No problem. There are a lot of threads to wade through

try reading this thread

it has some info on the problems caused by third parety codecs

Beeblebrox · #54 November 8th, 2005, 05:06 PM

ok. Tried the wav-thing and the mmswitch thing. Wav thing did nothing, unregistering did dot work, as no mmswitch could be found to unregister. Do I have to resort to the two not so nice options to play silent vs. delete all codecs to root out the bad one or are there still alternatives left?

DRG · #55 November 9th, 2005, 11:10 PM

Did you check the CODEC's? This was one of the original little problems discovered when the game was released. Some people have third party codec's installed in their machines that the game simply does not like and for the most part these codec aren't being used by anything particulary worthwhile

Look for this thread and message #

Codec files arrested charged with screwing up game
#362073 - 06/26/05 08:34 PM

Don

Beeblebrox · #56 November 10th, 2005, 06:42 PM

Haven't "checked" the codecs yet, as the only way to do so, to my knowledge, would be to delete them. I'm sure I could, since the caution of that approach would match that of their introduction to the comp... The thread you are reffering to mentions this cheerful strategy. Nah, I think I'll just sit back, relax and let the other guy find his culprit(s) first. Who knows? Sooner or later you might have a whole list of bad codecs. At least one of them is bound to be found on my comp. Thanks for listening, though!

Stian · #57 November 10th, 2005, 07:27 PM

Zaphod,
Here's something you could try; a way of out finding what codecs are used when playing audio files like mp3 are using a free tool like GSpot:

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html

It's a bit technical but here's a quick walkthrough;

In GSpot, go to the File menu, then Open -> Select an mp3 file (any will do I think), click Render (bottom), then look at Audio Path there and you should get the name of the codec windows uses to play the file.

Also, click on the 'Status' line and then the name of the filter for info on where the offending file is located on your system.

Then go the the windows Start menu -> Run, type 'regsvr32 /u path to codec file' and the codec should be uninstalled.

Hopefully the game will then use your the default, MS-supplied codec for mp3 playback.

Hope this helps you to finally enjoy the game!

Stian

Beeblebrox · #58 November 11th, 2005, 06:02 AM

Sounds like a better approach than deleting at random. I'll try that tonight. I've heard that codecs per definition are a source of grief, but have never had problems before. An enlightening experience...

Beeblebrox · #59 November 11th, 2005, 04:04 PM

Oki. The "culprit" seems to be quartz.dll in that case. (I did the wav-thing, so I used one of the game-wavs). Since quartz.dll seems to be a microsoftfile associated to DirectX. Removing it is not an option. The only thing I can imagine is that it has become corrupted some way or another. Ill try to replace it with a brand new one and see if that helps.

Beeblebrox · #60 November 11th, 2005, 07:46 PM

Replaced the quartz.dll with a nice new one, but... Nope. Didn't help. Obviously there is something else that is messed up. ...Or at least I thought i changed it. As it turns out, the file was again the original after restart. Exactly what codec should windows use to play wav, or mp3 for that matter?