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sound problem

Mar 17, 2006, 13:44

Pugio

I'd like to ask your guys' help in solving a bit of sound issue with my laptop:

A couple months ago, I bought an external usb soundcard, namely the Audigy 2 NX from Creative (I know, I know; I shouldn't have bothered with them). Now, I've installed all the new drivers and such (and made sure the onboard soundcard on my laptop is disabled) but everytime I play a song, about 3-4 times (depends on the length) the sound will stutter - just a tiny little bit, but after a while it really starts to annoy me.

Now, I've tried playing music with something other than Creative MediaSource (Ok, I guess that's another strike against me) - for instance foobar2000 - but it doesn't solve anything. I'm thinking maybe the soundcard isn't connected at fully usb 2.0 speed (which my laptop does support) - but supposedly creative's newest drivers fixed any usb 2.0 problems. So now I'm wondering if I can force my laptop to use extra buffering on the soundcard - does anyone know how, or have any other/better suggestions?

Edit: I'm also pretty sure it's not my speakers, either; my Logitech Z-something or other work just fine with my regular pc.

This comment was edited on Mar 17, 13:48.




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