2010-10-27, 07:43 AM
EDIT: Cannot delete this thread, which I had done I if I could. It seems my crackling audio is back, even in Media Player, so not the N-PVR's fault. Something in my system is still bad. Reboot solves it for a while.
Realtek drivers did NOT solve the problem. Sorry for any confusion.
In my investigations about crackling audio on my Win7 x64 system I had the default drivers from windows update installed. These drivers are supposed to be WHQL-certified and working well. This was however not the case.
I had crackling and popping even when playing files in Media Player etc, so the issues were clearly not connected to N-PVR.
So I installed the latest Realtek drivers from ther Realtek site and those problems went away! So, the official Win7 x64 drivers which are WHQL-certified are in fact broken (as far as I can tell)! I guess this may affect Vista x64 as well. If it affects 32-bit Vista/Win7 I don't know.
I have read in other threads about audio problem, and if those users are having the same system and windows default driver I suggest trying the Realteks own latest drivers. They can be found here:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/
( I went the High Definition Audio route)
Please post your findings if it solves anything or not.
Realtek drivers did NOT solve the problem. Sorry for any confusion.
In my investigations about crackling audio on my Win7 x64 system I had the default drivers from windows update installed. These drivers are supposed to be WHQL-certified and working well. This was however not the case.
I had crackling and popping even when playing files in Media Player etc, so the issues were clearly not connected to N-PVR.
So I installed the latest Realtek drivers from ther Realtek site and those problems went away! So, the official Win7 x64 drivers which are WHQL-certified are in fact broken (as far as I can tell)! I guess this may affect Vista x64 as well. If it affects 32-bit Vista/Win7 I don't know.
I have read in other threads about audio problem, and if those users are having the same system and windows default driver I suggest trying the Realteks own latest drivers. They can be found here:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/
( I went the High Definition Audio route)
Please post your findings if it solves anything or not.