2004-10-11, 07:54 AM
Hey all,
relevant system specs:
ABIT IC7-MAX3 board, realmagic xcard, windows xp, a number of different media playback programs, mainly common popular ones.
this is the story. GB-PVR plays only some of my mp3's, and some it does not. Orriginally I thought this might be a problem with gb-pvr and the xcard sound out (all sound from gb-pvr goes through my xcard and to my amp). But, I realised the problem was bigger when I tried other programs. The xcard xmedia software also has problems. The same files that don't play in gb-pvr don't play in xmedia. Xmedia also sends sound through it's digital jack to the amp.
But then, I open up a problem file in Power DVD, which plays sound to the m/board analogue jack, which is plugged to another sound system. Powere DVD, which does nothing with the xcard, also could not play the song.
Zoomplayer (a really good media player), also can not play the problem files, and it sends sound to the mother board jack.
Media Player and itunes have no problem with any of the songs. Both output to the motherboard jack.
BUT, then I played around a bit. Xmedia (xcard), and Zoom Player (m/board) and Power DVD (m/board), all start playing the song if I move the slider bar. Once I move the slider bar, I can then return to the start of the song, and it plays all the way, until it gets to the next problem song. All my mp3's have been ripped with lame, and the program cdex. Now, from a single album, out of 10 songs, all ripped from same cd, with same program, at the same time, five play no problems in all mentioned programs above, but 5 don't.
Also, once the slider has been moved, each respective software plays to the correct sound device (i.e. xcard/mboard).
Funny, MP and iTunes no probs at all. GB-PVR, PowerDVD, Zoomplayer and Xmedia, of which two play to the xcard, and two to the mboard, all have problems until the slider bar is moved.
Then, I re-encoded one album which was giving me problems (50 % played only) through razorlame 1.1.5.1342. Using the same encoder as they were orriginally done in, at the same quality settings, just a different lame frontend, they now all playback in all programs, GB-PVR included, does not matter if the sound is going to xcard, or mboard.
To confuse you even more, I had no such problems on a previous operating system, on a different m/board (asus p4c800 deluxe). All files played back everywhere. I don't think this problem is related to the board though.
What could it be??? Please help me problem solve this, because I can't afford to re-encode all 10000+ songs I have because of this.
Please ask for any info you may need, and if you want me to send you two mp3's from the same artist/album/rip one working and one not, I am happy to.
Cheers Greg
relevant system specs:
ABIT IC7-MAX3 board, realmagic xcard, windows xp, a number of different media playback programs, mainly common popular ones.
this is the story. GB-PVR plays only some of my mp3's, and some it does not. Orriginally I thought this might be a problem with gb-pvr and the xcard sound out (all sound from gb-pvr goes through my xcard and to my amp). But, I realised the problem was bigger when I tried other programs. The xcard xmedia software also has problems. The same files that don't play in gb-pvr don't play in xmedia. Xmedia also sends sound through it's digital jack to the amp.
But then, I open up a problem file in Power DVD, which plays sound to the m/board analogue jack, which is plugged to another sound system. Powere DVD, which does nothing with the xcard, also could not play the song.
Zoomplayer (a really good media player), also can not play the problem files, and it sends sound to the mother board jack.
Media Player and itunes have no problem with any of the songs. Both output to the motherboard jack.
BUT, then I played around a bit. Xmedia (xcard), and Zoom Player (m/board) and Power DVD (m/board), all start playing the song if I move the slider bar. Once I move the slider bar, I can then return to the start of the song, and it plays all the way, until it gets to the next problem song. All my mp3's have been ripped with lame, and the program cdex. Now, from a single album, out of 10 songs, all ripped from same cd, with same program, at the same time, five play no problems in all mentioned programs above, but 5 don't.
Also, once the slider has been moved, each respective software plays to the correct sound device (i.e. xcard/mboard).
Funny, MP and iTunes no probs at all. GB-PVR, PowerDVD, Zoomplayer and Xmedia, of which two play to the xcard, and two to the mboard, all have problems until the slider bar is moved.
Then, I re-encoded one album which was giving me problems (50 % played only) through razorlame 1.1.5.1342. Using the same encoder as they were orriginally done in, at the same quality settings, just a different lame frontend, they now all playback in all programs, GB-PVR included, does not matter if the sound is going to xcard, or mboard.
To confuse you even more, I had no such problems on a previous operating system, on a different m/board (asus p4c800 deluxe). All files played back everywhere. I don't think this problem is related to the board though.
What could it be??? Please help me problem solve this, because I can't afford to re-encode all 10000+ songs I have because of this.
Please ask for any info you may need, and if you want me to send you two mp3's from the same artist/album/rip one working and one not, I am happy to.
Cheers Greg