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Support => Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) => Topic started by: keeyar on June 04, 2007, 06:13:17 am

Title: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: keeyar on June 04, 2007, 06:13:17 am

Weird problem. I just reloaded PS to try it again (haven't played since platinum mining was removed) and when I load it up to play, everything seems fine, except the background music is scratchy and crackly sounding. All else seems good. I can hear bird sounds and other sounds fine. It is odd. Video and everything is fine. My machine is a core 2 duo 6300 w/ 2Gb ram and a radeon x800xl video card, using onboard sound. Sound works fine in all the other games I play. Any hints would be much appreciated. I LOVE the background music in the game and would like to be able to turn it back up again. Please help.

Thanks,

keeyar......

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: neko kyouran on June 04, 2007, 06:16:21 am

try seeing if your motherboard manufacturer has updated drivers for it, particularly the sound drivers.

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: keeyar on June 04, 2007, 05:06:59 pm

Quote from: neko kyouran on June 04, 2007, 06:16:21 am

try seeing if your motherboard manufacturer has updated drivers for it, particularly the sound drivers.

Thx for the tip, but all my drivers are up to date (motherboard and video card).

Anyone else have any tips or suggestions to try??

Thanks in advance...


Confused Keeyar

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: Jeraphon on June 04, 2007, 06:52:59 pm

I have this problem too. I never managed to figure out why, either. However, I noticed that if I turn my volume knob up and down once or twice, it clears up.

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: wither on June 05, 2007, 12:22:08 am

That would suggest that you have a dusty pot then, on your volume knob.  If you continue turning it back and forth for an extended time, it should work the dust out of it and come good again. 

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: Induane on June 05, 2007, 12:29:15 am

What operating system are you running?

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: keeyar on June 05, 2007, 02:54:23 am

Quote from: Induane on June 05, 2007, 12:29:15 am

What operating system are you running?

Oops, forgot to say....I'm running WinXP Pro. All current updates applied.

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: Nightblighter on June 18, 2007, 02:48:40 am

Bumping this because I'm having same problem, I use Realtek HD Audio speakers, I have like, 8 of them and a bass, haven't found the problem yet.

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: neko kyouran on June 18, 2007, 04:40:43 am

have you updated your sound card drivers like i asked the other person to?

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: Elvicat on June 18, 2007, 01:13:09 pm

i have a small sollution to the realtek cards atleast as i have a realtek to
if the sound scratches eather wait it out or atleast from my observations is that if you start up another program when it's at it's worst the sound should go normal, does for me anyway and i use the latest none HD drivers, but this litle "trick" if you wish seems to work for me all the time not always right away but still  :)

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: Nightblighter on June 19, 2007, 02:42:58 am

Quote from: neko kyouran on June 18, 2007, 04:40:43 am

have you updated your sound card drivers like i asked the other person to?

My sound card drivers are up to date.

Quote from: Elvicat on June 18, 2007, 01:13:09 pm

i have a small sollution to the realtek cards atleast as i have a realtek to
if the sound scratches eather wait it out or atleast from my observations is that if you start up another program when it's at it's worst the sound should go normal, does for me anyway and i use the latest none HD drivers, but this litle "trick" if you wish seems to work for me all the time not always right away but still  :)

I'll have to try this next time I'm on, thanks for the tip.

Title: Re: Scratchy background music, sounds like birds etc. are ok.
Post by: jarpic on November 18, 2007, 06:16:20 pm

This last solution works well....Don't know why ,... but that work. Thanks