BassPig
16th March 2006, 00:17
This might be a little off the beaten path of video and DVD, but it is a related technology issue, so I hope someone here is familiar with this issue:
I set up Windows Media Encoder 9 on a Windows XP SP2 machine in February. It worked pretty reliably.
In late February, the motherboard burned up, so I ordered a used, compatible replacement (original was a K7SEM, replaced with a K7SOM+ from Elite).
Since installing the new board, everything, the web server, the sound card, all system services EXCEPT Windows Media Encoder, work fine. But Windows Media streams, whether taken from the LIVE input or WinAMP, sound like a ring modulator.
I have to stop and start the encoder numerous times before it gets started on the right foot, so to speak. I've just rebooted the server and this is how is sounds:0
»www.aamserver.dnsalias.com/AAM/aam_live.wax
What's causing this?
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Windows Media Encoder, I just got done uninstalling all the motherboard drivers and letting XP reboot and reinstall them all and the same problem persists.
Is there a registry setting that can fix this? This is so annoying. I have 87 hours into setting up the server, SQL database, PERL, PHP, FP extentions, updates, patches, tweaks and hacks to get all server services working right.
Without a garantee that wiping two weeks worth of work out and starting over from FDISK, I won't even consider throwing all that time in the trash.
This has to be a much simpler problem. Unless the Windows Media Encoder is fundamentally incompatible with the K7SOM+ motherboard, in which case, I need to go find another K7SEM motherboard on ebay and another 512MB 168 pin DIMM.
I think it's a bus timing issue, and perhaps there's an undocumented registry hack or some config file hack that can correct this.
Does anyone know about the innards of WME that can suggest how to go about troubleshooting this strange audio problem?
I set up Windows Media Encoder 9 on a Windows XP SP2 machine in February. It worked pretty reliably.
In late February, the motherboard burned up, so I ordered a used, compatible replacement (original was a K7SEM, replaced with a K7SOM+ from Elite).
Since installing the new board, everything, the web server, the sound card, all system services EXCEPT Windows Media Encoder, work fine. But Windows Media streams, whether taken from the LIVE input or WinAMP, sound like a ring modulator.
I have to stop and start the encoder numerous times before it gets started on the right foot, so to speak. I've just rebooted the server and this is how is sounds:0
»www.aamserver.dnsalias.com/AAM/aam_live.wax
What's causing this?
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Windows Media Encoder, I just got done uninstalling all the motherboard drivers and letting XP reboot and reinstall them all and the same problem persists.
Is there a registry setting that can fix this? This is so annoying. I have 87 hours into setting up the server, SQL database, PERL, PHP, FP extentions, updates, patches, tweaks and hacks to get all server services working right.
Without a garantee that wiping two weeks worth of work out and starting over from FDISK, I won't even consider throwing all that time in the trash.
This has to be a much simpler problem. Unless the Windows Media Encoder is fundamentally incompatible with the K7SOM+ motherboard, in which case, I need to go find another K7SEM motherboard on ebay and another 512MB 168 pin DIMM.
I think it's a bus timing issue, and perhaps there's an undocumented registry hack or some config file hack that can correct this.
Does anyone know about the innards of WME that can suggest how to go about troubleshooting this strange audio problem?