vorbis decoding problem [FIXED]

[pwrstick]

Hello,

When I play back an ogm file with vorbis as the sound codec I get this really trippy and ear destroying sound. I've uploaded the file to my brother's computer, and he hears it just fine.

Thus far I don't know how many times I've installed new drivers trying to get playback to work.

And I've tried Media Player Classic -- nada.

Anyone else had problems with this? I'd like to attach a file but I'm pretty sure you'll hear it just fine like my brother did, which was a little frustrating by the way.

Perhaps there's a way to make sure the correct drivers are installed? Does anyone know where drivers are located? Maybe I could overwrite them to make sure.

Thanks
-Phil

Edit: right after posting this message I found something called foobar2000 that plays the Ogg Vorbis just fine. So that's a nice sign. Whatever codec is being used by media player classic and everything else seems to definitely be the problem -- Anyone know how to circumvent this? I guess it goes back to overwriting those dlls somewhere...

[pwrstick]

New post, new situation:

OK so I downloaded Direct Show Filters (http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Filters/OggDS0995.exe) and reinstalled. Now things are almost there.

The sound doesn't sound nearly as messed up as it did before -- it's almost passable. However it's distorted on loud noises.

And again, this wonderful Foobar2000 program is playing everything just perfectly.

I am playing an OGG file in Media Player Classic, and sound is distorted. If I play the exact same file in FooBar2000 it sounds just fine.

I'm assuming the different players are referencing different dlls?

[Brother John]

Media Player Classic uses the directshow interface while foobar2000 has its own playback routines. That's why I guess something is messed up with your dshow filters. OggDS 0.995 is rather old, too.

Uninstall every filter related to Ogg, Ogm and Vorbis (I hope you don't use any codec packs?), then try RadLight's Ogg/Ogm splitter (http://www.oggmedia.info/) together with the RadLight decoder from the same package or CoreVorbis (http://corevorbis.corecodec.org/).

If that doesn't help: Could you post all the DS filters used for playing a file? You can see them in Media Player Classic's "Playback/Filters" menu.

[pwrstick]

Ah sweet undistorted sound bliss.

I don't have any idea why RadLight's wouldn't work, or the original Vorbis codecs. They seem to work on other machines (like my brothers, and possibly yours?)

Whatever the case your second link to CoreVorbis fixed it up just fine. I'm watching SciFi's DUNE and the very first movie I compressed has this great thundering bass hit in the first 5 seconds of the film and it now sings clear and true!

Thank you very much Brother John!

[FreakNGoat]

I had a very similar problem. I recently upgraded to a DFI nForce-4 Ultra-D motherboard with the Karajan audio module. All my OGMs sounded extremely distorted after the upgrade. They all used to play fine on my old computer, and on all my roommates computers.

This advice worked for me as well. The files play perfectly fine after installing Radlight's Ogg directshow filters. Thanks.

[pwrstick]

I had a very similar problem. I recently upgraded to a DFI nForce-4 Ultra-D motherboard with the Karajan audio module. All my OGMs sounded extremely distorted after the upgrade. They all used to play fine on my old computer, and on all my roommates computers.

This advice worked for me as well. The files play perfectly fine after installing Radlight's Ogg directshow filters. Thanks.

Well that's interesting - I'm using a DFI nForce 3 Lanparty UT 250GB board. I wonder if this is a DFI issue?

[FreakNGoat]

Well that's interesting - I'm using a DFI nForce 3 Lanparty UT 250GB board. I wonder if this is a DFI issue?

My guess is it is an ALC850 issue (both our motherboards use this Realtek chip for their audio subsystem)... But it could be DFI's implementation of the chip as well...