Audio is clicking when playing .MPGs

[elosch]

I have the problem, that when I try to play mpg files, no matter what player I use, I always get strange clicking sounds when the sound level is at a peak. This is ONLY occuring at mpg-playback and ONLY on my computer, for I have also tested files on a friends machine. NE1 have a sollution ??!?

Hope you can help, cause I didn´t a whole lot of music vids, just to hate watching them on my system.

BTW: I attached a screenshot of a sample.mpg file's properties that´s making these strange noises.

[setarip]

Do you have anything nearby your computer that has either a motor or a strong magnetic field?

[elosch]

Re:

Mhhhh, not really. I've always had the same stuff, standing around my computer AND this 'phenomenon' is only occuring when I play mpgs, not with mp3-files or DivX aso.
But thanks for the hint. I'll anyway try to remove my palm-cradle for example from the desk.

[primago]

The clicks indicates that you are missing data.
Some data can be corrected by the CD-ROM player itself so you
won't hear any clicks. Some 'old' players just cannot correct well.

The following items maybe the cause of the problem:
1. Dirty CR-ROM's playerhead (laser)
- Clean the laserhead (Not with a kitchen cloth!).
2. The speed used to record this CD-R is too high.
- Try to make one again with a slower speed.
n.b. Sometimes the copied VCDs will not play if the speed for copy is too high for that particular CD-R. For VCDs I use 4speed or lower.
3. The quality of the CD-R is not good.
- try other one.
4. CD player is too old.
- Some CD-R i have cannot be read in a old CD-ROM player.


Primago

[frodrick]

Re: Audio is clicking when playing .MPGs

I have the same problem! But only In Windows 2000 PRO.
i also have Win98 in the same computer, but no problems
with clicking sounds in w98,
I have installed Nimo Codec pack v4.32 and Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder
(only in w2000) so it might be one of
those codecs that screws with the sound???

[elosch]

Thanks for that hint. I´m also using Win2k Pro and also installed NIMO. So I guess that must really be it. I'll probablly try not use that Elecard MPEG 2 Codec the next time I install it.