Reply to: Wav audio files intermittent problem

[xoggoth]

Cheers all but think I won't bother trying to solve the problem. If its doesn't work then I can always get it to work some other time.

[DoctorStrangelove]

If you want to upload one of these files somewhere, I'm happy to try playing it on my machines. I've got both Win 10 & 11.

I've got Win3.0, will that help at all?.

[woody1]

If you want to upload one of these files somewhere, I'm happy to try playing it on my machines. I've got both Win 10 & 11.

[xoggoth]

Cheers. Got a bluetooth USB thing not used for ages. See if I can find it and figure it out. But if is problem with audio output, wouldn't MP3 etc audios have the same problem? They work fine.

Not playing this morning. All fine this afternoon.

[WTFH]

In VLC Media Player the visualisation shows there is a significant sound.

That would imply that it's your chosen output where the issue lies. Does your computer have the ability to play audio to bluetooth speakers/headphones, and do you possess such things?

[xoggoth]

Haven't kept a note of such detail woody yet but I will. And what programs I've used before. Silent this morning but will probably work sometime today. Have checked running services when ok/not - can't see anything that looks relevant to sound.

In VLC Media Player the visualisation shows there is a significant sound.

PS Cor! Never thought I'd get all these responses. Assumed it would be a tumbleweed smily type post. Cheers!

[woody1]

This is a weird one.

So, if you reboot, the problem goes away immediately. But it also goes away if you just wait a while.

To pick up on WTFH's question, how long is a while?
1) few minutes
2) about an hour
3) several hours

[xoggoth]

More stupid questions from me:

If you open a file now and it plays badly, then you wait half an hour will it play OK, or do you need to wait until the next day for it to play OK?
Do you ever get a file that plays OK the first time, and then half an hour later it doesn't play OK?
Does it make a difference how long after your computer has restarted as to whether it plays OK or not?
What version of Windows are you running and what spec is your computer?
What anti-virus are you running?

Not stupid, relevant. Yes to first two. 3 - don't think so. Its' Windows 10, apart from standard MS thing I've got Malware Bytes but it isn't showing anything relevant in the logs.

Ta saddy but would have thought that would affect a file at all times. Same file is ok sometimes, not other times.

[sadkingbilly]

Cheers both. It's an external USB recorder. The problem, when it happens, applies to all wav files. Other audio formats, MP3 etc, play fine in the same players unless converted from wav. No problems with anything else at all, audio or video. No other sound problems generally.

try checking your recording levels? your track could sound quiet because there is too much of a difference between the volume of the loudest parts and the average volume of the whole track.
you might need a compressor/limiter filter, or maybe just pump up the record volume to just below clipping?

[WTFH]

More stupid questions from me:

If you open a file now and it plays badly, then you wait half an hour will it play OK, or do you need to wait until the next day for it to play OK?
Do you ever get a file that plays OK the first time, and then half an hour later it doesn't play OK?
Does it make a difference how long after your computer has restarted as to whether it plays OK or not?
What version of Windows are you running and what spec is your computer?
What anti-virus are you running?

[xoggoth]

Ta woody. Already done that, didn't make any difference unfortunately.

[woody1]

I'll try that restart thing.

NB. to restart the service from the command line, need to run these as Administrator:

c:\>net stop AudioSrv
c:\>net start AudioSrv

[xoggoth]

I'll try that restart thing. Cheers woody. Too many files for that to be a practical option Martin, but thanks.

[Martin@AS Financial]

Something else you could try would be to use wetransfer to send the file to your email. You can then download the MP3 / Wav direct to your phone so at least this way you will always have access if it wont play on your computer.

[woody1]

PS. if restarting the Audio service got around the problem, then you could do this through a command line in a batch file on the desktop which you could double-click whenever it started playing up.

Not ideal but maybe a work-around you could live with.