songs sound like static

[chrsswmr]

I upgraded to MM4 and had no problems, everything worked fine. However I was having unrelated issues with windows and I ended up formatting my hard drive and reinstalling windows. I reinstalled MM4 and most of the songs play fine but some sound like they have static in them. With some it is just little bit of static and with others you can barely make out any music at all. I tried playing the same songs in windows media player and they played just fine, so it isn't the song or my speakers. I uninstalled/reinstalled MM4 but still have the problem. Any suggestions? I'm running Windows XP.

Thanks,
Chris

[Guest]

Volume leveling has done the trick for me so far.

[chrsswmr]

I ran the analyze volume and it seems to have solved the problem.

[lotherius]

Can confirm the same issue..... Analyze Volume fixed it.

I don't care what the reason is, no other media player has ever required that I "analyze volume" to avoid static... the cause needs to be found and axed.

[Dan A]

I have the same problem, I think it's been a few weeks since I upgraded mediamonkey, but I also haven't used it much lately. The analyze volume fix worked right away, I just had to re-start the song I was listening to.

I agree that it's a very serious problem that needs to be fixed in the next release. However I'm very relieved that there is a fairly easy fix. Thanks for posting the fix!

[BlueBull00]

Hit the same issue and fix today

[E.Baba]

Am still using MM3 with XP and have just started getting what sounds much like this problem.
How could that happen ? Maybe mine isn't the same cause ?

I Analyse Volume as a matter of course to get a consistent playback.

Can someone tell me if this Fix is to (re)Analyse Volume for the whole Library ?

[Lowlander]

Verify that other players don't experience the same. If they don't: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... ticleid=90

[BlueBull00]

I followed the directions in the link above with no real fix. I actually discovered was unable to correct some of the 1700+ songs I had with static by using analyze volume. I did notice that the songs I could not correct were MP3s with non-standard bit rates (147 bit, 253,bit, etc). They play correctly if I convert them to AAC or use another player(Winamp, WMP, VLC).

[E.Baba]

Same
Interesting about the non standard bit rates.
It seems even Realplayer is fine with them.

[Lowlander]

If they're MP3 files try the link at the bottom of the linked article: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... icleid=101

were MP3s with non-standard bit rates (147 bit, 253,bit, etc).

Those are VBR MP3 files and MediaMonkey should have no issue handling them. You may want to open a support ticket and add a link to one of the files shared on a filesharing like dropbox: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... &_a=submit Using the MAD plugin mentioned in the above link still might solve the problem. They could also be MP3Pro files.

[BlueBull00]

deleted and installed fresh copy of MAD again and it worked !! Happy days! All the VBR MP3s play without static now.

[E.Baba]

If they're MP3 files try the link at the bottom of the linked article: http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... icleid=101

Link to Input Plugins page under "1. in_mad.dll." goes to MM4 Homepage. ?

[Lowlander]

Use: http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/brows ... ut-plugin/

[palmcrash]

It's been 6 months, and MM 4.0.6 still has this issue. How can MM expect to reach the bigger, layman audience if the core functionality of MP3 playback doesn't work properly without hacks?