Bad Audio in XP on my iMac.

So all my friends were making fun of me not being able to play TF2 with them, so I decided to install XP.
The install went great, but when I finished the install the welcome music played and it was dreadful. I installed the drivers from my OS:X install disk, restarted and it was still bad.
I looked online for some solution, then I got new drivers from realtek.
Still not a fix. The audio is good in OS:X, and even XP via headphones.
Any solutions?

Not sure if the iMac has the same problems. If your audio drivers are "Cirrcus Logic" then yeah. There are other threads about it. You're not the only one.
Internal Microphone issue in Bootcamp Windows:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2049697&start=0&tstart=0
Very Poor Volume Output - Windows XP:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2037093&tstart=0

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I have an iMac G5 running 10.5.8. I recently bought some new speakers for my computer, hooked them up and found out the sound was really bad sounding (like underwater). At first I thought it was my speakers, but I plugged in my iPhone and it sounded great.
I have another user profile on my iMac, so I went into it and ran iTunes and the sound in there is great as well. Only under my profile, that it has the bad audio. I went through and looked if any third party sound enhancement software was installed and couldn't come up with anything. Also I turned off all the Equalizer and Sound enhancer stuff in iTunes.
This isn't just related to iTunes on my profile either but everything (Safari, Garageband, Games, etc).
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Thanks. Here is the EtreCheck report:
Problem description:
Regardless of the sound output selected - built-in speakers, headphone, AirPlay, or USB DAC - there is constant scratchy "whispering" noise in the audio, especially when music is playing or there is audio content in the application running. This occurs both when the sound source is iTunes and when streaming music or browsing the internet. The noise seems to vary with computer activity, increasing when the disk drive is being accessed by iTunes, for example. It subsides when the music stops and disappears when I quit the music player app. If I open a web browser, the noise becomes much louder as the web page opens and loads, but then subsides after loading is complete. If I click on a link, the noise returns. The iMac is essentially useless for music playback and audio editing.
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I need audio system recommendations for my iMac.

I have a large iTunes library on my iMac and currently listen to it through a Yamaha receiver with two Cerwin-Vega speakers and an Infinity sub. Although the receiver is designed for surround sound, I just use the stereo mode for music. It puts out 130 watts per channel although I use it in a small 12 x 14 office in my home. I would like to upgrade my sound system for the Mac if there is something available that is just killer for this application.

Yes, a dedicated stereo integrated amplifier would have discrete electronic components, as opposed to the "chip" circuitry in your Yamaha surround receiver. I myself use a Denon discrete integrated amplifier and it sounds far more lifelike and images far better than the Denon receiver it replaced. There is a limit as to how far you can improve your sound though in that iTunes songs are recorded and played at less than CD quality and there is no way around that without directly ripping from CD's using a lossless format. So, to sum up, yes you have definite possibilities for improving your listening experience. And I might recommend if you are interested in saving money that you research on http://www.audiogon.com for quality used components sold by other audiophiles who themselves are upgrading. I've purchased and sold on the site for years. It's the eBay of audio only components.
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Very bad audio quality through Thunderbolt/HDMI

The last year or so I had been using a Windows 7 laptop, connected to my HDTV as an extra display through an auxilary cable for the audio and a VGA for the video, then I plugged in another cable to the headphone socket on the TV which ran into my 2 channel stereoand the quality of the audio and video was always excellent. I recently got a MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2012), it's the best thing ever. I'm doing good with learning all the tips and tricks for Mac, but there is one problem I can't fix. I bought a Thunderbolt to HDMI cable, and plugged it into the MacBook to the TV, and the video is outstanding, but the audio is completely opposite. It is absolutely terrible. The mid frequencies sound alright-ish, but the high treble and bassy frequencies are just really, really bad.
Through headphones or even out the in-built speakers, everything sounds better.
I've tried it on multiple TV's so it not the TV, it must be something to do with the output settings or the cable.
I don't feel like buying another cable yet, so I want to see if anything else works first.
Any ideas?

CJBaily14,
I would think it is the cable or adapter, but things you can check into are system preferences>sound,output tab and make sure your TV is selected in the side bar. Another is Applications>utilities>Audio MIDI set up, open that and click the output tab, select HDMI from the side bar on the left and try changing the rates and see if that does anything. If this does it with other TV's and you were using the sme cable/adapter, especially if the HDMI cable is old it might not have the spec for audio as all HDMI cables are not created equal.
You could also try a PRAM reset, power down, power back up holding the following keys: COMMAND+OPTION+P+R continue to hold these kys till you hear the start chime 2 times then release.
If you search the web for VESA specs you will find plenty of info. You can also check with Apple store for suff that is compatible.

Why after effects renders me with bad audio?

I rendered almost six times and the result of these renders is that audio takes me wrong, when I play it in Windows media audio don´t reproduce, and I reproduced a file alternative to this and reproduced it excellent, the worst is that when I play in VLC or Media Player the audio is ok, that's not the main problem, because for me it would reproduce any of the programs that it works, but I need to make this video with less size or weight and when I make this process finally the audio it´s completely damaged. This has never happened before. Please help me.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Are you saying that when you render from After Effects the audio sounds bad but the audio file that was in your composition doesn't sound that bad when you play it in other applications?
You aren't telling us what your original audio file is like or what your render settings are in After Effects, so we do not have a lot of information that we might need.
Is the sound okay when you do a RAM preview in AE?
What is the file format of the audio file?
What settings are you using to render out of AE?
If your original audio is an MP3 file, try transcoding it to a WAV and using that in AE. Then render an uncompressed file out of AE and use the Adobe Media Encoder to do your final delivery file. That's the proper workflow anyway. AE should not be used to make your final compressed version.

PLEASE HELP - No Audio or video on new iMac

Hello all.
I have a new iMac. 3.5months old. Just this week it started acting up on me. I cannot play any audio or video files. itunes won't play songs, YouTube won't play videos, etc. I can't figure it out. I've tried renewing Quicktime but it says i already have the newest version installed. When i try to play youtube vids for example....i get the 'blue lego icon' with a question mark beside it.
If anybody has any insight into this than please let me know.
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If you do the same thing with a Music file NOT located within iTunes, are there any applications that work?
What browser are you using to access YouTube?
Sorry, no answers. Just more questions.
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Export using "youtube" preset yields bad audio on my macbook

this is so weird. just to let you know off hand.
I take my Final Cut Pro HD video and send it to Compressor and export a "youtube" uploadable file (H.264 with stereo AAC audio). The resulting file has audio which almost completely goes away only when the stereo balance is set in the middle between left and right (in sound system preferences). This does now happen on my iMac however. Or on PCs. If I swing the balance to either left or right fully, the audio returns at full volume. This also is the case with anyone viewing the video on Youtube who happens to have macbooks.
my macbook is:
MacBook3,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
2GHZ
4 gigs ram
I've spent days trying to solve this problem. Please if anyone has had similar issues, let me know what you've found out. Any recommendations on how to troubleshoot this odd problem is greatly appreciated.
Greg

gkillmaster wrote:
this is so weird. j
Agreed.
gkillmaster wrote:
I take my Final Cut Pro HD video and send it to Compressor and export a "youtube" uploadable file (H.264 with stereo AAC audio). The resulting file has audio which almost completely goes away only when the stereo balance is set in the middle between left and right (in sound system preferences). This does now happen on my iMac however. Or on PCs. If I swing the balance to either left or right fully, the audio returns at full volume. This also is the case with anyone viewing the video on Youtube who happens to have macbooks.
Couple of things that would help us help you:
1. define "HD" precisely.
2. How may audio tracks are you starting with?
3 You say: " This does now happen on my iMac however. " Is that a typo; did you really mean to say "does NOT happen on my iMac?"
Mismatched audio phasing is a good suggestion but so is an incorrect transcode from one audio sampling rate to another. The symptoms can be similar.
bogiesan

CK 15W - bad audio quality

Hi,
I just got a brand new CK 15W car kit. I've installed myself (not too much trouble as my car had another older nokia carkit installed so it was just a matter of cable switching).
I am using Nokia 6120 classic brand new phone.
After 2 days in use, I can tell the audio quality is extremely bad. I can hear very well the other party, but they all complain that they do not hear me.
They say I sound like talking from a barrel.
Really disappointed. Called Nokia today. They have no suggestions other than saying that 6120 is not yet fully tested with CK-15W.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Claudiu

Glad to hear it's not a problem with the 6120c itself
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V 20.0.015
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