Re: ITunes (Win) - audio distortion builds up slowly

From: Galley (Galley_at_Spam-Jammer.galleytech.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 05:42:54 GMT

On 23 Jun 2004 14:10:36 -0700, sdflkjsdflkj@hotmail.com (metro98k) spewed forth
these words of wisdom:

>I am running ITunes 4.6 (same thing happened with 4.5) on Win XP.
>Most of my files are MP3s.
>
>The problem is that after I have listened to a few (5 or so) songs in
>ITunes, I start to hear these snicks or clicks in the background (they
>sound a little bit like the sound you hear if you plug in or unplug
>headphones while they are playing). It starts with just a couple, and
>they steadily increase in frequency the more songs I listen to, until
>there are a couple a second. It doesn't change if I stop the player
>or skip tracks. But if I shut down ITunes and restart it, everything
>sounds fine (for a while).
>
>1) Anybody have this problem?
>2) Anybody know anywhere else I can post this question?
>3) Anybody know how to fix it?
>
>Thanks a lot - I have searched the web, Apple's support site and the
>documentation, and I can't find any answers.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>metro
>
>(PS - the mp3s themselves are not distorted - they sound fine when played elsewhere)

You may be low on system memory, or your processor may be getting pegged. 

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"I'm not a cool person in real life, but I play one on the Internet"
Galley

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