I like to listen to music while playing my game. The Guild Wars music gets kind of old after a while :/
However, for about 3 months now I haven't been able to (clearly) listen to any music, sounds, or any audio outside of guild wars while the program is running. For example, if I am trying to listen to a song on ITunes while playing guildwars, the music on ITunes will go about 5 times faster then normal and sound extremely distorted.
I have tried many different combinations of settings on the Guild Wars Options tab, and nothing seems to solve the problem. Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Snype
Sound Problems With Outside Programs (When GW is running)
Snype
hellyea526
does it happen when you turn off the sound on guild wars entirely? maybe you need a new sound card
Snype
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does it happen when you turn off the sound on guild wars entirely? maybe you need a new sound card
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If it was my sound card this would happen while playing other games that have MUCH more intricate sounds then Guild Wars. I have no problems outside of Guild Wars
JeniM
Could be your CPU useage is too high causeing the music player to not get enough CPU time
Flightmare
What sound card do you have? You should have posted that becouse you are experiencing a sound issue...
Snype
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What sound card do you have? You should have posted that becouse you are experiencing a sound issue...
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I think it's this: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio
If it isn't sorry >.<
I went to Control Panel and thats what it gave me.
Snype
OK, it doesn't seem like anyone else has had this problem, but I figured out a solution. If I put in the switch "-nosound" on my gw shortcut, it will shut off the sound engine and my other programs will act as if guild wars isn't even running.
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
Flightmare
So now you don't have sound while playing Guild Wars?
You might aswell update your sound card drivers if they aren't allready up-to-date and then reconfigure your sound settings. Sometimes when I got both music playing in the background, and am gaming, wich use both EAX, but another preset, they start colliding with eachother and my sound fades out. So checking if you aren't running two different EAX setups might help. And toying around with the other settings wouldn't be bad either
You might aswell update your sound card drivers if they aren't allready up-to-date and then reconfigure your sound settings. Sometimes when I got both music playing in the background, and am gaming, wich use both EAX, but another preset, they start colliding with eachother and my sound fades out. So checking if you aren't running two different EAX setups might help. And toying around with the other settings wouldn't be bad either
Snype
I haven't listened to the guild wars music since factions came out. I find it distracting in PvP. 
electrolust
I've got the same problem I think.
Whenever I play in window mode, and listen to music on iTunes while being on Windows Live Messenger at the same time, the music in iTunes gets all laggy. But, whenever I run Windows messenger, it doesn't.
Anyone know why? :s
Whenever I play in window mode, and listen to music on iTunes while being on Windows Live Messenger at the same time, the music in iTunes gets all laggy. But, whenever I run Windows messenger, it doesn't.
Anyone know why? :s
Gorebrex
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your right, my bad.
I think it's this: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio If it isn't sorry >.< I went to Control Panel and thats what it gave me. |
Mournblade
I use WMP to listen to music while I play. iTunes caused choppy playback problems very similar to what the OP describes - specifically when iTunes changed from one song to the next. I suppose it has something to do with integration into the OS, which would explain why you don't see any problems using Messenger, electrolust.