MY SONGS CRACKLE

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MY SONGS CRACKLE

why do all the songs on my itunes crackle? I tried everything, I restarted my computer, I restarted my itunes, I paused & unpaused the song, I stopped & played the songs.. THEY JUST CRACKLE!

I also opened up my windows media player and played a song through that to see if that would crackle too, but it did NOT crackle. SO it's definitely my itunes..

help! i can't stand this!

thank you

newest version 6.1 or something, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Jul 11, 2006 10:50 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 11, 2006 10:56 PM in response to Stephanie Cafasso

got it . peace

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Answer 2

duncoz

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Jul 12, 2006 4:50 AM in response to Stephanie Cafasso

I have exactly the same problem - could someone please tell me how to fix it?

Please help, you'd make me one happy guy.

Thanks....

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pac_80

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Jul 12, 2006 5:02 AM in response to duncoz

Its most likly a issue with your quicktime. In windows, goto control panel>quicktime>audio tab and make sure "Safemode" is checked.

If it is not, check it, hit OK, reboot/restart windows and now it should work..

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jousp

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Sep 13, 2006 9:12 PM in response to pac_80

I tried this (setting to SafeMode/waveOut), but I still get the crackling. No crackling at all if I open an iTunes folder song from within QuickTime, only from within iTunes itself.

HP Pavilion zd8000 Windows XP Pro

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pac_80

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Sep 13, 2006 9:23 PM in response to jousp

Well iTUnes uses parts of quicktime to play audio and video.

Try updating your sound card/driver and your directX from microsofts windows update site

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jakeshjo

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Sep 14, 2006 6:46 AM in response to Stephanie Cafasso

got it . peace

Well it is great that you got it but I still don't. could you explain what you did to get rid of the crackling? I would appreciate it. Thanks, Jakeshjo

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jousp

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Sep 15, 2006 7:08 PM in response to pac_80

Although it's true that iTunes uses QuickTime, if I open a music file from within QuickTime, there is no distortion/crackling/hissing in playback whatsoever. The problem is isolated within iTunes. When I lower the bitrate in the QuickTime settings to 16 and the level to 44.1 KHz (and click on Safe Mode), then playback ended up being fixed--but why doesn't iTunes work on higher QuickTime settings (when the higher settings do work if you play music files within QuickTime)? It's some kind of horrible Windows-specific bug, I guess... Does anyone know if Apple is aware of or is working on this?

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Answer 8

Dec 7, 2006 9:45 PM in response to pac_80

i have tryed doin that, But it Still Crackles. ITS DRIVING ME NUTS PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!

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