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Fix for distorted sound in itunes ver 7.0

Right-click your mouse button on the quicktime icon in your system tray, then click on quicktime preferences in the popup menu that shows up,...then click on the audio tab(it'll be on the top next to the other ones)....then change the sound out rates to the following:

rate:48kHz or less
size: 16 bit

then click the apply button on the bottom.

then restart your iTunes.

A rather simple fix but it's surprising Apple didn't come up with it on their own. Hopefully one of the Monkey's in charge of coding the most unwanted Quicktime will eventually fix the problem so it supports 24-bit sound.

lemme know if it works for you. 🙂

self built Windows XP Pro creative x-fi, amd 3800x2, nvidia 7900gt
self built Windows XP Pro creative xfi, amd 3800x2, nvidia 7900gt

Posted on Sep 15, 2006 7:42 AM

203 replies

Sep 26, 2006 7:54 AM in response to NOWOOL

wow 30k views and no real fix for everyone...still no new update for itunes either? Has there been an official word on all these "suggested" configurations that don't seem to help most of us?

Sep 26, 2006 9:14 AM in response to griffonage

It worked for me while I've been playing around the internet. But just started playing online poker, nasty sounds are back.

Isn't it about time we got an official word from Apple as to what they are doing?

I was thinking of switching to a Mac for my next computer purchase, but this episode makes me very wary.

Wayren

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Sep 26, 2006 9:40 AM in response to NOWOOL

No luck here.

Sep 30, 2006 10:27 AM in response to NOWOOL

iTunes 7.0.1.8 update has gone a long way towards fixing the music playback problems I was having with the original iTunes 7.0 but they still haven't completely fixed it.

Playback jumps when I use Windows Explorer whilst playing music. I have no problems with other media players (Windows Media Player/ Real Player).

Until a few weeks ago I used Win Media Player & Creative Zen Touch. I really like iTunes & iPod functionality but this bug is putting me off. I couldn't recommend iTunes to friends and would not have swapped had I known. I'm back to playing music through Windows Media Player.

Please Apple, let us have a proper fix.

Sep 30, 2006 2:51 PM in response to NOWOOL

after a 3+ hours of playing with my the settings for:

itune ver: 7.0.1.8
Rate: 96 kHz
Size: 24 bit
Channel: 5.1

...and reinstalling my SB Audigy 2 sound card ...and playing with all the settings for the soundcard including the Device Controls (creative software) in AudioHQ where i set the digital output sampling rate from 48 kHz to 96 kHz (this is PCM SPDIF output to Home Theatre system).

Finally things have improved to where sound quality is better than it was with 6.0! However... when a new song begins the song typically stuters and goes scratchy for a few seconds. During the sound degrade CPU usage for Itunes from ~6%-7% up to 65%.

Also windows refreshing within album view mode to be improved. I an really dumbfounded by Apple sacrificing core quality to satisfy some tactical marketing objective!

Dell 8300 2GZ 1gb RAM Windows XP Pro SB Audiology 2

Oct 7, 2006 10:53 PM in response to digitalaudiophile

the 96khz/24bit/ Stereo worked perfect for me, thank god!

Oct 8, 2006 8:30 PM in response to NOWOOL

Apple support was able to fix my slow and distorted sound.
Remove the Secondary IDE Channel and restart your computer.

The transfer mode was set on the PIO mode and it should be on DMA.

emachine Windows XP

ken.z

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Nov 2, 2006 11:37 AM in response to NOWOOL

Thanks NOWOOL,

The fix works just fine.

-K

Fix for distorted sound in itunes ver 7.0