Sound Playback Problem

[Clearcomms82]

I run Win98SE (largely because although I meet Win XP in my work, I hate it a lot!)

For the last few months I've had a strange problem with the sound on video files. The problem appears to occur on most forms of video - certainly it's there on avi files, wmv files and on rm files. It also occurs on wav files. I therefore deduce that it it not a problem with the playback softare I'm using (various types, including Adobe Premiere), but is somehow system or setup related.

The problem is simple - the files play at the wrong speed. Speech is rapid and relatively high pitched, though still perfectly intelligible.

The videos - from many sources, including my own captures - appear stable and visually normal, though I assume that the pictures are also playing fast, since synch remains perfect.

Any suggestions as to where I should look, and what may be the cause of this bizarre anomaly would be appreciated, as I may have to do some professional video work before long, and this problem will need to be solved first!

Doug Revell
Clear Communications

[enat66]

Have you tryed to reinstall the video and sound drivers?

[Clearcomms82]

Have you tryed to reinstall the video and sound drivers?

Haven't tried that - seems like a good idea, though. I'll try uninstalling anything that looks relevant in Windows, and then reinstall it.

Indeed, I may just give up and upgrade to Win 2000! If your thought is right, that would probably fix things too.

Thanks for the suggestion

[enat66]

All you have to reinstall maybe the sound and video drivers...that means you simply have to run 2 executable files and it might fix it, reinstalling everything is not necessarily necessary.