EAC problem no sound

[John Williams-36]

Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my new laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i use it] there is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to the databases just fine but when i make a file it's just empty [no sound at all] and when i try to play the cd there is no audio sound whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and using older and latest versions but it just won't change - any idea how this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]



     

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[rappard]

> Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my  
>  new laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i  
> use  it] there is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to  
> the  databases just fine but when i make a file it's just empty [no  
> sound  at all] and when i try to play the cd there is no audio sound  
>  whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and using  
> older  and latest versions but it just won't change - any idea how  
> this can  be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]

This really sounds more like a sound card problem than an EAC problem.  
Did you check the laptop manufacturer's website for the latest drivers?

Martin

[Alan-17]

EAC has never played audio for me, on any of my computers.  I'd be  
interested in a fix as well.  It's not a sound card issue as the audio  
should be going thru the IDE.

Alan

On Oct 31, 2009, at 4:09 PM, rappard@... wrote:

> > Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my
> > new laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i
> > use it] there is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to
> > the databases just fine but when i make a file it's just empty [no
> > sound at all] and when i try to play the cd there is no audio sound
> > whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and using
> > older and latest versions but it just won't change - any idea how
> > this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]
>
> This really sounds more like a sound card problem than an EAC problem.
> Did you check the laptop manufacturer's website for the latest  
> drivers?
>
> Martin
>
>

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[Martin Acuff]

Can you play back a commercially-produced CD on your laptop with normal audio output?

If you take a disc burned on the laptop and play it on some other PC (okay or MAC) do you hear audio or silence?

If literally silence is being burned onto the disc, your problem isn't audio: the problem is data; most likely a configuration conflict.

Maybe one or more unrelated applications on the laptop are getting in the way of normal EAC operation.

  -- Marty

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, John Williams <bugmix@...> wrote:

From: John Williams <bugmix@...>
Subject: [eac] EAC problem no sound
To: eac@...
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:30 AM






 




   
                  Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my new laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i use it] there is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to the databases just fine but when i make a file it's just empty [no sound at all] and when i try to play the cd there is no audio sound whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and using older and latest versions but it just won't change - any idea how this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]



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[Michael Russell-4]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:34:59 -0400, AlanS <alans12@...> wrote:

>EAC has never played audio for me, on any of my computers.  I'd be  
>interested in a fix as well.  It's not a sound card issue as the audio  
>should be going thru the IDE.
>
>Alan

EAC options/General check Use Alternate CD Play Routines

--
Michael J. Russell
mrussell57@...

[Petrus Viljoen]

My experience ever since I have been running the latest version of EAC under
Windows Vista (SP2, 32-bit) is that:

.         On good days, EAC will play the first frame of a commercially
produced CD, then I would get an error message saying: 'Unhandled
exception', followed by a number which means nothing to me.

.         On normal days, whenever I press play in the main window of EAC,
the programme hangs and I have to shut it down by invoking the Windows Task
Manager. In such a case EAC would not start again. I would have to do a
reboot for EAC to start again.

.         On bad days, EAC causes my computer to freeze to such an extent
that even Task Manager doesn't respond and I have to do a hard reboot. Since
Windows then shuts down abnormally, the shutdown doesn't actually purge the
machine of whatever EAC has done to it and I would have a second, software
reboot, in order for the machine to run normally again.

 

This having been said, EAC rips perfectly (VERY SLOWLY, though - no more
than 1.1X, in spite of the settings allowing it to go to as much as 48X) and
I can burn the resulting WAV file to a blank CD, through EAC, without any
problems so that the newly burned CD can be played on any computer or CD
player.

 

I can load the WAV file into EAC and play the WAV, from the Wave Editor,
without any problems.

 

When, on ripping a CD, EAC discovers problems, e.g. a sync error, after
ripping the programme gives you the chance to listen to the problem
track/area and eventually to remove glitches. That function has worked fine
up to a certain point, but then stopped functioning. It's not that it
produces silence. It doesn't actually play (i.e. the counter doesn't move)
when I press play under those circumstances.

 

I'd obviously also appreciate advice on how to make this work like in the
good old days.

 

Best

 

Peter

 

 

From: eac@... [mailto:eac@...] On Behalf Of Martin
Acuff
Sent: dimanche 1 novembre 2009 00:11
To: eac@...
Subject: Re: [eac] EAC problem no sound

 

 

Can you play back a commercially-produced CD on your laptop with normal
audio output?

If you take a disc burned on the laptop and play it on some other PC (okay
or MAC) do you hear audio or silence?

If literally silence is being burned onto the disc, your problem isn't
audio: the problem is data; most likely a configuration conflict.

Maybe one or more unrelated applications on the laptop are getting in the
way of normal EAC operation.

  -- Marty

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, John Williams <bugmix@...
<mailto:bugmix%40yahoo.com> > wrote:

From: John Williams <bugmix@... <mailto:bugmix%40yahoo.com> >
Subject: [eac] EAC problem no sound
To: eac@... <mailto:eac%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:30 AM

 

Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my new
laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i use it] there
is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to the databases just fine
but when i make a file it's just empty [no sound at all] and when i try to
play the cd there is no audio sound whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and
reinstalling and using older and latest versions but it just won't change -
any idea how this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]

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[Martin Acuff]

Petrus,

The symptoms look a lot like a problem with the drive itself (hardware) or its driver (software).  In other words, EAC is having a difficult time controlling the drive and getting data from the drive.

What to do?  I think the suggestion by Michael J. Russell is wise:

    "EAC options/General check Use Alternate CD Play Routines"

See if that setting makes things happy again.

    -- Marty


--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Petrus Viljoen <petrus.viljoen@...> wrote:

From: Petrus Viljoen <petrus.viljoen@...>
Subject: RE: [eac] EAC problem no sound
To: eac@...
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:31 AM






 




   
                  My experience ever since I have been running the latest version of EAC under

Windows Vista (SP2, 32-bit) is that:



.         On good days, EAC will play the first frame of a commercially

produced CD, then I would get an error message saying: 'Unhandled

exception', followed by a number which means nothing to me.



.         On normal days, whenever I press play in the main window of EAC,

the programme hangs and I have to shut it down by invoking the Windows Task

Manager. In such a case EAC would not start again. I would have to do a

reboot for EAC to start again.



.         On bad days, EAC causes my computer to freeze to such an extent

that even Task Manager doesn't respond and I have to do a hard reboot. Since

Windows then shuts down abnormally, the shutdown doesn't actually purge the

machine of whatever EAC has done to it and I would have a second, software

reboot, in order for the machine to run normally again.



This having been said, EAC rips perfectly (VERY SLOWLY, though - no more

than 1.1X, in spite of the settings allowing it to go to as much as 48X) and

I can burn the resulting WAV file to a blank CD, through EAC, without any

problems so that the newly burned CD can be played on any computer or CD

player.



I can load the WAV file into EAC and play the WAV, from the Wave Editor,

without any problems.



When, on ripping a CD, EAC discovers problems, e.g. a sync error, after

ripping the programme gives you the chance to listen to the problem

track/area and eventually to remove glitches. That function has worked fine

up to a certain point, but then stopped functioning. It's not that it

produces silence. It doesn't actually play (i.e. the counter doesn't move)

when I press play under those circumstances.



I'd obviously also appreciate advice on how to make this work like in the

good old days.



Best



Peter



From: eac@yahoogroups. com [mailto:eac@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin

Acuff

Sent: dimanche 1 novembre 2009 00:11

To: eac@yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: [eac] EAC problem no sound



Can you play back a commercially- produced CD on your laptop with normal

audio output?



If you take a disc burned on the laptop and play it on some other PC (okay

or MAC) do you hear audio or silence?



If literally silence is being burned onto the disc, your problem isn't

audio: the problem is data; most likely a configuration conflict.



Maybe one or more unrelated applications on the laptop are getting in the

way of normal EAC operation.



-- Marty



--- On Sat, 10/31/09, John Williams <bugmix@yahoo. com

<mailto:bugmix% 40yahoo.com> > wrote:



From: John Williams <bugmix@yahoo. com <mailto:bugmix% 40yahoo.com> >

Subject: [eac] EAC problem no sound

To: eac@yahoogroups. com <mailto:eac% 40yahoogroups. com>

Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:30 AM



Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my new

laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i use it] there

is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to the databases just fine

but when i make a file it's just empty [no sound at all] and when i try to

play the cd there is no audio sound whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and

reinstalling and using older and latest versions but it just won't change -

any idea how this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]



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[Petrus Viljoen]

Thank you, Marty, but I have already checked the Alternate CD Play Routines
box and, in addition, I can play CDs (even the ones I burn myself from EAC)
from the same drive through iTunes, VLC, Real Player and Windows Media
Player. So the drive works fine with other software. That is what has been
baffling me.

 

 

From: eac@... [mailto:eac@...] On Behalf Of Martin
Acuff
Sent: dimanche 1 novembre 2009 18:49
To: eac@...
Subject: RE: [eac] EAC problem no sound

 

 

Petrus,

The symptoms look a lot like a problem with the drive itself (hardware) or
its driver (software).  In other words, EAC is having a difficult time
controlling the drive and getting data from the drive.

What to do?  I think the suggestion by Michael J. Russell is wise:

    "EAC options/General check Use Alternate CD Play Routines"

See if that setting makes things happy again.

    -- Marty

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Petrus Viljoen <petrus.viljoen@...
<mailto:petrus.viljoen%40gmail.com> > wrote:

From: Petrus Viljoen <petrus.viljoen@...
<mailto:petrus.viljoen%40gmail.com> >
Subject: RE: [eac] EAC problem no sound
To: eac@... <mailto:eac%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:31 AM

 

My experience ever since I have been running the latest version of EAC under

Windows Vista (SP2, 32-bit) is that:

. On good days, EAC will play the first frame of a commercially

produced CD, then I would get an error message saying: 'Unhandled

exception', followed by a number which means nothing to me.

. On normal days, whenever I press play in the main window of EAC,

the programme hangs and I have to shut it down by invoking the Windows Task

Manager. In such a case EAC would not start again. I would have to do a

reboot for EAC to start again.

. On bad days, EAC causes my computer to freeze to such an extent

that even Task Manager doesn't respond and I have to do a hard reboot. Since

Windows then shuts down abnormally, the shutdown doesn't actually purge the

machine of whatever EAC has done to it and I would have a second, software

reboot, in order for the machine to run normally again.

This having been said, EAC rips perfectly (VERY SLOWLY, though - no more

than 1.1X, in spite of the settings allowing it to go to as much as 48X) and

I can burn the resulting WAV file to a blank CD, through EAC, without any

problems so that the newly burned CD can be played on any computer or CD

player.

I can load the WAV file into EAC and play the WAV, from the Wave Editor,

without any problems.

When, on ripping a CD, EAC discovers problems, e.g. a sync error, after

ripping the programme gives you the chance to listen to the problem

track/area and eventually to remove glitches. That function has worked fine

up to a certain point, but then stopped functioning. It's not that it

produces silence. It doesn't actually play (i.e. the counter doesn't move)

when I press play under those circumstances.

I'd obviously also appreciate advice on how to make this work like in the

good old days.

Best

Peter

From: eac@yahoogroups. com [mailto:eac@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Martin

Acuff

Sent: dimanche 1 novembre 2009 00:11

To: eac@yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: [eac] EAC problem no sound

Can you play back a commercially- produced CD on your laptop with normal

audio output?

If you take a disc burned on the laptop and play it on some other PC (okay

or MAC) do you hear audio or silence?

If literally silence is being burned onto the disc, your problem isn't

audio: the problem is data; most likely a configuration conflict.

Maybe one or more unrelated applications on the laptop are getting in the

way of normal EAC operation.

-- Marty

--- On Sat, 10/31/09, John Williams <bugmix@yahoo. com

<mailto:bugmix% 40yahoo.com> > wrote:

From: John Williams <bugmix@yahoo. com <mailto:bugmix% 40yahoo.com> >

Subject: [eac] EAC problem no sound

To: eac@yahoogroups. com <mailto:eac% 40yahoogroups. com>

Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 1:30 AM

Hi, I've been using EAC for a few years now but since I put it on my new

laptop [running windows xp so nothing's changed to the way i use it] there

is no audio sound - it reads the cd and connects to the databases just fine

but when i make a file it's just empty [no sound at all] and when i try to

play the cd there is no audio sound whatsoever. I've tried uninstalling and

reinstalling and using older and latest versions but it just won't change -

any idea how this can be resolved - thanks. from Jon [Cardiff]

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[geschwi-2]

Petrus wrote:

> My experience ever since I have been running the latest version of EAC under
> Windows Vista (SP2, 32-bit) is that:

> .         On good days, EAC will play the first frame of a commercially
> produced CD, then I would get an error message saying: 'Unhandled
> exception', followed by a number which means nothing to me.

Looks like a memory conflict. Do you run other applications in the
background while you're working with EAC? If so, try it w/o these apps.
I never switched to Vista but guess it has a secure mode too?
Try EAC running in this mode and see what happens.


> .         On normal days, whenever I press play in the main window of EAC,
> the programme hangs and I have to shut it down by invoking the Windows Task
> Manager. In such a case EAC would not start again. I would have to do a
> reboot for EAC to start again.

I made a similar experience with previous releases of EAC under XP Pro but not
 "whenever". Only when I switched from one track to another too fast.
 Giving the programm 2-3 seconds time avoids freezing here.

Juergen