Skipping sound

[Jim0322]

I have the sound skipping problem in the Wonder movies. I have an Audigy 2 ZS sound card.

[Stromprophet]

Originally posted by DoubleBlade


I have an Nvidia card.

https://www.omegadrivers.net

Click on Nvidia GF at the top, and then click on Win 2k/Xp that will appear right under it.

Is this a graphics driver or a sound driver?

I already updated mine to Nvidia 81.85 on their website, I don't want to mess with it because it fixed the blackout map for me.

[Falconer999]

Just wanted to say that I'm having the skipping sound only during Wonders. At all other times, movies play fine.

Win XP Pro Sp2
P4 1.8ghz
1gb RAM
9600XT
SB Live! 5.1

Game loaded with default stereo sound. I switched it right away to 5.1 - experienced the skipping. I tried switching it to EAX and all the sounds were messed up so I switched back to 5.1 and still skipping.

What is odd about all this is that it only happens during the wonders - the opening movies are fine, the movies when you found a religion are fine, but the wonders skip.

[Fuzzyhead]

Same skipping with the Wonder movies. Not every time though... Only about every third movie skips. The sound settings don't change anything. I'm guessing it's something to do with the playback codec or whatever they use.


My system:

Dell Inspiron XPS Gen2
Pentium M4 2.13
1 GB RAM
nVidea GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
ForceWare 78.11
SigmaTel C-Major Onboard-Audio
Windows XP Home SP2

[SirSebastian]

Intro and wonder movies skip. Only religion movie I've gotten so far didn't skip at all (it seemed very out of place =P).

Athlon XP 1700+
1G RAM
nVidia Geforce FX 5200
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
XPSP2 Prof

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by SirSebastian
Intro and wonder movies skip. Only religion movie I've gotten so far didn't skip at all (it seemed very out of place =P).

Athlon XP 1700+
1G RAM
nVidia Geforce FX 5200
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
XPSP2 Prof

I also have a Santa Cruz, but I'm convinced it's a video (maybe a driver..) issue. Everything else works fine and when I tried Omega video drivers, there was a significant improvement in the videos (the game itself was a bit choppy though)

[SirSebastian]

What driver version do you have on your TBSC? I updated to the 4/3/2002 version (5.12.1.4161), but the most recent version (2003) wouldn't take at all.

At any rate, it also stutters on my secondary computer, which is also XPSP2 Pro but has integrated sound (an nvidia motherboard...) with a Geforce 2 MX 400 and 256 megs.

[Sabre2th]

The date for mine says June 13, 2003. I really don't think it's a sound card issue because it affects people with all sorts of different cards

[crimsonmage]

Did anyone ever find a fix for the sound skipping problem

I also have that problem - but only with Wonder movies - all others... such as Religion work fine.

This is way too odd!!!!!

Help me Jebus!!!!

5.1 SoundBlaster Drive
256 Radeon 850
2.7 gh
2 g memory

[Chernobyl2]

My updating to Windows SP2 did not fix the sound skipping int he movies.

[Sabre2th]

Religion clips are fine for me as well. They're a different format though, which would explain that

[Auldian]

Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi I changed my audio settings from "Stereo" to "Use System Config" and it fixed my wonder movie skipping.

Finally figuring out these settings were under "Speakers" was a nice surprise. The "System Configuration" choice made the game seem a lot smoother. I'd had a single "reboot" last week but I played 5 hours tonight with a much improved, smoother Civ4 and no reboot. Stuttering returned in 1800 or so during my Eiffel Tower movie, but seeing a difference for all that time gives me hope. Fun game too.

[moehrensteiner]

Look here

Take a look here.

Might help.

[Sabre2th]

Good idea, but it had no effect on my movies.

[civ4dan]

Originally posted by Tyrole
Are any of you with skipping sound also experiencing extremely laggy gameplay (framerates maxing out around 10) and delayed response from keyboard and mouse?

That is the problem i am having and I have

my specs
1 Gig memory
Amd athalon 3200
Gforce 6200 Graphics card (128 MB)
Windows XP with all pertinant updates.