quake sound

[ddikNad]

My sound is very spotty in quake. I'll be playing for about 30 min or so, and then it'll go out and stay out until i restart my computer. i don't think its my computer because all of my other sounds in different applications work. i don't get any errors, the sound just goes out.

any suggestions would be much welcome.


once it goes out, it goes out in all mods. regular quake, joequake, proquake ect.

[Baker]

Damn, that's annoying. Even more annoying is that I don't have any ideas nor have I ever heard of this problem.

Do you have any applications running in the background -- even with volume all the way down -- that could "steal focus" of the sound system.

Usually on Windows -- or so my perception has always been -- only 1 application can use the sound system at a time. Do have an instant messager that might make sounds when something occurs, like an instant messenger or a music player.

/I don't know if any of this is going to be helpful, I may be 100% wrong about all of the above. I have never heard of this problem (and I've heard of a lot of problems) and making a guess.

[foq]

Nah man I run winamp + quake alot and I don't get any loss.

[Spirit]

What Windows, what soundcard?

[ddikNad]

windows xp pro and its the sound card that came with the asus a78nx delux mother board.

if i restart my computer, i can run winamp and other apps while playing quake, and after a while, the quake sound will still shut off. its like the sound just lasts a certain amount of time and then it goes kaput.

[foq]

Try not running winamp while playing quake and see what happens..
You can still have music while playing quake though, Quake has a cd player that will play music cd's