Radio Music Stutter [Simple fix]

[Biervampir]

Hi

 

I play a Vanilla FO3, I have only installen FOSE, 3GB Patch and changed the FALLOUT.INI by 2 lines (bUseThreadedAI=1, iNumHWThreads=2)

 

My Problem:
I hear noisy Music in my Pip-boy Radio, but the radios are totaly fine.
I have done the Quest for GNR, so that the Signal is should be fine.

I double check it, all radios channels are infected, ut only the Music.

 

What I tried:

I visit the Besethda Fallout 3 Support to download the latest Patch (Austrian Patch 1.7).

Installed the FO3 Unofficial Patch with and without German Patch.

Installed GNR Enhanced, with and without Beta Update.

Installed GNR fix.

Changed the FALLOUT.INI to vanilla setting.

Changed from iAudioCacheSize=2048 to iAudioCacheSize=4096

Changed from iRadioUpdateInterval=250 iRadioUpdateInterval=to 1024

 

My Question:
Do you have any Ideas how to fix that? Or is teh Radio forever broken for this Savegame?

 

 

Edit 1#:
Holy f***
I found a solution, after messing around with my Windows System and what so ever
Radio Stutter Fix

It was that simple :'D

 

 

Edit 2#:

I was searching for another solution, because I wanted a completly mod free savegame.
So I tryed to understand as much I could from this artical and what it suggested.

 

I Just install the K-Lite Codec (Downloaded from Mirrow 2: Basic -> Normal installation).

After installing I pressed the fix Button, confirmed [disable/delete bad codec].

Reboot/Restart PC.

Worked fine

Edited August 4, 2015 by Biervampir

[panchaiy]

This is the first time I have had problems with Fallout 3's radio and I have been playing on and off since release date. I have the same problem as OP and im still experimenting with fixes. One thing that caught my attention is that when I alt-tab the game, the music started playing just fine but whenever I selected the Fallout 3 window, it got choppy again. Can anyone explain that?

 

EDIT: I sent an email to Beth support and im currently awaiting for a reply.

 

EDIT2: I somehow "fixed" it. Whenever I enter the escape menu, it fixes the radio but if I go back into it, it stars stuttering again.

 

EDIT3: Here is the solution:

I fixedi t! I changed the preferred decoder for MP3 using the K-Lite Codec Pack tweak tool, I chose the LAV audio one instead of the Microsoft one. Works like a charm, I only get some minor stutter if I spam escape like a madman.

 

I DID IT!!!

Edited August 7, 2015 by panchaiy

[Biervampir]

This is the first time I have had problems with Fallout 3's radio and I have been playing on and off since release date. I have the same problem as OP and im still experimenting with fixes. One thing that caught my attention is that when I alt-tab the game, the music started playing just fine but whenever I selected the Fallout 3 window, it got choppy again. Can anyone explain that?

 

EDIT: I sent an email to Beth support and im currently awaiting for a reply.

 

EDIT 2: I somehow "fixed" it. Whenever I enter the escape menu, it fixes the radio but if I go back into it, it stars stuttering again.

It seems that allmost all Windows 7 Users have Problems with this game.

As far as I understud, causes the WMV Files the sound Problem (i think the WMV files are in the BSA, but I could be totaly wrong here).

Because Win7 sound codecs are bad (what I heared. I don't know codecs very well), so you have to add or replace the codecs with some good codecs. That will fix it.

 

But be carefull, with deleting codecs, that can cause sound-problems.

And if you have problems, just install the Win7 Audio codecs, again, so that you have both.

 

 

But at first I hightly recommend, to try changeing some values in your FALLOUT.ini file (C:\Users\"UserName"\Documents\my games\Fallout3)

iAudioCacheSize=2048 to 4096

iRadioUpdateInterval=250 to 1024

 

That CAN help.

Edited August 4, 2015 by Biervampir

[panchaiy]

 

This is the first time I have had problems with Fallout 3's radio and I have been playing on and off since release date. I have the same problem as OP and im still experimenting with fixes. One thing that caught my attention is that when I alt-tab the game, the music started playing just fine but whenever I selected the Fallout 3 window, it got choppy again. Can anyone explain that?

 

EDIT: I sent an email to Beth support and im currently awaiting for a reply.

 

EDIT 2: I somehow "fixed" it. Whenever I enter the escape menu, it fixes the radio but if I go back into it, it stars stuttering again.

It seems that allmost all Windows 7 Users have Problems with this game.

As far as I understud, causes the WMV Files the sound Problem (i think the WMV files are in the BSA, but I could be totaly wrong here).

Because Win7 sound codecs are bad (what I heared. I don't know codecs very well), so you have to add or replace the codecs with some good codecs. That will fix it.

 

But be carefull, with deleting codecs, that can cause sound-problems.

And if you have problems, just install the Win7 Audio codecs, again, so that you have both.

 

 

But at first I hightly recommend, to try changeing some values in your FALLOUT.ini file (C:\Users\"UserName"\Documents\my games\Fallout3)

iAudioCacheSize=2048 to 4096

iRadioUpdateInterval=250 to 1024

 

That CAN help.

 

 

I have done everything youve mentioned in your post and it hasnt worked, thank you for trying to help though. I am currently reading up on other games experiencing sound issues, specifically stuttering.

Edited August 4, 2015 by panchaiy

[Biervampir]

Did you also tryed what this article said?
There are other User's how they (tried) to fix that.

[panchaiy]

Did you also tryed what this article said?

There are other User's how they (tried) to fix that.

 

Yes, I have. I have googled and tried most of the solutions. I read up on a forum that other processes might mess up the decoder, killed most processes running in the background/removed all sound enhancements on my playback device and it seems to work just fine. Ill be testing some more, will report back.

 

EDIT: Trying to figure this out, will take a while.

 

EDIT2: Got the standard support answer with troubleshooting steps, sent a response. Waiting for their answer now. Things fix themselves and break again, ill keep testing till I can find something that works.

 

EDIT3: They are requesting dxdiag / msinfo32.

Edited August 5, 2015 by panchaiy

[panchaiy]

I fixedi t! I changed the preferred decoder for MP3 using the K-Lite Codec Pack tweak tool, I chose the LAV audio one instead of the Microsoft one. Works like a charm, I only get some minor stutter if I spam escape like a madman.

 

I DID IT!!!