banjo2E Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 First off, I'd like to say that I have looked at the radio stuttering guide, and nothing in it worked. Which is especially odd given that everything used to be working just fine on this machine, especially given that I've been using K-Lite for years. However, recently I got the radio stutter back; additionally, I started getting stuttering with the in-game Bink videos (basically, the cutscenes) in which the audio would stutter, and/or the video would freeze except for a box in the top left. Playing the videos with Bink's desktop player worked just fine. I've confirmed that the Bink issue isn't confined to just Fallout 3; the fact that I'm getting stutter in both video and audio files leads me to believe it's something other than a mere codec incompatibility. That, and I've disabled all my non-essential codecs anyway, with no results. I remember reading somewhere that this could be related to power consumption settings on specific old motherboards and/or AMD CPUs. I'm eligible for both of those, as my motherboard has an Athlon 64 processor and dates back to ~2005. Anyone remember what those fixes were, or have any other ideas for fixing my stuttering woes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo2E Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 I've managed to fix the radio stuttering (most of the time, and I'm willing to accept stuttering while I'm moving around outdoors as a realism feature) by switching to a different codec pack. However, the Bink video problem remains the same. Again, the video occasionally just freezes, except for a box in the top left. If anyone knows what's causing this, it'd be very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 banjo2E - Hello! Did you add Fallout 3 to ffdshow? Note, there's a video AND audio configuration for that. Sometimes, when you update a DVD/Audio/Video program it updates ffdshow & can reset it to no longer include Fallout 3. The other common radio stutter cause can be your AC3 filter, you should be able to find this in your START menu. Look for AC3 Filter - AC3 Config. If you call that up & select - system, you'll see a setting called "Default audio renderer". If it's set to "Use Direct Sound by Default" & you're getting stuttering, change it to the other setting "Use Wave Out by Default" or vice-a-versa. I use Win7 & need Alchemy for my Creative card to work properly & have found I have to set AC3 filter to Use Direct Sound by Default to prevent stuttering. Note, if you are running Vista/Win 7 you'll need to right click & run AC3Filter as Admin in order to change that setting. A handy tool is: installedcodec http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/installed_codec.html Scroll down to the lower part of that page to download. With this simple tool you can see what codecs you have installed & when (by organising by date). It can be used to identify new codec's that may be causing the trouble & can also easily deactivate them. It's amazing how many things install codecs which can mess with a previously stable set up. :) Hope this helps! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo2E Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Well, that would be helpful, Prensa, but unfortunately everything you said was part of the Radio Stuttering Guide, which as I mentioned I already followed to no avail. And, in any event, I've fixed my radio issues; now all that's going wrong is Bink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 banjo2E - Hello! You said you fixed the radio stutter only most of the time so I figured I'd make sure you covered the most likely suspects. :) Like I said, ffdshow also has a video configuration that should include Fallout 3 in the exceptions which may help the Bink problem. Also those codecs include video as well as audio & could be the problem with your Bink videos, that's why I recommended the InstallCodec program. I did come across this in relation to choppy Bink video but have no idea if it works as I've never had the problem: http://loranablog.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/solved-choppy-bink-videos-stuttering-audio-and-video-games-intro-on-grid-and-others-low-fps-on-high-end-pcs-with-xp/ Hope this helps! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo2E Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Unfortunately, I've already got that command listed in my boot.ini. I'll go through my video codecs to see if any of them are causing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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