Jamcast

Hi Carlos,

What operating system is your laptop running? If it's XP, what you describe is usually due to your recording input being set to a microphone instead of Stereo Mix or similar. Have you gone thru the process documented earlier in this thread on how to change that?

Thanks!

Hi, I recently installed Jamcast in order to use the virtual sound card with my Teac WAP8500, but I am having problems. For some reason the sound is being massively amplified and unless I have the stereo mix and Wave volumes near absolute minimum the Teacs output is clipped. I tried the same setup with my xbox360 and have had no problems. The volume levels have to be good and high with the xbox, which is normal.

The big problem is that because the soundcard volumes have to be kept so low, there is a lot of distortion being broadcast.

Hi Scot,

I'm using XP. I have tried two different drivers but with the same results.

What I don't understand is why the outputted volume is correct to the xbox but not the WAP8500.

I also checked the volume levels from the stereo mix with Sony Sound Forge 9 and they are correct.

I'll try and use a different sound card and see what happens.

I'll keep you posted,
Stefan

Hi Scott,

Just thought I'd let you know that I got the virtual sound card to work with my WAP8500.

The problem was that the WAP8500 has an auto normalize function built in.

This meant that when I had virtually no sound coming out of the sound card and the WAP8500 began connecting to the virtual sound card, the WAP8500 normalized to the sound cards THD level and played the file.

However if I had sound coming out of the sound card at any volume level and the WAP8500 connected to the virtual sound card, it refused to play the file and showed up random kbps values on the screen.

The way I solved the problem was to use the imitate Windows Media Center function.

I'm not sure why that fixes it , but as long as it does I'm happy

Stefan

Hi Michael,

On the LG BD390 I believe you need to use a special setting in Jamcast to get the Virtual Soundcard working right. Open Server Manager and go to the devices tab, the right-click on the LG device and choose Properties. Set EnableSeekTrickMode to True, then try again. If that doesn't work, go back into the device properties again and set ForceMP3CaptureStream to True as well.

If you're still having issues, let me know if anything changed after making those adjustments, and paste your medialog.txt (located in the Jamcast installation folder) to http://pastebin.org and share it here so I can take a look.

Thanks!

Hi again scott.

He is my medialog.txt
http://pastebin.org/124851
The sound is "glitching" and sounds really bad. The log says something about it.
(My mp3 files sounds perfect)

Hey Michael,

Bad news I'm afraid. The LG DLNA-enabled products like the BD390 have certain way they request the audio stream from the server (in chunks), which works fine for audio stored on disk but not for "live" media like the Virtual Soundcard. The device is essentially asking Jamcast for audio from the future, which doesn't exist yet -- if that makes sense. The glitches you hear are the result of this behavior -- you keep hearing the same audio, almost.

There's another thread I found for another LG product, and your logfile exhibits the same behavior. It makes sense that LG would be using the same DLNA software on all of their products.

http://www.sdstechnologi...LG-HLB54S-problems.aspx

Sorry I don't have better news for ya, but I'm happy you've at least got it working on the Xbox360.

Thanks!

Hi Michael,

You're welcome. I'm glad I could at least put your mind at least.

Thanks for the compliments, and please do let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Thanks!

Hey hawsksfan56,

What version of Windows did you install Jamcast to?

Thanks!

Hi joe,

Thanks for checking out Jamcast!

Tell me, does the Sony device appear to be playing silence when you choose the Virtual Soundcard? Or not playing at all? Any errors?

Also, be advised that you have to click "Virtual Soundcard" twice in either location -- once to enter the folder, and then a second time to select the single track contained within that folder to start playback.

Thanks!