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TheAudiophileDutchman ·
Hmm, this really feels like an 'off-topic' day 😮 😀
Anyhow, there just might be someone around here who has gained experience in solving firewire-issues under SP2....... 😇
To be honest, I had to move back to SP1 to get my Hercules Firewire audio up and running again. Next to expecting SP2 to solve some potential safety issues, more and more software requires SP2 to be installed, so that's a tough choice 😕
infuzion ·
Yea, I had my XP2 Presario R3000 laptop lose the FW drivers for my FW HD, & I need a full reninstall to get them back. I suspect "Compress old files" in the HD cleanup hid them.
infuzion ·
OK, I finally got serious to prevent the glitches I was having in streaming WAVs in WinAmp & Live5. Bought Presonus Firebox, still poping. Firewire drive, still poped (though a bit less than my 4200 laptop drive). Did what these webpages said (thanks to a Ableton forum post): http://www.rme-audio.com/english/techinfo/fw800sp2.htm http://www.videredesign.com/xp2_workaround.htm
I still get crazy pops, even with the FireBox's highest latency of 25ms. Not too happy; the 2nd main reason for me getting a laptop was to have a mobile DJ setup. No FW in XP would make using XP for music a lost cause. Makes Mac very attractive right now...
matti ·
infuzion wrote: OK, I finally got serious to prevent the glitches I was having in streaming WAVs in WinAmp & Live5.
How about going USB?
infuzion ·
matti wrote: infuzion wrote: OK, I finally got serious to prevent the glitches I was having in streaming WAVs in WinAmp & Live5.
How about going USB?
tried that already, just as bad.
I need atleast 4-channel (2 stereo pairs) streaming out if not 6 channel, plus an external HD. USB isn't build for that kind of streaming, FW is. Mac was one of the origional people ot implement FW, Micro$oft got it worse with SP2.
Is Vista better with Firewire anyone? TIA
rl ·
Thanks for the heads up. I was thinking about exchanging my old USB 1.1 DAW interface into a Firewire one.
Did you try the "official" fix (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222)? These guys offer an alternative FW driver: (http://www.orangeware.com/developers/dev_prod.html#5)
(In my opinion Vista just opens another Pandora's box)
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