Many times during longer play sessions, the game audio will start to make a static/crackling sound. Have not had full out no sound at all, just the crackling sound during play and when the game starts up at the main menu. Is there a fix for this?
Community ManagerIf you are connecting to your display with an HDMI cable then be sure you have the audio driver component installed when you run the video driver setup.
You will probably need to choose custom or advanced setup to do this when you run the video driver setup.
Community ManagerSo, if you are an nvidia user you run the driver setup and choose Custom(Advanced) and then select the HD Audio driver and also select Perform a clean installation. For AMD the process is quite similar.
I have the same issue. The proposed fix above does not work for me. Also, I'm using a USB driven headset, so I don't see this being the issue. After all, I'm not using the speakers in the monitor, and by extension not using the HDMI interface for sound.
i have this occasional static distortion. it occured the first time i played the game, the only way to fix sound is to exit battlefront completely and restart it. sometimes it occurs on starting game other times only after you have played a few games. the sound bit rate is irrelevant - changing it to any setting may only reset the sound hardware perhaps thus fixing the problem temporarily. i get the strange feeling all sound is being streamed - and this is going wrong which is where the sound problems set in. on the off chance this is whats happening how about installing the sound files to hdd like every other game does? if this is what already happens then i have no idea why its randomly adding static to the sounds including music.
the issue occurs most frequently for me when starting a new map; you go from the join game/ customise screen to the scene just before the game start and if its going to happen you first hear the music change.
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Can you try reducing the sample rate from 48Khz to 44.1Khz. This has been reported as helping here:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Battlefront-Audio-Stuttering-issue/m-p/4854588#M335
Additionally, if you have the option to increase your audio driver latency that could help.
thanks for replying 🙂
i already did that. the problem didnt occur when i ran battlefront the next time, but then occured after a few maps. again at the point where you go from the join screen to the screenwipe and map flyby screen, and to confirm this has now happened on all bitrate settings i have from 41.4k right up to 192k, on both 16 bit and 24 bit. it also happened as i say the first time i ran battlefront right from the game start, and the second time it began when i did the xwing training mission, all the way through - that was what made me google and find the 41.4k 16 bit setting suggestion. i dont see an audio latency setting at all.
To clarify also, the sound isnt stuttering, its distorted as if you are getting a very badly static affected radio message, from a long way away. all the sounds are there, just sound is full of static. at first i though it was supposed to be a sound effect like in the movie - where rebel command and 3po are listening to the xwing battle to destroy the first death star; (where the fighters are passing through the deflector shield), but then i noticed it wasnt just the AI pilots commands and other audio which was distorted, but the weapon and explosion sounds also. hope this helps somehow narrow down some more what the issue is.
i am thinking maybe the audio bitrate setting can help remove one problem some people have, but there is another problem which is harder to identify, except when it occurs in game, during the change from the screen (after you finish one map) where you can choose to join the next battle, or configure your cards and character. you select join, and once the timer counts down, the problem will at some point occur during the change to when it shows the map screen and then as it does the screen wipe to show the flyby, thats when i hear the sound distortion start. there is usually a sort of freeze in the wipe effect and the audio, then distortion will start if its going to. sometimes if there is another momentary freeze the audio will fix itself.
