Hi all,
The audio on my Jam (predominantly the output from the built-in speaker) was driving me a little nuts. I was getting stuttering and clicks in programs (games), in movies (WMV) and using the phone. Also, there was a lot of stutter in the notifications for incoming calls and SMS.
In attempting to resolve this, I noticed that GB-SOFT Tweak (http://www.gb-soft.cz/XDAII/products.htm) had an
interesting setting "Higher priority for audio media". I turned on this setting, soft reset, and Wham! sounds are as
smooth as butter globally. I haven't had any noticeable negative side effects, just better sounds.
I looked into what the GB-SOFT utility is doing, and it seems to just be setting one registry value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\WaveDev\Priority256
from it's default
0x100 (256) to
0x80 (128)
This apparently gives the built-in sound processing DLL (WaveDev) a higher thread priority and eliminates the skipping sound.
Can some of you guys try this out (either via the GB-SOFT utility, or manually in the registry), and confirm your results?
This got rid of one of the most annoying problems for me with my Jam (A great device).
YMMMV
I've just changed it to 80 and i'm going to do some tests tonight. I'll post again with the results...
Well, i've tested it and i found that while it does a lot of improvement on the sounds played from the back speaker (media player, ringtones etc.), it doesn't improve at all the audio quality from the front speaker. (I called a couple of friends...but it was still the same, robot, voice quality)
For the tests i went up to 500 (terrible audio, full of clicks and tsiks) and down to 20...
I'll continue the tests.... :?
Hi,
Good thing ! Thanks for the test
On my MDA Compact, the Priority256 key has the DWord value 110 (0X00006E). So I have no idea how to change the setting to 0X80 (128). Anyone know how to do this? I am interested in testing the results.
Using a registre editor like regedit I think.
I am using PHM regedit, that's how I found the settings I posted. But no idea what to put into that setting to change it to the settings posted in thsi thread. I will use the GB prog instead and see what it does.
Koksie I have the same problem with Resco explorer registry plug-in... :roll: Will try the regedit at home...
Regards,
Primoz
Koksie said:
On my MDA Compact, the Priority256 key has the DWord value 110 (0X00006E). So I have no idea how to change the setting to 0X80 (128). Anyone know how to do this? I am interested in testing the results.
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Koksi, if that is your default, then you actually have an ever higher priority set by default then GB-SOFT Tweak sets.
Hmm, I'm wondering if some other software (Or GB-SOFT Tweak itself) else lowered my priority to 0x100 (256) causing my problems in the first place.
GB-SOFT Tweak definitely sets the value to 0x80 (128) when you turn the option on, and resets it back to 0x100 (256) when you turn it off.
Can anyone else quickly check the value of this registry setting without using GB-SOFT Tweak?
Same here. The default was 110....
my default was 256 and I know I've had terrible clicking sound when I tried to install a couple of games.
I have the same settings as Koskie. 0x6E (110) The sound from my rear speaker is ok so far no problems when playing mp3s and during alerts. So I guess I will not apply this tweak for the meantime.
my default was 100....i didnt notice any difference..(qtek s100)
My default value is 0x6E (110) - haven't tried the tweak yet.
andrewpmoore said:
my default was 256 and I know I've had terrible clicking sound when I tried to install a couple of games.
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Andrew, if you set it to 110 you will have much better sound.
Everyone else, if you're already below 128, you're fine. Somehow a couple of devices (Andrrew, mine) got off the imate factory default (which seems to be 110) causing really bad sound.
Of course if you want some fun, you can manually set it to 256 and soft-reset to see how bad it is, then set it back ;-)
Hi everybody,
a lot of you on this thread seem to know quite a bit about registry settings and routine priorities. Could you please take a look at the problem in this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=99678#99678
Thanks!
My report:
Mine is 110 (factory default).
Set to 80, and found the sound is less clicking when hearing from the phone (talk like normal handphone, not from the speaker phone at bottom).
For sound like from Windows Media Player 10, or phone ringtones (midi), looks like the sound is a bit soft than before, but clearer.
I keep on 80.
Best regards,
Arto
hi have to report something weird! anyway a few posts up I said my default was 128... however I noticed that my mp3s seem to be playing out of sync or choppy and the quality was worse than before my ROM upgrade. when I checked the value it was set to 256. I'm not saying it is the ROM's fault as I have also installed/tried some other apps after the ROM upgrade and maybe these apps were responsible for lowering the audio quality for my JAM (maybe for performance purpose) anyway I've set it back to 128 and the sound is better. Maybe for people just about to do the ROM upgrade can check the before and after value so we know if it is the ROM doing the changing or just some apps.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR A GREAT THREAD!
After posting this same question here (BA Forum) and at howard forums I finally found this thread. I had the bad clicking/skipping during mp3 in WMP and during wav playback in the voice in GPS nav. My setting was 128 but I already installed the GB-Soft tweak. I still had the poor performance. I adjusted down to 110 and all problems seem to be gone. It definitely was some devious app that made a change because my device did not do this for a long time then it suddenly began. BTW, I have a pda2k not Jam. Anyway, thanks so much to all for a solution this was driving me nuts.
Thanks for the HACK !!
My device had the default value of 110, changed to 80. There's a definite improvement in the audio quality.
Thanks again.
Greetings all,
I am hoping to get some information or advice from you great folk about the poor sound quality of my Trinity. Poor quality and terribly low volume.
I have seen on post here about a reg tweak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313299&highlight=70000
but this doesn't seem to work.
Does anyone else out there think the sound volume/quality is an issue?
I have used a number of different ROMs WM5 and WM6 both cooked and uncooked.
Regards,
WC
Hi, use this for hight volume.
Many thanks for quick response jcinfo,
Do you have anymore information about this CAB. I noticed in the setup.xml that it appears to be writing registry entries, however the values on my Trinity don't appear to match that included in the CAB after installation (weird)
Can you confirm what reg settings you have under:
HKLM\Software\HTC\AUDIOGAIN (There are a 4 AUDIOGAIN settings)
My values are "CC" (no quotes) for all settings under these keys.
Again, many thanks
WC
is it working anyway?
I bought a mono HF and even with max volume its so low that it is unusable..
Any tweaks to boost the volume for HF?
Found this from the boards:
frem said:
Ok well I found the solution, if someone is interested here is what you need to do :
found the solution for htc s730 and those who don't have the registry key acoustic....:
copy both files AudioPara4_FR.csv and AudioPara3.csv to PC
change the F25 line replacing 409 by 4000.
Copy files to SD card
Copy with total commander to windows directory and remplace existing...
Worked for me !
cheers.
Frem
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I found similar files from the X1 and tried to change some of the values without luck.
To me it seems though that those files control all audio output levels to different kind of devices you plug on your X1...
Here are the files if someone wants to take a look.
I have this problem with the loudspeaker. It's just too low to hear, for example, Tom Tom's instructions. Would this mod affect the speaker volume too you think?
I think by finding the right values on those files, all of the different device volume values can be adjusted. I dont know about any registry tweaks, but if someone has some ideas please share...
well i posted earlier on same issues but no reply..
anybody could well help out if you knw any tweaks..even the sound calls of the ringtone is soft..
Open the files in notepad on your pc, not in excel...
is it true that X1's speaker suck and nothing can be done about it?
In Coreplayer you can select Pre-amp in the Equalizer, set hit higher to your liking.
Actually I tested this with a Nokia mono handsfree and it worked with a normal volume, so my problem has to do with the HF and not the X1...
I have been looking around for info on this. Yes, I searched and went through a dozen pages..so nil... I don't own a Snap / Ozone, but I know someone who does. According to him, the volume on it , particularly the ringer volume, is not that loud, even after doing the registry edit to change the value in sound categories / control panel. Is there an edited audiopara file that will work on a Snap or Ozone? Or is there anyone out there that knows Exactly which lines to edit in the audiopara3 file?
And no, I heard the TP and TD audiopara tweaks dont work on this device.
Thanks in advance
I was able to get the ringer and the earpiece louder on the Ozone. I had to because I'm hearing impaired. I'm no expert at this stuff and I take no credit for the work. What I did first was modified some settings in the registry which helped a little. Then I made some changes to the AudioPara3 file. Basiclly, it was trial and error from AudioPara3 files from other phones on this forum. It works great for me. I have attached the two files.
Also, if someone can modify this file to get the Motorola H710 headset working without random disconnects from the phone(even though the call is still active) I'd appreciate it. Let me know how this works.
Rick
I posted the wrong AudioPara3 file. Here is the correct one.
May I ask what is Audiopara?
There is a file called AudioPara3 in the Windows directory. If you copy it over to a PC, you'll see it's an excel spreadsheet with values controlling many aspects of the phone. I wouldn't edit the file in excel just view. The best way to edit is in notepad. Hope this helps
Does Audiopara boost the volume without a drop in sound quality?
Hi,
My problem is different to most people's. My hearing is poor and I listen to a lot of talking books. I find the Leo too quiet and am actually still using my old HD as my main walkman.
That device was quiet for speech on busy rooads too, until I removed the imposed European decibel limit via the wonderful HD Tweak. This limit is, I have read, set in auiopara.csv as a hex value but not sure how? Or is it a registry key? If so, I can't find it!
The old HD Tweak runs on the Leo but although it says it is changing the volume limit is doesn't actually seem to do anything.
As a test I preamped PocketPlayer and ramped it right up. The volume just got more distorted (as expected) but not louder - just more compressed.
So if any kind souls know how to remove the volume limiter I'd be very grateful of any advice.
Cheers folks - Adam.