{"id":513,"date":"2010-03-22T10:04:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T14:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/archives\/513"},"modified":"2010-04-09T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T18:44:23","slug":"windows-7-latency-problem-with-line-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burianek.com\/blog\/windows-7-latency-problem-with-line-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: Windows 7 Latency Problem with Line-In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Background:<\/strong> Since building the new computer, I have noticed with both the built in soundcard on my ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 and with the Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro there is a noticeable latency problem with the line-in in Windows 7. When I say noticeable it was VERY noticeable by me and drove me crazy. My non-muscial husband on the other hand didn’t notice it until I pointed it out and even then it didn’t bother him… In basic terms it is a time delay experienced in the system such that the audio through the line-in port has a slight delay from the live audio source. Not something I ever experienced with Windows XP. <\/p>\n

This weekend it was particularly annoying in that I was trying to play the stereo through speakers outside where my husband and son were working on ripping out some brambles as well as through my computer where I was working on SFLMA.org’s site. Since I could hear both the sound through the outside speakers and my computer the latency issue was driving me insane and I eventually went to wearing headphones.<\/p>\n

So this morning I decided I really needed to figure this issue out! From various searches this seems to be a common issue with Vista SP2+ and Windows 7 regardless of the soundcard being used. I found if you change where you activate the Line-In then the latency issue goes away. There are two ways to listen to the line in. <\/p>\n

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Method 1:<\/strong> Control Panel > Sound. Click on the Recording tab. Select Line-In. Click on the "Listen" tab and check the "Listen to this device".<\/p>\n

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This method is the one which causes the latency issue. Also, the computer will not go into standby if this method is used… IE this method is NOT very useful!!<\/p>\n

Method 2:<\/strong> Control Panel > Sound. Click on the Playback tab. Select the Speakers. Go to the Level’s tab. Un-mute the Line-In and raise the level! And now Line-In works without the latency issue! YEAH! I haven’t left the computer long enough to see if it still goes to sleep or not with this setting but will update when I find out. (UPDATE:<\/strong> the system does enter sleep just fine with this set up!)<\/p>\n

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I’m thinking somehow when you activate the Line-In through the Record panel it has to go through the drivers and windows 7 where as when you activate via the Speakers panel it is processed in the soundcard itself. Only a guess… I’m just glad that it is finally working properly!\n <\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> When you use Method 2 be sure that you disable Method 1! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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