Crackling noises in Dolby digital

dlmurby · Mar 27, 2014

I also have experienced the intermittent crackling - BUT only prior to this most recent update (last week; I am in the preview group). Of course, now my surround sound (cable box) doesn't work at all (nothing from the rear channels), so there's that...

I have a 7.1 setup. Out of the box, my One would play surround sound from 5.1 speakers. The funny thing was, for games, it used the left/right surround speakers and for TV, it used the back left/back right speakers... ! The March update worked great,
initially, but now I'm getting no surround from my TV (major bummer). Games seem to be OK (all 7.1 speakers producing sound)...

It's so disappointing that they can't get this right. Sound is super important to me. I hope they fix this - and soon!!!

ChrisInBoston-884A2AC9-5013-4949-9E6A-F6BE19DE08FC · Mar 31, 2014

I've had the same issue as well. One thing that worked for me (kinda), was to go into settings and turn off bitstream and back on. It helped a bit. Not completely, but it helped.

Arias Loko DF · Apr 8, 2014

hey guys try this connect the ethernet cable to the xbox so wired internet mode do a factory reset and let it do the update by wire mode when its done just install the game you play dont download any apps just dont download anything just your profile and
the game you play connect it to the wi-fi and it should work i reset mine two times in a row just to be sure it works perfect for me i only play titanfall

CMUchippewa · Apr 8, 2014

I follow the Official Xbox Magazine on Facebook and they just posted something today outlining what Microsoft is doing with the April update. One thing they are fixing is the static in the headphones.

Francis Edwood · Oct 31, 2018

It has been fixed for my system. However it will randomly reset into uncompressed 7.1 mode

Francis Edwood

It has been fixed for my system. However it will randomly reset into uncompressed 7.1 mode

ChrisInBoston-884A2A

I've had the same issue as well. One thing that worked for me (kinda), was to go into settings and turn off bitstream and back on. It helped a bit. Not completely, but it helped.

dlmurby

After the second-to-last update, my surround sound (bitstream, Dolby Digital) worked awesome - couldn't be happier. However, this most recent update, that happened last week, completely wrecked my surround sound for my Xfinity cable box. My Sony receiver
is reading Dolby Digital 5.1, but I'm only getting sound from the front 2 or 3 speakers (I have a 7.1 setup). Hopefully they fix this thing (again)!!!

crh24

@John Bigbootie:

but is truly mistifying that such simple things are still so *** up.

Yes, it certainly is. Since purchasing my Launch XB1 I have had virtually none of the problems reported by the various users on the various forums. Outside of "I wish they would change/add/remove/etc. that" software features I have absolutely no complaints
about my XB1 system. The two minor system problems I had were both fixed by a hard reboot and they have not returned. My AstroGaming A50s work very well with the adapter on all three of my controllers.

The same is not applicable to my son. He has had continuous controller disconnects, on two different controllers, since he received his Titanfall bundle XB1. It is extremely frustrating to have a controller disconnect during a Titan to Titan confrontation.
Last night we played a couple dozen matches and he averaged two to three controller disconnects per match. He has tried all of the trouble shooting procedures he could find on the internet and none of them have worked.

He also has a PS4 and currently prefers to game on that box with one caveat--there are no 'gotta have it' games available for the PS4. I suspect that if the XB1 problems aren't solved soon they will lose him as an Xbox gamer--and who could blame him.

The fact that I have had none of those problems reveals just how hard it is to get a system as complex as the XB1 working correctly for all users. I suspect Microsoft will get their act together in the future. Hopefully before a large number of XB1 units
appear on eBay.

John Bigbootie

i got word today from an xbox ambassador that this will be fixed with the april update. but is truly mistifying that such simple things are still so *** up. Its not like any of these sound codecs are new and untested. Who else could make a new piece of electronic
equipment that can't properly do what should be easy. Microsoft. I loved my 360 (all three do to rrod) and hope to feel the same about xbox one but definitely not there yet.

Crackling noises in Dolby digital