Mic freezing Source games.

[Sniper no Sniping]

So I don't know why this is happening and I can't really find a great answer on Google.

When I press my mic button on a game using source (TF2, Gmod) the game will sometimes freeze for 1 second. Now this is really annoying in a game like TTT where 1 second can be life or death.

I experimented with this and found:

1. This does NOT happen when I have no mic plugged in.

2. I tried plugging in a different mic and nothing changed.

3. The "Silence Backround Noise" checkbox and "Boost Mic checkbox" did not change anything.


Anyone got ideas?

[Finniespin]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2478315

Steam Support:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1206-WUOH-3314

[Sniper no Sniping]

Can't seem to figure it out... I closed Skype and that didn't change a thing. I can't imagine it's a hardware issue, as this computer is fairly new (Probably less than 6 months old) and all the options seem correct... Could it be something with Windows 8? I think it still happened when I had windows 7 but I can't remember...

[Guztav.]

Maybe you should try uninstalling the mic drivers and reinstalling them. This also happens to me, but only once, and it's a lot longer but after that one freeze, it's all normal.

[Sniper no Sniping]

No, that didn't help. The more nothing works, the more I suspect that Windows 8 is the issue, but that seems like i'm jumping to conclusions. It's getting on my nerves that I can't figure this out.

[Guztav.]

If it's really annoying, I'd suggest doing a system reformat and backing up any files you want. Right now it seems like the only fix, and if it doesn't work, source games just hate your microphone.

[Sniper no Sniping]

If it's really annoying, I'd suggest doing a system reformat and backing up any files you want. Right now it seems like the only fix, and if it doesn't work, source games just hate your microphone.

Yeah no, reformatting seems like overkill, and i'm pretty sure it would solve nothing. If my memory is correct, this has been happening since I had Windows 7 and isn't going to change that way.

[Finniespin]

You sure you didn't TL;DR?

[Leetgrain]

You sure you didn't TL;DR?

...? ¬.¬

[Finniespin]

Working as a sort of IT helpdesk assistant I see this happening a lot.

[Sniper no Sniping]

I checked through everything (besides the Bad mic one, as that is obviously irrelevant) except for the "Sound card software taking over" as I don't really know what to do about that.

The thing is, I feel like if it was my sound card, it'd happen on EVERY game, but this only happens with games using the Source Engine.

[crovv]

The thing is, I feel like if it was my sound card, it'd happen on EVERY game, but this only happens with games using the Source Engine.

Check to see if something like RealTek is installed on your PC and running with your mic/headset. If so, try to go through the settings and see if there's anything unncessary on that might be affecting your play.

If it's all source games, and not just a specific game, then Steam support would be the most helpful place to look.

[Finniespin]

Check to see if something like RealTek is installed on your PC and running with your mic/headset. If so, try to go through the settings and see if there's anything unncessary on that might be affecting your play.

If it's all source games, and not just a specific game, then Steam support would be the most helpful place to look.

Basically what steam support said.

[Sniper no Sniping]

This what you were looking for, as it's the only thing I can see that sticks out.

[Finniespin]

Set everything on default???