Fix for crackling and popping audio.

[Wulf_McMau]

Hey there, is there any solution for the audio starting to crackle after playing for some time? I already tried changing from 24 to 16 bit, from 96000 hz to 48000 but nothing worked so far...

[RikaFriedRice]

Have you tried going to the Audio settings and setting the Audio latency high? It helped me.

[Wulf_McMau]

Originally posted by RikaFriedRice:

Have you tried going to the Audio settings and setting the Audio latency high? It helped me.

I tried that, didnt do much of a difference sadly

[DargonBlak]

cracking and popping can also (is usually) a connection problem, or some other RF interference on the cables.

have u checked all your connectors and wires ?
Moved them around during cracking and popping to check for effect ?

[Wulf_McMau]

the funny thing it always starts without crackling but after playing for some time, it begins...

[pike]

Your wires , it’s your wires , you have a poor connection to your speakers/headphones

[Wulf_McMau]

Originally posted by pike:

Your wires , it’s your wires , you have a poor connection to your speakers/headphones

how do you know? I already tried changing them

[Wulf_McMau]

Also this is the only game where i have this problem :/

[StasiSteve]

That's very unusual. As the other people said, the only really logical issue could be your wiring. Any mods installed?. If not i'd give writing the rockstar support a ticket. Probably won't be able to help you either but worth a shot

[Kind.]

my pc has 3 different audio ports.
2 of them crackle. 1 doesnt.
also the 2 that crackle don't crackle with other things.
but it is not rdr2 specific either, it happens with a handful of things.

also my computer case is over 15 years old. cosmos steel tower.
its a big brick, but its still chugging.
even my keyboard is like 16+ years old.
oh, my keyboard also has an audio port too. but i dont use it.

the stuff in the tower is 2020 tech.

[GlaucomaPredator]

Originally posted by pike:

Your wires , it’s your wires , you have a poor connection to your speakers/headphones

I have wireless headset and had the issue was well so not the wires considering it's a USB device.
Since switching from Vulkan to DX12 I have not had the issue though.

But then you might have to deal with the out of memory issue. Which apparently can be fixed with a mod from nexus mods.

[Yojo2]

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[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by Kind.:

my pc has 3 different audio ports.
2 of them crackle. 1 doesnt.
also the 2 that crackle don't crackle with other things.
but it is not rdr2 specific either, it happens with a handful of things.

also my computer case is over 15 years old. cosmos steel tower.
its a big brick, but its still chugging.
even my keyboard is like 16+ years old.
oh, my keyboard also has an audio port too. but i dont use it.

the stuff in the tower is 2020 tech.

you might have a grounding problem on your motherboard, or your sound device - but probably not if this is "the only game where you have this problem"...

A puzzle for sure. :/ ?

I do seem to recall hearing about this problem before, and maybe with RDR2 - check Google ?

[Viper1]

Can anyone assist with reporting cheating on an individual who's name shows up as your own and is constantly summoning 1000 + mod gunners to wipe you out? This is ridiculous!

[Ser Pounce]

RDR2 is having crackling audio issues as well for me. On a wireless headphones. It's been a recurring problem with the game since it came out. I doubt it will ever get fixed.

[GlaucomaPredator]

Originally posted by Ser Pounce:

RDR2 is having crackling audio issues as well for me. On a wireless headphones. It's been a recurring problem with the game since it came out. I doubt it will ever get fixed.

Have you tried switching to DirectX12 instead of Vulkan.
The Vulkan implementation in this game is extremely broken.