realtek hd audio + Premiere or Elements = BSOD

Hi all.

I've been struggling to get Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 to work on my Toshiba Notebook A105-S101. The system crashes on start up with bsod and various error messages. I tested premiere elements 2 with same results. Other mainstream editors work fine. I think I have narrowed the problem to realtek hd audio drivers/codecs. I tried an older version of the drivers and the apps work perfectly. I have sound with ver 1.26 BUT the volume stays fixed and windows volue control does not work so this is not an acceptable fix. any ideas?

TIA

Jeff

 

Hey, thade

I have the same problem. I have Premiere in Acer aspire notebook w/ Realtek HD audio. And yes, the problem is probably the realtek driver. I came up with a solution with a bit of compromise. I have the ver 1.30(WDM_R130.exe) by the way.
What I did is download and reinstall the driver before I run Premiere Pro. Don't restart the computer after the installation. You'll be able to run Premiere.
Just remember to reinstall it on the next reboot otherwise it all fine closing premiere then opening it again. I put mine in standby mode to avoid the hassle. Audio is still functional as well as SPDIF.
Hope this helps.

 

you got SPDIF output to work that way? does it work for everything (e.g. for music playing in iTunes)?

 

yeah, just like the normal stereo output, I could hear windows sound scheme.
Digital is better though. (5.1 surround, 96khz etc..)

 

does your notebook have specific SPDIF output connections? mine only has the three minijack connectors (linein/mic/headphone). The headphone connector is supposed to be SPDIF as well, but I can't actually get a spdif signal out of it.

I'd like to avoid the inconvenience of buying another sound card if possible, but (at least with my current setup), having spdif is worth it, even for playing music from iTunes.

 

It should be optical out rather than a coaxial out. It's basically an optical cable with a mini adapter that fits in the headphone jack. Most of the optical cables in store includes mini adapters, make sure you check it first. In any case, your computer should specifies that it has SPDIF out to make it work.

The problem is, I can't get any surround sound (5.1 or 7.1), it seems that my realtek hardware doesn't support it. A big disappointment. So I'll still probably buy a sound blaster Audigy for notebook.

 

Interesting. So there's optical in the jack somehow that only works with these adapters? Now that I look at it, the headphone/spdif jack does look different inside from the linein/mic jacks. I have purchased toslink cables in the past and they haven't had these adapters. I'll have to stop somewhere tonight (probably Radio Shack) and see what I can find.

5.1/7.1 isn't a high priority for me, as I only use the spdif mainly to listen to music or play ac3 soundtracks directly over spdif. I think you need the ALC882D (not the ALC882 like I have) to actually get 5.1 dolby digital output from a non-dolby digital source.

 

I got one of the 1/8 in minijack optical cables from radio shack. It was on clearance at $6.97. The first store I went to didn't have any, so I had to drive to another.

Works great.

 

Oh man! broke one of my minijack adapters. Because the spdif out of my laptop is just below the touch pad, my wrist accidentally pressed on it. This thing is very fragile. It's made out of stiff plastic so it's not flexible. Gotta be careful on my last one.