SSF Audio Stutter

I'm getting an annoying audio stutter in SSF when running most games that use CD-quality audio. I've tried multiple ROMs, mounting devices, and settings, but nothing seems to work. Been using SSF for years and have never encountered a problem like this before. Here's a video with resource monitor running in the background. I noticed Disk 0 tends to spike when the audio cuts out.

youtube.com/watch?v=i47ctPlX8yQ

Sorry for the lack of a direct link. The forum won't allow me to do it.

are these CD images mounted with daemon tools? If so have you check fragmentation on that Hard disc?

ulaoulao said:

are these CD images mounted with daemon tools?

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Doesn't matter what virtual drive I use (Alcohol 120%, Daemon Tools, CloneDrive), the result is always the same.

If so have you check fragmentation on that Hard disc?

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Already ran a complete defrag. Didn't help.

I wounder if its a dma issue, what version of windows?

Is the HD sata or IDE?
Also what type of video card?

ulaoulao said:

I wounder if its a dma issue, what version of windows?

Is the HD sata or IDE?

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Drive shows up as "ST1000ML024 HN-M101MBB." Google says it's a Samsung Spinpoint M8 and that it has a SATA interface. There are IDE controllers listed under "Storage Controllers" in Device Manager, but I dunno if that's relevant.

Also what type of video card?

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M and for onboard graphics, Intel HD Graphics 4000. Doesn't matter which one I run SSF with. The problem persists.