Audio spike at very beginning of output

[kit105]

Every time I make MKV files from dvd's, I get keep getting a very loud spike at the very beginning of the output file. Has anyone experienced this and is there a way of stopping this?

I'm on a OS X10.7.5 using MakeMKV 1.8.5.

[Romansh]

And you're playing your file with what?

[kit105]

I play the files with XBMC v11.0 for Mac OS X

[Romansh]

Does the issue also happen in e.g. VLC 2.1?

[kit105]

With VLC 2.1, I can hear a feint audio spike when I play a movie. One other interesting thing with XBMC, when I pause or resume a movie, I can hear an audio spike, not as loud as the I get when starting a movie from the beginning, but still annoyingly noticeable.

[Romansh]

But the spike is not the same in VLC and XBMC, and you don't get a spike in VLC when doing pause/resume?

[kit105]

That's right, no spike in VLC when pausing or resuming.

[Romansh]

Yet it's the same file… it's got to be a playback issue. No idea what it could be, all I know is that it isn't caused by MakeMKV.

[kit105]

If I leave all the titles and tracks selected the problem doesn't occur. When I only select a specific title and audio track, excluding all other titles, subtitles and foreign audio tracks, that's when the problem occurs.

[kit105]

When I use MakeMKV and leave all the default titles and tracks selected, the problem doesn't occur. It's only when select a specific title and audio track, excluding all other titles and foreign language audio tracks that the problem occurs. I choose this option all the time to save time and space.