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Whenever i join a server or start a new round my VOIP will take awhile to start working. it wont send or receive. it just started doing this a week or so ago.

i can use mumble no problem while its warming up or whatever.

once it kicks on, it's fine

This thread might help, look to 2nd post, do not know if this still does not need to be done, but read it anyways, its talking about firewall and bf2's voip program.

Some system specs, including sound card might help if that does not help.

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the mic works, just after 5mins or so. so i dont think it is being blocked by the firewall.

it is a dell inspiron 1520.

You must have missed this post. It's 14 down from yours:
VOIP/microphone problem/Fixed!
May work for you.

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Good luck

i will give it a shot but that problem isnt the same problem as mine. My mic works after a few minutes, their complaint was it not working at all.

The above suggested link did not work. still has a about a 5 or so minute delay before working.

Has anyone ever had a problem that sometimes you join a server and you press B you can't speak (on Squad window, the yellow speakers indicating you are saying something don't light up) and you have to restart PR (not change or rejoin server)? It's pretty annoying. Rare, but annoying nonetheless.

yeah, that is whats happening. it has been doing it all the time now. i dont have to restart because it starts working eventually.

no ones had this problem before?

so it isnt when i first initially load pr, it does it everytime i load a new map also. i am going to start timing it to see if it is the same amount of time each time.

I was just about to post a new thread about this problem when I came upon yours. The VOIP takes about 5 min to start working. During which you can't hear anyone on VOIP nor they you. When I press to talk during that time the little green speaker will show, but no one can hear me. I'm not sure when it started happening, but I've gone through three OS installations and repeated BF2 and PR installs. I'm wondering if it has something to do with Win 7 or the use of Mumble.

I thought I solved it the other day when I went into the microphone sound properties and unchecked 'Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device'. I thought that since I was also using Mumble at the same time it might be having a conflict, but to no avail.

It's definately not like the other posts. Those guys can use VOIP in the beginning, but then it cuts out on them. This problem is the exact opposite. I'll finish posting and check some stuff out. Keep me updated and I'll do the same.

EDIT: Try running PR without Mumble and see if it works. My did. I also checked to see if turning off mumble during the problem solved it and it didn't. So...perhaps something conflicting with Mumble.?

Aright, some new info.

I started PR before I started Mumble. I just clicked the shortcut, waited till I got to the menu screen, then I Alt+Tab'ed out and started Mumble. I immediately joined a training server and got a response from my mic check. It seems that Mumble is messing with the ingame VOIP.

I then exited out of PR, kept Mumble running and started PR again. This time immulating the starting of Mumble first and then PR. I joined the same training server, same SQ that answered my mic check the last time and didn't get any reply for approx. 3-4 min.

I'm not sure why it takes 3-4 min for the two voice programs to figure stuff out, and I don't have a clue where to start fixing the problem, other than starting PR first and Alt+Tab'ing out to start Mumble.

Maybe and IRQ interrupt... I'll keep looking for an answer but would like someone elses opinion.


P.S I have Win 7. Do you have Win XP or Win 7?