I am playing a OGG sound file that is 35 seconds long. When I play and stop for the first time it sounds fine. However every time I play and stop the sound after that there is a popping noise at the start and most the time when stopping.
If I let the OGG file finish playing then play it again there is no popping noise.
I converted it to WAV format and it does not have this issue.
I tested on another computer and it does the same thing.
I am using OpenAl.
Maybe somebody else has a better idea about this issue in your specific case, but I read about a month ago in the Ubuntu pages that this is an open issue in general.
Im on W7. Yeah, the .ogg pops when it starts replaying and the .wav doesnt.
And the popping sounds when you stop playing something are normal I think. I hear them in other media players, videos on YT everywhere.