Is there a binkw32.dll and/or smackw32.dll and/or mss32.dll file somewhere in the game's folders? If so, try copying the ones from the demo over the ones from the game. I see from RAD Game Tools' site that Bink was used in Beyond Good & Evil (probably for the cutscene movies)

I actually collect various versions of these files so that I can make a game use the newest version that works with it if I have problems: Re: Miles Sound System and why Snover hates it

Thanks for the answer.

Unfortunately, it didn't work. I exchanged the bink32.dll with that one from the demo (which seemed to be the same - regarding the size) and had the same results.
Just for curiosity, I used some dll's from other games as well. Some just gave error messages, but none really solved the problem. The original one seem to be the same as the one from "Broken Sword III", which runs fine.

I am not sure, why this game uses Bink anyway, since, as far as I have played into the demo, there are no real video clips. The cutscenes are actually made with the ingame 3D engine.
I guess I'll have to return the game to the software dealer. *Sigh*

You could try playing around with Video/Sound acceleration...might help.
Also adjusting PCI latency may have an effect.
Also with VSYNC ON try changing your refresh rate to a lower value.

Oh sorry, I guess Bink much just be used for intro logos and stuff. Haven't really played that game much...

Thanks for all the answers, got again some time to play around with this game, without success though - so software dealer it is, I guess...

DosFreak wrote:

You could try playing around with Video/Sound acceleration...might help.

I played around with all these settings, Video acceleration can't be lowered very much though, otherwise the game doesn't even start.

Also adjusting PCI latency may have an effect.

This is a new one for me. Could you please explain, what I have to do.

Also with VSYNC ON try changing your refresh rate to a lower value.

Unfortunately this is not possible: since I have a notebook the refresh rate is fixed to 60 Hz. Maybe this is the problem for all this trouble in the first plase, although neither the demo nor any other games showed any problems with it.

Over one year later 😉 :

By accident I stumbled over this forum page explaining the problem I had with this game and its solution:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4011 … 32/m/8431077423

I rebought the game (really cheap nowadays - only 6 Euros) and tried it out:
The solution really works!!!

It seems that laptops become more and more common these days so more people are experiencing this problem, that "Beyond Good And Evil" is not capable of dealing with varying processor speeds and therefore plays video and audio out of sync.

Thanks for posting back!