Vista and Windows Media Player

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SuzukiGSX1300R08

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When i open windows media player and select a song it plays through till about the last 20 seconds then it skips and sounds like a scratched disk for 5 seconds and then finishes the song fine. Does it with all songs. I exited AIM thinking this was the issue but its not, and im not running anything else when this happens either. Any ideas? Everything else is running fine, its all updated.
 
That could be the files you are playing rather then WMP. Some tracks even ripped from audio cds will see a gap at the beginning or end. If you have the volume up like everyone else when playing them that gap serves as an amplifier of anything left. It depends pn mainly on the quality of the track there.
 
It doesnt do it with my XP pc or my mp3 player. Just at the end for like 3 seconds and then another 10 seconds of smooth music. Thats the only time it does it too, at the end. And its not how many programs i have running because i run a dual core processor and ive tried overloading but it doesnt make it skip any.
 
I've never actually cared for WMP 11 since trying in beta form on XP. But even with Vista running different types of media I haven't run into that unless the file itself had a glitch. When going to look for the add/remove Windows components in Vista that's no longer seen. You can still remove updates but removing 11 for WMP 10 to see if that would run is being looked at here. Apparently the full version still has a few bugs left.
 
@ PC eye - I have problems as well with WMP so I have been using Musicmatch. Is there a good freeware just for listening?
 
Kabu said:
@ PC eye - I have problems as well with WMP so I have been using Musicmatch. Is there a good freeware just for listening?
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Want one without adwares and spybots? I go by the site here for a good number of things like XP's SP2 as well as the four free audio players seen at http://news.softpedia.com/news/Audio-Players-Challenge-26220.shtml One is almost a look alike for an older version of WMP. :eek: it looks like... :P

For a retail product that blows WMP off of the map Cyberlink's PowerDVD will readily play mp3s as well as audio cds and of course dvds. That also has some screensavers to run during audio playback. A number of people go with Winamp, Realplayer, and others like the ones seen at http://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_6_73_MP3-Audio-Players-Tools.html
 
i had the same problem with vista, songs would play choppy, or sometimes even sound like a robot!

I think it has to do with vista's immense amount of hard drive activity.

I'm pretty sure vista requires you to run a 4-cycle defrag every 12 hours to work properly. It's definitely future-written for sata2.0 drives, and 10,000rpm disks. It's CONSTANTLY reading and writing TONS of stuff.
 
heyman421 said:
i had the same problem with vista, songs would play choppy, or sometimes even sound like a robot!

I think it has to do with vista's immense amount of hard drive activity.

I'm pretty sure vista requires you to run a 4-cycle defrag every 12 hours to work properly. It's definitely future-written for sata2.0 drives, and 10,000rpm disks. It's CONSTANTLY reading and writing TONS of stuff.
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Funny the system idle process here for Vista Home Premium is at where I pretty much expected to see it. 98-100%! There's no constant hard drive activity so I don't where you are getting that from. :rolleyes: This is what I hate about "rumor mills". I simply let the weekly schedule take care of defragmenting the two ide and one sata drives installed here. The problems seen with the newer OS are mainly driver availability and software updates at this time.
 
rumor mill nothing, man

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i've been there, done that, back to xp pro.
 
Your loss my gain! When you allow the resource manager to run for a minute or so after initially opening it up and stifling all of your activities you get a chance to see what is really going on. How about the blue line being what it is actually is "network activity". That's external to the system itself. :D

 
PC eye said:
Want one without adwares and spybots? I go by the site here for a good number of things like XP's SP2 as well as the four free audio players seen at http://news.softpedia.com/news/Audio-Players-Challenge-26220.shtml One is almost a look alike for an older version of WMP. :eek: it looks like... :P

For a retail product that blows WMP off of the map Cyberlink's PowerDVD will readily play mp3s as well as audio cds and of course dvds. That also has some screensavers to run during audio playback. A number of people go with Winamp, Realplayer, and others like the ones seen at http://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_6_73_MP3-Audio-Players-Tools.html
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Thank you, I will download it right now. :)
 
Give each of those a good look over anyays. The site there is a good one for a lot of things. There's no adware/spyware crap to put up with either. Since Vista just came out you will probably find others at a later date. It took XP some time to see some good ones.
 
I know this is a bit off my topic, but you went off topic too :-P do you think after my free version of mcafee is over i will be safe without a virus program running vista premium? I dont go on porn/innapropriate sites and just visit forums and other safe sites. If not, can you recommend a good program that will cover spyware, adware, viruses and the like for free but a full version no trial version. And can it come with no adware please lol.
 
If you're on the internet at all or have email, you will need virus protection. Avast is free and works with Vista, you can get it here.
 
So if i read that correctly, cant be sure cuz i skimmed pretty fast, then avast home edition is free to all users but if your in a business or something you need to pay for it? Or does the free version not come with all the perks of the bought version? Are there any better ones out there? I just ask this because i hate downloading programs that are trial versions, ones that dont work as well as a bought version or ones that have features locked, it drives me nuts!
 
AVG, Avast, AntiVIR, and some other free versions are freewares not sharewares. The downloads with time limits and the option to buy the full retail version are the sharewares you are referring to there. The AVG 7.5 free edition works just as well on Vista as it does on XP. Other freewares like Spyware Terminator, Ad-Aware SE Personal, even the new Ad-Aware 2007 beta(beta means evaluation there) are free to download. The retail packages also offer other features like internet security with some adding a firewall.

The Spyware Terminator has a mild and non intrusive one of those even being a freeware. If you simply run a few searches for information or prices on products you run across the typical adwares and maybe some spyware depending which sites you browse then. Data miners are the most common and easier to remove. But even with those you need something like As-Aware.
 
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