Re: Can't play mp3 files smoothly
- From: Malke <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:06:33 -0700
Colonel Blip wrote:
> Hello, Colonel!
> You wrote to All on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:41:25 -0500:
>
> More info on this problem (unfortunately, no solutions obvious to me):
>
> I have a dual boot setup so I booted off the other OS partition. I ran
> an mp3 file and opened and closed programs over and over again and
> while the taskmanager response looked similar and the cpu usage jumped
> all over the place, the sound was smooth.
>
> Another test on the problem partition. I did a clean (nothing in
> startup) boot and still had the problem.
>
> Thus this doesn't appear to be a hardware problem but where oh where
> is the problem.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colonel Blip.
> E-mail: colonelblip.no.spam.please@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> CB> Hello, All!
>
> CB> I have an Athlon64, 2 gb of memory and many gigabytes of hard
> drives. CB> My OS is XP Pro, sp-2. This system is robust. However, I
> have tried CB> several mp3 players from the Windows Media player to
> iTunes and I am CB> having a problem.
>
> CB> When playing music frequently I am getting 'hesitation' in the
> music. CB> This is occurring when I open a program or even minimize
> one. At first CB> I thought it was due to the hard drive access but I
> ran a hard drive CB> benchmark program, which had essentially
> continuous access of the hard CB> drive and the music player did not
> hesitate. I have used taskmanager to CB> see if I could see a task
> taking over but it is not evident. Generally CB> the system idle
> process doesn't drop below 70%. There is an item lables CB> "System"
> that the hesitation cycle follows the task increasing and CB>
> decreasing in CPU use (maybe 4-12%) but other times there is no
> problem CB> with the music but the System item continues to
> fluctuate.
>
> CB> There is an item in the taskmanager called wowexec that seems to
> jump CB> around when I've got the list sorted by CPU use yet it uses
> no memory CB> and the CPU usage numbers do not change. I shut it down
> but that didn't CB> seem to fix the problem.
>
> CB> I'm at a loss on what could be causing this kind of behavior; any
> CB> ideas?
>
> CB> Thanks,
> CB> Colonel Blip.
> CB> E-mail: colonelblip.no.spam.please@xxxxxxxxxxx
Actually, since you have the problem in two different operating systems
after doing a clean boot, I would look to the hardware and/or its
drivers. You didn't say what hardware you have, but here are a few
suggestions. As with all t-shooting, you should make one change at a
time and test after each change:
1. Update the drivers. Get them from the device mftr.'s website or the
motherboard mftr.'s website if onboard sound, OR if you have an OEM
machine (HP, Dell, whatever) from the OEM's website for your specific
machine.
2. If this is a pci card, try uninstalling it and moving it to a
different pci slot.
3. If onboard sound, try disabling it in the BIOS and putting in a pci
sound card.
4. Did the sound ever work properly? If so, what changed between the
time things worked and the time they didn't?
Wowexec.exe is part of the operating system and supports 16-bit
processes:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/wowexec/
Is it a very old sound card?
Malke
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