1 second MP3 playback on XP

[mpdsville]

Damndest thing.. i THINK it started after SP2 of XP but cant
honestly say problem wasnt there 2 weeks before. Problem wasnt
there 1 month before though. (last time I played an MP3 pre-sp2).

Basically, when I click on an MP3 file, I get about 1 second
of audio, then nada. Same behavior with winamp and MS-media
player. The MP3s are OK..Ive burnt them to cd and play them
on another PC without issue.

When I use winamp, the process dies. I can close winamp but its
still active in task manager..

WTF? Any ideas folks?

Mike D

[davexnet02]

On 30 Oct 2004 19:58:47 -0700, (mpdsville) wrote:

>Damndest thing.. i THINK it started after SP2 of XP but cant
> honestly say problem wasnt there 2 weeks before. Problem wasnt
> there 1 month before though. (last time I played an MP3 pre-sp2).
>
>Basically, when I click on an MP3 file, I get about 1 second
> of audio, then nada. Same behavior with winamp and MS-media
> player. The MP3s are OK..Ive burnt them to cd and play them
> on another PC without issue.
>
>When I use winamp, the process dies. I can close winamp but its
> still active in task manager..
>
>WTF? Any ideas folks?
>
> Mike D
Open winamp and toggle the output plugin from directx to waveout.
Does the problem occur in both situations?

Dave

[mpdsville]

davexnet02 > wrote in message >...
> On 30 Oct 2004 19:58:47 -0700, (mpdsville) wrote:
>
> >Damndest thing.. i THINK it started after SP2 of XP but cant
> > honestly say problem wasnt there 2 weeks before. Problem wasnt
> > there 1 month before though. (last time I played an MP3 pre-sp2).
> >
> >Basically, when I click on an MP3 file, I get about 1 second
> > of audio, then nada. Same behavior with winamp and MS-media
> > player. The MP3s are OK..Ive burnt them to cd and play them
> > on another PC without issue.
> >
> >When I use winamp, the process dies. I can close winamp but its
> > still active in task manager..
> >
> >WTF? Any ideas folks?
> >
> > Mike D
> Open winamp and toggle the output plugin from directx to waveout.
> Does the problem occur in both situations?
>
> Dave

Same Problem.. ???

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This wound up being a compatibility issue with XP .. my soundblaster 16
value
wasn't XP compatible, and the problem only manifested after SP2..
New soundcard and no problem.