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]

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]

Open winamp and toggle the output plugin from directx to waveout.
Does the problem occur in both situations?

Dave

Same Problem.. ???

 

[mpdsville1]

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.