Embedded Midis and Midi Links Freeze PC

[daChef]

If I go to website with an embedded midi, cpu usage for IE 6 will be at 97%.
Although I will exit IE, Windows Media Player running. The only method that
I can use to shut down WMP is in Task Manager Processes.

Also, if I click on a midi link in IE6, Windows Media Player will open, the
file will not play and WMP is running at 97% cpu usage. Again, the only way
to shut down WMP is in processes in Task Manager.

What must I do to correct this problem?

This problem will not occur when I am using Firefox browser.

Thanks for you assistance.

OS-Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2002
SP2
Gateway GT4016
Athlon 3700+
GeForce 6100 256mb
2GB RAM
Creative SB X-Fi

 

[Jon Kennedy]

This sounds like a WMP issue (don't know if FF is using WMP) -

Post this question to a WMP newsgroup:
Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...crosoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie....aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player

Newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player


Check your DirectX installation:

DirectX: Description of the DirectX Diagnostic Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190900/en-us

Update/reinstall DirectX:
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.aspx

You don't mention what version of WMP you are using - update/reinstall:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx

General WMP troubleshooting:

Troubleshooting playback in Windows Media Player for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306317/

Less likely problems:

A non-paged pool memory leak occurs when you capture specific MIDI SYSEx
messages in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921401/en-us

A MIDI capture program does not work correctly on a Windows XP-based
computer that has a dual-core or hyper-threading processor
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919484/en-us

Sound may play slowly or music may not play continuously in Windows XP or
Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835730/en-us

 

[daChef]

Thanks for the info.

I am running WMP 11

I reinstalled, did not solve the problem.

I will keep trying.

Eric