Internet audio problem

[Dave]

Dell DM061
WinXP SP2
SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC

Audio from Internet sources (Youtube, Amazon, Live365, etc.) is
intermittently inaudible with Firefox as well as IE - turning audio
volume to max produces barely audible sound.

There are no problems with audio from local CD/DVD or files (mp3, mid,
wav) using Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quicktime.

This is a recent problem - all audio was working correctly prior to
the past couple of weeks.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

 

[David B.]

And this relates to Windows Media Center how?

 

[Dave]

And this relates to Windows Media Center how?

Just thought a media (audio) expert might have an idea what the
problem could be...

 

[S.Sengupta]

There may be several reasons for it.

Internet traffic congestion is the most common cause.High CPU usage or
low speed connection also causes similar interruptions to audio.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Jaime]

This is not a general media newsgroup (lowercase "m"), this forum is for
Windows Media Center (uppercase "M"), which is a separate operating system
that MS sells - Windows XP Media Center or now included with Vista Home
Premium and Ultimate.

Might get more better answers on a general XP forum or possible IE, since it
sound related to that rather than a general hardware problem.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

This is not a general media newsgroup (lowercase "m"), this forum is for
Windows Media Center (uppercase "M"), which is a separate operating system
that MS sells - Windows XP Media Center or now included with Vista Home
Premium and Ultimate.

Might get more better answers on a general XP forum or possible IE, since it
sound related to that rather than a general hardware problem.

Please note that this thread is crossposted to *several* newsgroups,
including microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.