Media plays too fast!

[Guest]

This is one I haven't encountered before – I recently rebuilt someone’s PC
with W2000 – all standard stuff – and everything is exactly as expected,
except that some AVI videos play too fast (like somebody had pressed fast
forward!) in Media Player.

Also, the characters’ voices in some of his games speak in the same way, ie
high-pitched and fast.

Could this be a DirectX issue? If not, has anyone got any other suggestions?
In 15 years working withy computers, I've never seen it before.

Thanks

 

[John Wunderlich]

This is one I haven't encountered before – I recently rebuilt
someone’s PC with W2000 – all standard stuff – and
everything is exactly as expected, except that some AVI videos
play too fast (like somebody had pressed fast forward!) in Media
Player.

Also, the characters’ voices in some of his games speak in the
same way, ie high-pitched and fast.

Could this be a DirectX issue? If not, has anyone got any other
suggestions? In 15 years working withy computers, I've never seen
it before.

I've seen this before.
I solved it by going to the website of the motherboard/sound card/video
card manufacturer (depending on what you're using for sound and video)
and downloading and installing the latest drivers for the hardware
you're using.

HTH,
John