zachd said:
That's somewhat of a tangent- the user's problem descriptions have
identified what is 90% likely a bug in the audio processing objects
for the sound card. Regardless of what player they want to use, it'd
be of extremely high value to them to fix that up.
While it may be better to fix the root cause, I think in this particular
case, it's something that would only happen with WMP, since it uses
those particular enhancements, and I do not beleive all players do
unless explicitly designed to use them. Otherwise, it would be just
another needless complication.
Regardless of liking VLC or WinAMP, problems that occur within WMP are
usually signs that something is wrong with the system / system
configuration.
The way you said that, I have to disagree. In my experience, many
problem with WMP over the years have bene within it and not occuring in
other players (VLC, among others.) If it's a problem with the soundcard
(or how the system is interacting with it) then that's indeed something
that will likely effect any player.
Switching players to avoid that may hide the problems
temporarily, but isn't a great long-term solution. Fix the problem
and *then* tout your alternative du jour. =)
True, assuming if the proposed fix by Mark Veldhuis works. If it
doesn't, then it coems down ot either waiting for Microsoft fixes it (no
telling how long that will take) or trying alternate players. I agree
VLC is a better alternative to WMP in general. I especially like how I
can play DVD movies in "simple" mode where the player treats it as if it
were a single movie file, and a s a bonus skips all the beginning
adverts, starting playback at the start of the actual film. I really
don't think WMP can do that
-saran