Media Player

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Andy Martin

Hi there

I'm having problems with my media player. Running XP pro and when I play a
CD or a tune stored on the HD, the volume will change as & when it chooses.
Haven't plaeyed a DVD in it for ages and can't be sure if this problem
applies here too. Is this a bug or a setting I can alter?

Any advice greatly appreciated

Andy
 
Hi Andy

Have you got any background programs running when you are using WMP?

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| Hi there
|
| I'm having problems with my media player. Running XP pro and when I play a
| CD or a tune stored on the HD, the volume will change as & when it
chooses.
| Haven't plaeyed a DVD in it for ages and can't be sure if this problem
| applies here too. Is this a bug or a setting I can alter?
|
| Any advice greatly appreciated
|
| Andy
|
|
 
Do you have any music applications installed apart from WMP. make sure that these applications are not running minimized.
 
Nope, no other programmes open at all - only other music app. installed is
Quicktime and it's closed.

Hope this helps

Andy
M. Rajesh said:
Do you have any music applications installed apart from WMP. make sure
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that these applications are not running minimized.
 
Andy Martin said:
Nope, no other programmes open at all - only other music app. installed is
Quicktime and it's closed. >Hope this helps >Andy
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You might want to try this. It will help you narrow down your problem
anyway: Get a media player called "WinAmp". Just do a search for it,
You'll find it. It is free. When you install WinAmp, check only the
boxes that say "MP3" & "WAV". Uncheck everything else if it is
checked. Save that config. So WinAmp will come up when you click on
a music file on your hard drive.

Also, just to be safe, make sure to open Windows Media Player, and see
if "MP3" & "WAV" are unchecked (should be after you set up WinAmp, but
make sure). If they are not unchecked, uncheck them & save the
config.

Now play a song in WinAmp. If you still get the sound problem, then
you know it is not your Windows Media Player. Maybe your sound card.

By the way, I prefer WinAmp for music. It will actually do everything
Windows Media Player does if you want it to (MPG movie clips &
others). WinAmp also has a bonus - Internet TV, & not just Internet
Radio like the others (RealPlayer & WMP). & finally, WinAmp just
plain looks great! & when playing music, you can shrink it down to a
1 line thick "skin" - a great looking & functioning skin that goes to
the very top of your screen, out of the way. (have it configured so
it "stays on top" in this case when playing music & doing other
stuff).

Big Mac
 
Wow, Winamp .... I'd forgotten about that. Had it a few years ago but never
reinstalled after a reformat. I'll give it a go over the weekend. Many
thanks to all for their help.

Andy
 
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