pause in music / video playback

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When I listen to music or watch a video I am getting a start / stop in the
playback. The music / video will play for 3 or 4 seconds stop for a 1/2
second, play, stop and so on. The problem is with any media I run,
regardless of how it is formatted, and shows up on Media player, I Tunes, etc.

I am running XP Home with service pack 2, and I keep Windows updated
automatically. Help!!

I'd appreciate any ideas you have

Thanks
Ken Goodman
 
Sounds like a hardware issue or lack of hardware...Is youre ram memory
ok size wise,512mb is getting by,1024mb is ok,hows youre video adapter.
You may also chk event viewer for system warnings/events,and/or go to
run,type:DXDIAG Run the Direct X tests.Last but not least,download WMDiag
Run the WM tester.
 
Andrew said:
Sounds like a hardware issue or lack of hardware...Is youre ram memory
ok size wise,512mb is getting by,1024mb is ok,hows youre video adapter.
You may also chk event viewer for system warnings/events,and/or go to
run,type:DXDIAG Run the Direct X tests.Last but not least,download WMDiag
Run the WM tester.
Click to expand...

Search for codecs suitable for your media player.
 
Ken said:
When I listen to music or watch a video I am getting a start / stop in the
playback. The music / video will play for 3 or 4 seconds stop for a 1/2
second, play, stop and so on. The problem is with any media I run,
regardless of how it is formatted, and shows up on Media player, I Tunes, etc.

I am running XP Home with service pack 2, and I keep Windows updated
automatically. Help!!

I'd appreciate any ideas you have

Thanks
Ken Goodman
Click to expand...
Search for codecs suitable for your media player. They are normally
free.
 
Hopefully this info helps. Andrew, I agree that it's probably a hardware or
memory problem, since the same pause is present during the notes the computer
plays when it logs into windows during a boot up.

Ken

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Pavilion dv4000 (EC315UA#ABA)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix F.13, 6/2/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.31
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name KENS-LAPTOP\Kenneth Goodman
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 449.70 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
 
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