Windows Start sound

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Dr. Dos

What controls the length of time the Windows Start sound plays?
I am attempting to use .wav files that run about 1 min 30
secs. That is about the time it takes after log-in to when
Windows XP SP2 is ready for business. Any of these longer
wav files run for a variety of times, never the same,
usually stopping between 20 secs and 1 min+. I have booted
"vanilla" with almost every TSR shut off in msconfig for
startup and services, but cannot isolate what stops the
startup sound prematurely.
Any ideas?
 
It has to do with size rather than length. Use as an example this .wav
stopped at 13 seconds.

A .wav encoded at CD quality (44kHz, 16-bit stereo), size 5.21MB, plays for
13 seconds. Saved at radio quality (22kHz, 8-bit mono), size 668KB, plays
in full.

To increase the maximum recording time in the Sound Recorder utility:

Make sure your microphone is muted so it will not pick up sound.
Click Record, and then let Sound Recorder run for 60 seconds.
After Sound Recorder stops recording, click Save As on the File menu, and
name the file Blank.wav.

You can repeat this step once for each additional minute of recording time
that you want to add. For example, for a 5-minute recording time, insert the
Blank.wav file five times.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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Kelly said:
It has to do with size rather than length. Use as an example this .wav
stopped at 13 seconds.

A .wav encoded at CD quality (44kHz, 16-bit stereo), size 5.21MB, plays for
13 seconds. Saved at radio quality (22kHz, 8-bit mono), size 668KB, plays
in full.

To increase the maximum recording time in the Sound Recorder utility:

Make sure your microphone is muted so it will not pick up sound.
Click Record, and then let Sound Recorder run for 60 seconds.
After Sound Recorder stops recording, click Save As on the File menu, and
name the file Blank.wav.

You can repeat this step once for each additional minute of recording time
that you want to add. For example, for a 5-minute recording time, insert the
Blank.wav file five times.
Click to expand...

Yes. It is the file size that limits the playing time at
start up.
I did not employ your demonstration of using sound recorder
and silence, I did modify the (music).wav files I want to
use for start up. I reduced the file sizes from about 24 MB
to slightly over 3MB by converting from stereo to mono, and
32 to 4 bit. This gives me the 2 minutes plus I was seeking
for startup. Thank you for the information.
 
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