I have 3 pcs, one old (1.2 Duron), one mid-level (Athlon 2600+) and one quite good (Athlon 64 3500+). The problem I'm having is with the mid-level one. Unless the media player I am using is the selected window, the mp3's playback is very choppy and inconsistent. It does this no matter which player I use (have tried windows media player, winamp, vlc and jet audio). I am using the same codecs on all 3 machines, and all mp3s play perfectly even on the slow machine. All machines are using onboard sound. Any assistance?
2007-06-03 01:07:35 · 2 answers · asked by Goku 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
what's happening is, the highlighted window is the one your processor treats as having priority. for some reason, your mid level computer is treating media as an extremely low level process and therefore gets jumpy when you aren't focused on that window. sadly, the only cure for this that i know is to ctrl alt delete, processes, and then right click and set the priority of your mp3 player of choice to slightly higher or highest. this will cause it to be smooth no matter what the pc is focused on. im sorry, i don't know how to do this permanently, but maybe someone else will. i have the same processor on my work computer, and it does that on mine, but as you said, not on my old 1.4 ghz socket a. maybe just a crap processor.
2007-06-03 01:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by joelius24 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check you UDMA settings, sounds like its on PIO mode.
2007-06-03 01:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋