Windows Vista Media Player (WMP11) Slow Loading and Skipping the End
When using Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) in Windows Vista, loading time between songs on automatic playlist sequence or pressing the Next or Previous (Back) or Play button is extremely slow and may take more than 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 seconds or take ages simply to load and change songs, with “Media changing” message. Beside, the last 10 seconds of any track were choppy and were skipping, interrupting the smooth playing of WMA or MP3 audio files.
To solve and fix the problem, follow this workaround:
- Click on Start Menu, then click on Control Panel.
- Click on Hardware and Sound link.
- Click on Sound applet.
- In the Sound window, open the Playback tab if it’s not yet already opened.
- Right click on Speakers/Headphones and then select Properties on the right click menu.
- Depending on which sound card or audio driver the computer is using, choose one of the following trick that fit your environment:
- If you have an “Effects” tab, click it and select “Disable System Effects.”
- If you have an “Enhancements” tab, click it and select “Disable All Enhancements.”
- If you have something else that is related to the above two tabs, click on the tab and try to disable whatever enhanced features that can be disabled.
- Click OK.
Try to playback the MP3s and audio song tracks with WMP 11 again. Now all tracks and songs should play fine.
The cause for this symptom is not exactly clear. Popular belief is that it’s a crap for DRM rights management related verification. Thus you can see there is spike in CPU usage by svchost.exe. The issue is known to happen on Sony and HP Vista notebook computers and also on those using Sigmatel CXD9872/CXD9872AKD High Definition Audio Codec.
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August 21st, 2009 10:03
Nice freaking job!!! I love you man!
July 3rd, 2009 23:57
thank you, thank you, thank you!
April 24th, 2009 20:05
Great post buddy
Thanks a lot
April 10th, 2009 06:49
omg!! thank you that worked brilliantly! I was worried it was to do with the amount of music I had in my library or something!
March 20th, 2009 06:42
it works thanks a lot i have a laptop hp with vista thanks this anoyed me a lot.
February 23rd, 2009 22:53
Thanks a lot!
February 23rd, 2009 20:18
I’ve had my laptop over a year, and everyone i asked couldn’t help me. Thankyou SO much!!!
February 19th, 2009 21:23
greaat!! it works thanks a lot ! now i can listen to my musique without waiting during 5 secondes everytime.
awesome!
impeccable marche tr
February 16th, 2009 07:35
Can I remove the Sigmatel Codec and replace it with a different one?
August 15th, 2008 22:41
You just helped me solve a problem that I’ve had with this computer for almost a year. Thank you so much.
August 11th, 2008 00:48
Thanks alot, this helped, im using a dell inspiron 1525 and it seems to have cleared it all up, it only was happening on some songs and if i rewound to check it, it would play normally, after some searching i found this and another site that suggested the same, everything sounding perfect now, i was at the stage where i thought i would have to uninstall and re-install WMP 11 which isnt easy, i tried!!!
Thanks alot
Pinecone
June 29th, 2008 00:52
Obrigado!!!!
June 23rd, 2008 11:48
THANK YOU! This has been driving me nuts for a long time, and it finally works. Thanks SO MUCH!
June 8th, 2008 05:38
That worked. Awesome!! Thanks man
July 22nd, 2007 02:16
That worked a treat. Thank you very, very much!!
July 18th, 2007 12:24
I could kiss you. Thanks.
July 10th, 2007 03:49
You’re a godsend. I can actually use WMP again.
June 27th, 2007 18:36
Awesome fix to wmp 11
June 18th, 2007 08:30
Awesome tip! Even though I didn’t have anything checked as enabled on the enhancements tab everything played great after I disabled all enhancements. Thanks!
June 14th, 2007 23:55
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June 13th, 2007 16:21
why not use winamp, WMP is so bulky full of non sense feature.
June 13th, 2007 13:43
Nice tip!!!
If WMP has crossfader, it should be better.