Windows Media Player issue...

06-18-03, 11:42 AM

I use WMP for most of my music playing. Just preference I guess, but the last few days I have run into a problem and wanted to see if anyone else has had this and figured out what to do about it.

When a song comes to its end, usually it would take about 2-3 seconds to go on to the next song on the playlist. Recently, it now takes around 10 seconds for it to automatically go to the next song. I have not changed anything in WMP so I am not sure what is going on....

Any thoughts?

Jmtyra · 06-18-03, 01:58 PM

Thats weird. Personally, I have not ran into this problem....but then again I don't use WMP all that much, either.

If you use an IBM microdrive, then you could consider a defrag.

The only other thing I could think of is to try another player option. I use PocketMusic and it works great, and with lots of options.

Best of luck! :)

ceej13 · 06-18-03, 02:02 PM

If you just want to keep using your WMP try stopping it from memory settings and then restarting like you normally start it. It's kind of like a soft reset but for only that program. It sometimes works for me after I clear or delete my playlist.

06-18-03, 02:33 PM

Once Pocket Music lets you use the equalizer with WMP I will use it but not right now.

Ceej13...what do you mean by the memory settings in WMP. How do I go aobut doing that? Thanks for your help.

ceej13 · 06-18-03, 03:19 PM

I meant to check if it is still running in your Settings->System tab-->memory--->Running Programs.

06-18-03, 05:13 PM

OK, thanks Ceej..it wasn't running tho. Not sure what the deal is, but it is still doing it.

ceej13 · 06-18-03, 05:19 PM

Where do you keep your music stored? in the main memory or a memory card? if it is a microdrive, you may have to do as Jmtyra
has suggested. or possibly if you installed anything recently, the app may be interfereing with WMP (but that's just a maybe). Do you try and play it while synced to your PC? that's another possibility.

It could be how much main memory you have left (storage vs program) You want to make sure you have enough free program memory to run properly. I'm trying to figure out what can cause the delay aside from other programs running.

06-18-03, 05:38 PM

Well, I have all music stored on a 1GB CF card...have plenty of program and storage memory left (combined total of 50 MB left). Just playing it by itself with headphones, not connected to my laptop. Haven't installed anything recently...not sure what to think...but very frustrating.

ceej13 · 06-18-03, 05:53 PM

Hmm. You definitely have the Ax advance model. How much room is left on your CF card. I don't know why and highly doubt it is possible, but probably it's trying to use it's cache in your Cf card instead. I'm trying it out on mine but my .wmv and .wma files are loading quickly.
Did you check under WMP->Select to see if you have multiple playlists? that may be causing a problem as well.

06-18-03, 06:03 PM

I have around 120MB's left on the CF card...and each playlist is for individual CD's and one playlist with assorted "tunes". Nothing fancy...I may try taking some CD's off and see if that helps, but shouldn't be an issue, I would think.

ceej13 · 06-18-03, 06:21 PM

Nah. It really shouldn't be. I have about 3 playlists on mine "Playlist" for my music, "Wedding" for my wedding video and "MusicVids" for, what else, my music vids) and I have 3MB left on my 128MB sd card. it's not causing any problems. I don't want you to do a Hard reset. then you would start from scratch.

I wonder. Did you ever have to format your Cf card? I formatted both of my cards (CF and SD) using StorageTools from Softwinter. I formatted them using FAT32 sectors at 512bytes. You will have to reload your music again but it may help.

Cayouche · 07-03-03, 10:58 PM

This has probably been answered many times but I just can't find an answer.

I have a CF card 160MB, I listen to full albums but I still have plenty of room left. The file starts normally and plays fine, but if I want to skip a few songs, the player says buffering then playing, but it doesn't play, it just doesn't do anything.

I don't use WMP because of this, but still, I would like to know the reason it's doing this.

Thanks.

Cayouche · 07-04-03, 10:54 PM

anyone??

Relampago · 10-01-03, 10:00 PM

Same issue any ideas?

nemattoad · 10-01-03, 10:11 PM

hrm, I get the same problem :(

Pocketmusic costs too much for me, I want something free, withMP3 has probably the crappiest shuffle I have ever used, as in half the time it plays the song u played last? must be a WM2003 bug cuz its the beta version

My WMP sometimes works GREAT, other times, it doesnt go to the next song and locks up, other times it take a while, 10-20 seconds, other times it takes 5. Whether playing from CF or SD, still a problem.

bah, occasionally withMP3 works well, and I think I am going to give winampaq a try. I guess I can try pocketMVP, I hear that can play MP3s as well