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Audio codec problem?
I've been experiencing some audio problems recently on one my systems.
The problem only occurs on Windows video files (AVI, WMV, MPG, etc.), but not on Quicktime video files (MOV). I've tried several different media players, from the default Windows Media Player, to Media Player Classic, RealPlayer, Nero Showtime, and various other media players lying around that were packaged with various things. The symptoms are always the same. The video plays, but the audio doesn't after the first time. So for example, you can play any video file with its video & audio the first time after reboot, but when you try playing it a second time (or playing any other video file for that matter), the audio doesn't play anymore. Windows Media Player starts and exits saying, "You're running low on memory, quit other programs and try again", followed by the "Close" button. Yeah, right I have 1GB of RAM, and 3.5GB of swap! Media Player Classic just aborts completely. RealPlayer plays the video, but there's no sound. Other media players do the same sort of thing too. Now, I think it's an audio codec problem because Quicktime player plays its own files without problems, since it has its own native codecs built-in. Also audio files aren't affected if you play them through Winamp, which also has its own internal MP3 codec. But try to play the same MP3's through Windows Media Player, and no sound comes out, because it's using the default system codec. I'm not sure if this is related but the problems seem to have started after a recent Microsoft major patch update. I was thinking maybe the update to WMP 11 was causing it, so I uninstalled it and reverted back to WMP 10, but that didn't cure it. I've also updated the soundcard drivers (Hercules GameSurround Fortissimo III 7.1) to the latest available, but that didn't do anything. Windows XP SP2, of course. How would I go about debugging the codec? Changing default codecs, etc.? Yousuf Khan |
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