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Windows Media Player Playback Is Choppy And Skipping, Anyway to fix the problem ?

Anonymous
2009-11-02T09:51:18+00:00

I enjoy the way Windows Media Player is on Windows 7 but at times some songs are Choppy and sound as if they are skipping, its only some songs, I don't understand why that is so, but is there anyway to fix it, because I want to place my music collection back in my PC, but I'm not sure if Windows Media Player would play my files properly, also when its a playlist there is no skipping, only when I select files, but CD audio doesn't skip it plays flawless. Anyway to fix the MP3 problem ?

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Anonymous
2009-11-04T05:29:10+00:00

The problem was easily solved by me turning off my enhancements, that is what caused the choppy playback, now all the files I play on WMP plays flawless.. so if anyone has this problem the proper thing is to check and see if you have any enhancements on, while playing files, that will most likely solve the problem.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-08-01T20:27:56+00:00

    On Windows 7:

    1. Launch the "sound" control panel applet.
    2. On the playback tab, select the playback device you are using (mine was "Speakers / Headphones")
    3. Click the properties button.
    4. Select the "Enhancement" tab
    5. Check the "Disable all enhancements" check box.
    6. Click Apply and skipping stopped for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-01-23T23:36:49+00:00

    go to Control Panel,  Sound Effect Manager,  go to the Sound Effect tab and make sure the Environment drop down is on "none"   then go to the Equalizer tab and make sure the "on" box is NOT checked    click OK and you should be set.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-01-21T01:44:57+00:00

    How do you turn off enhancements?

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-11-02T18:34:45+00:00

    Hi

    Have u tried closing down everything except WMP to make sure its not a resource issue?

    Wots ur CPU/RAM usage when things get choppy?

    Have u got the latest sound drivers installed?

    Have u tried replacing the dodgy MP3s with ones from a backup in case they're corrupt?

    Do you get the same problem if you use a different MP3 player program?

    Jetta

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