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I am running a Pentium 4 with 128mb RDRAM, and WinME. With fresh boot, and maximus system resoures after opening WinME (about 94%)all MP3 players work fine. After opening and closing a few apps, or just going on line,system resources fall to 70-80% and sounds start hiccuping (momentary pauses). Becomes worse with lower system resources. Several people I have talked to say best to upgrade to at least 196mb RDRAM with WinME and Pentium 4. Others say memory is not the problem and would be a waste of money. RDRAM really expensive at $2/mb. Responses appreciated.
Do a ctrl-alt-del when you start having problems and see what is running. You might have a background task using all your resources. 256meg would also help.
If you have full time virus protection running, stop it!! It takes up too much resources. Just scan anything you download to be safe but otherwise it can kill you!
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Stop using Windows Media Player 7. Memory is not the isue here, i increased my memory to 192 meg and it did not make any difference. I have the same problem also with playing musical CDs. WMP7 is skipping and stalling even if turned on as the only application after freshly rebooted computer.
WINAMP is working just fine, for CDs MAXIMUS CD is working fine (even when running many application at the same time and resources dropped under 50%). WMP6.4 is working also fine for mp3, just some of them cant be decoded. Also yell at the computer tech support about that, just to let them know that they cant sell us that cr*p.
Regards Miro
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I had the same problem with my MP3's AFTER downloading the latest Napster upgrade. You didn't mention that in your original text. If that is the case, un-install the latest upgrade from Napster. I wasn't able to play from Winamp or WMP. This fixed my problem.
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Unfortunately, MP3's hiccup with all players(MusicMatch, WMP, Napster player, IMesh player). Therefore, I don't think the problem is with the player software. Music CDs play fine. Sound card is working Ok. I think it is a memory issue. Some people tell me that WinMe needs at least 196mb RAM to work well!! RDRAM only sold in 64mb units, and I need a pair. That's over $250 to upgrade to 256mb RDRAM!!!! To expensive to experiment. Anyone have any thoughts?
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I increased the memory on my computer from 64 meg to 192 meg, luckilly it did cost me only $70. It did not make a difference in skipping and stalling WMP7.
Other music players are doing well and did well even with 64 meg. I suggest to you to buy a nice stereo for $250 and burn your mp3 on CDs.
Check also what is running in background in your computer... check the resources ..do the msconfig thingie....disable virus protection and use it only when you need it.
Did you try WINAMP?..... and yell real loud at the tech support if you are still in waranty.
Regards Miro
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It is not a RAM problem or a sluggish system. Turn down audio playback hardware acceleration one notch at a time until it goes away. My 256mb Dual Pentium III 800 had the same problem with SB Live Platinum 5.1- Don't know why, but that finally resolved it.
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Nick,
Am having same problems with my SB Live. The Playcenter software used to work fine but is suddenly chalking up hiccups. Winamp runs fine too. What do you mean by turning down audio playback hardware acceleration? How does one go about doing it? Help would be much appreciated, thanks!
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