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soundcard stitch-up
Name: graham Date: July 19, 2002 at 08:04:37 Pacific
Comment:
Hi - Please Help. The system - XP Professional P111 550mhz (MsNet) 40meg HD. Nvidia Riva TNT 1X DVD CDR/RW 52speed CDR
I download a lot of music/ Mp3 stuff using Kazaa & WinMX. Windows media player never had any playback issues & i was quite a happy chappy UNTILL - one dark day, i found that i had 'blown up' my (onboard ESS Maestro) sound system. I popped off to my friendly retailer & picked up a new sound-card - a GameSurround MUSE with all the bits attached & a new pair of LabTech speakers as well. I disabled my on-board sound stuff & slotted in my new goodies / plugged in the speakers. I didn't load ALL the shipped software but just the neccessary. Problem - i believe that Win Media player may be conflicting / clashing with my new stuff. When i play music tracks in WMP - it sounds like i'm listening to it 'underwater'. It sounds horrendus !!! Terrible!!! Is there a clash? / mismatch? or something? My music plays just fine under Gamesurround Muse. I do like WMedia player however - what's the use if it doesn't do the biz?
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