I forgot to add I did not use defrag at all before I had this problem. It
has been about three weeks since I defragged and this video problem came
well after that.
Bob
"Bob" <bobbREMOVE-CAPSus99@xxxxxx-CAPShoo.com> wrote in message
news:OMEUw$muIHA.2292@xxxxxx
Quote:
> First, thank you for your response, and so fast, you are great.
>
> All other videos work well except Tradestation video but this might be
> related, before this problem came up that yahoo news clip videos stopped
> working. I posted to this group about yahoo news clip videos not working
> a few days earlier and I did not get a response.
>
> Tradestation support responded similar to you:
> "WMP in Vista Ultimate 64 Sp1 is extremely buggy. Acer may be right.
>
> Very possible that WMP damaged the training video if it was downloaded or
> copied to your PC and played first on WMP...in which case, download or
> copy it again.
>
> Also do NOT defrag your hard drive with the Vista defrag utilities...it
> will corrupt many (but not all) large files - the video likely is quite
> large."
>
> It would be easy to start all over again. I just go to the appropriate
> web page and click on the link again. But I assume I need to delete the
> corrupted file first. How do I do that? Where does WMP keep the cache so
> I can clean it out or how do I delete WMP cache? I have been using
> Ccleaner to clean cache in IE7 and other junk files; I assume it will also
> clean WMP cache.
>
> Or maybe the question is how do I use video without corrupting it?
>
> If Tradestation support comments were correct that WMP "damaged the
> training video", is there a different video player you would suggest I use
> if WMP corrupts video files?
>
> Is there anything to the Tradestation support comments that Vista defrag
> corrupts some large files? If so, can you suggest a different utility
> (free?) that I can use to defrag my computer?
>
> Once again, for what its worth, thanks so much for your help!!
>
> Bob
>
> "John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eb4fJviuIHA.2188@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Bob wrote: Quote:
>>> I play this 1:01:18 long training video on WMP and at 39:13 the sound
>>> beaks up or glitches. The training video is from
>>> mms://66.151.41.51/platform_introduction It might be password
>>> protected for you because it is Tradestation training video. The
>>> sound or talking is coming through but it breaks up or glitches
>>> through the remaining video playtime and it is difficult to
>>> understand. If I really concentrate I can understand it but it
>>> should not be this way. Before 39:13 it sounds great.
>>> Searching for an answer http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html suggests:
>>> "Vista-only: If your sound card is crackling or having audio glitching
>>> (especially towards the end of tracks!), right-click on the Speaker
>>> icon in the system tray, select Playback Devices, right-click
>>> Speakers in that new dialog, go to Properties, then go to
>>> Enhancements - choose "Disable All Enhancements" and you should be
>>> fixed up." I tried this and it did not help.
>>>
>>> I installed a freeware video player that would run
>>> mms://66.151.41.51/platform_introduction and it did the same
>>> thing. I installed RealPlayer and at 39:13 RealPlayer sound beaks up
>>> or glitches just like WMP and the freeware player. I am thinking of
>>> trying Quicktime, would that do it?
>>>
>>> Are there some settings I need to adjust? Is it Tradestation
>>> creating some type of error in there training video?
>>>
>>> I called Acer support and they said it is a "Microsoft" issue and
>>> they can only help me with Acer software and hardware. If any of you
>>> think this is a hardware issue please let me know so I can credibly
>>> insist Acer help me with this.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on things to try would be very much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Background info: I have a AMD 4400+ 64X2 4GB memory 320GB HD(way
>>> bigger than I need) Acer computer (AM3100-U3201A) I purchased new
>>> February 2008 running MS Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit box. I check
>>> for MS auto updates very frequently. I think it has onboard shared
>>> memory sound and video.
>>> For what it's worth, I want to thank all you people who read and
>>> answer the endless computer problems posted on these groups. You
>>> guys have really helped me a number of times. Thank you so much for
>>> your service!!!!
>>> Bob >> ===========================================
>> Do you experience this behavior on all videos or just this
>> one...the reason I ask is because I'm thinking the file may
>> be corrupted.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> Digital Media MVP
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>> >