Vista - Windows Media Player Hiccups !!!!!

At exactly 20 seconds prior to the end of every song played (repeat every
single song, every single song, every single song) on Windows Media Player
11, there is an unmistakeable and highly annoying "hiccup" or skip in the
music. Every single song, whether it was ripped 5 years ago or 5 minutes ago
on this computer or on Joe Blow's computer, there is a
e..e...e...e...disruption!!!!!!!
This ridiculous error is also happening on another brand new computer
(Vista) which makes me wonder what is going on in the new WMP11. This
doesn't happen on XP running WMP11.
Who has the answer to this annoying "growing pain?" And don't blame the
source or the ripping please . . . . . . . . . it is definately a program
malfunction!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave,

Right click on speaker icon in lower right.
Select playback devices
Select speakers / properties
Select enhancements tab
check the box disable all enhancements.

Michael

"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF79D7B7-4179-40D9-9E42-DA4AAC1731D5@microsoft.com...
> At exactly 20 seconds prior to the end of every song played (repeat every
> single song, every single song, every single song) on Windows Media Player
> 11, there is an unmistakeable and highly annoying "hiccup" or skip in the
> music. Every single song, whether it was ripped 5 years ago or 5 minutes
> ago
> on this computer or on Joe Blow's computer, there is a
> e..e...e...e...disruption!!!!!!!
> This ridiculous error is also happening on another brand new computer
> (Vista) which makes me wonder what is going on in the new WMP11. This
> doesn't happen on XP running WMP11.
> Who has the answer to this annoying "growing pain?" And don't blame the
> source or the ripping please . . . . . . . . . it is definately a program
> malfunction!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:50:03 -0700, Dave
<Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>At exactly 20 seconds prior to the end of every song played (repeat every
>single song, every single song, every single song) on Windows Media Player
>11, there is an unmistakeable and highly annoying "hiccup" or skip in the
>music. Every single song, whether it was ripped 5 years ago or 5 minutes ago
>on this computer or on Joe Blow's computer, there is a
>e..e...e...e...disruption!!!!!!!
>This ridiculous error is also happening on another brand new computer
>(Vista) which makes me wonder what is going on in the new WMP11. This
>doesn't happen on XP running WMP11.
>Who has the answer to this annoying "growing pain?" And don't blame the
>source or the ripping please . . . . . . . . . it is definately a program
>malfunction!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calm down. If there was such a serious bug I'm sure others would have
reported it by now. But just to humor you I tried a half a dozen
different songs, all professionally rendered in top of the line
professional grade audio software as a Mp3 file and I didn't hear
anything. I took it to the next level and "looked" at the song's wave
pattern and I don't see anything there either. Not at 20 seconds from
the end or anywhere else in the song.

I'm not suggesting YOU don't hear it, simply that I can't duplicate it
which suggests it isn't in WMP11.

Give more details. What file type, what birate recorded at, did you
try other players, etc.. Also, if you want me or others to test it,
post it, so we can try the file you're playing.