Vista - WMP hiccups 20 seconds before end of song

Why does WMP go into major "hiccups" or skips/distortion exactly 20 seconds
before the end of each song played? All these songs worked perfectly on XP's
WMP but not on the new OS. And I have the identical problem on another brand
new computer (Vista). Both are brand new, current drivers, state of the art.

Is this hiccup caused because the system is accessing - or trying to figure
out - which song to play next?

Quite annoying!!

If you have a Sigma Tel audio adapter, as a workaround, right click on the
Speaker icon in the Notification Area of the Taskbar, select Playback Devices,
highlight the Speakers entry, Enhancements tab, deselect all enhancements.

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"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30188521-26C8-4D49-90C5-1B187896D7C7@microsoft.com...
> Why does WMP go into major "hiccups" or skips/distortion exactly 20 seconds
> before the end of each song played? All these songs worked perfectly on XP's
> WMP but not on the new OS. And I have the identical problem on another brand
> new computer (Vista). Both are brand new, current drivers, state of the art.
>
> Is this hiccup caused because the system is accessing - or trying to figure
> out - which song to play next?
>
> Quite annoying!!

i got the same problem. this worked, thanks.

but still it's crazy, what good will those enhancements be if don't work, it
appears across the board, or globe. seems everyone has those problems with
sigma tel and WMP11. haven't they tested it before releasing it out??

"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> If you have a Sigma Tel audio adapter, as a workaround, right click on the
> Speaker icon in the Notification Area of the Taskbar, select Playback Devices,
> highlight the Speakers entry, Enhancements tab, deselect all enhancements.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30188521-26C8-4D49-90C5-1B187896D7C7@microsoft.com...
> > Why does WMP go into major "hiccups" or skips/distortion exactly 20 seconds
> > before the end of each song played? All these songs worked perfectly on XP's
> > WMP but not on the new OS. And I have the identical problem on another brand
> > new computer (Vista). Both are brand new, current drivers, state of the art.
> >
> > Is this hiccup caused because the system is accessing - or trying to figure
> > out - which song to play next?
> >
> > Quite annoying!!
>
>
>

It seems that ALL the audio adapter manufacturers are having problems getting
fully functional/featured audio driver/applications for Vista. Microsoft
completely changed the way audio is handled in Vista. We will just have to be
patient.

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"darwin" <darwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B03E2172-CC03-4B88-A022-ADC0A7578D9D@microsoft.com...
>i got the same problem. this worked, thanks.
>
> but still it's crazy, what good will those enhancements be if don't work, it
> appears across the board, or globe. seems everyone has those problems with
> sigma tel and WMP11. haven't they tested it before releasing it out??
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> If you have a Sigma Tel audio adapter, as a workaround, right click on the
>> Speaker icon in the Notification Area of the Taskbar, select Playback
>> Devices,
>> highlight the Speakers entry, Enhancements tab, deselect all enhancements.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:30188521-26C8-4D49-90C5-1B187896D7C7@microsoft.com...
>> > Why does WMP go into major "hiccups" or skips/distortion exactly 20 seconds
>> > before the end of each song played? All these songs worked perfectly on
>> > XP's
>> > WMP but not on the new OS. And I have the identical problem on another
>> > brand
>> > new computer (Vista). Both are brand new, current drivers, state of the
>> > art.
>> >
>> > Is this hiccup caused because the system is accessing - or trying to figure
>> > out - which song to play next?
>> >
>> > Quite annoying!!
>>
>>
>>