Windows Meida Player 100% CPU on only one mp3
I purchased and donwloaded an MP3 from Amazon. The first time I played it with Windows Media Player (WMP) it was fine. The second time, however, CPU usage went to 100% and stayed there. The file plays fine with other players (QuickTime and Real Player) and even with WMP on another computer. Only this one file gives the problem on this one computer, running Window XP SP3. All other MPS2 and audio files play OK. I first tried deleting the WMP database - with no improvement. I then completely uninstalled Windows Media Player, deleted all the associated files, but not the original music, restarted the computer and reinstalled WMP. Still the same result. Lastly I converted the MP3 to both .WAV and .WMA formats, and when I tried to play them with WMP I got the same 100% CPU usage. It so thoroughly uses up all the CPU that I have trouble even opening Task Manager. I am really puzzled. Any ideas?
fredshovel
Is that the only file that has this problem on WMP?
Which version of WMP, possible causes DRM, the lisense on this system has not been updated migrated correctly, may causes wmp to look for updates possibly via the internet
The version of WMP you have is outdated.
Windows Media Personal License
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/drm/pluwiz.aspx
Open your task manger and note which program is hogging the CPU.
Windows Explorer?
Internet Explorer?
The version of WMP you have is outdated.
Windows Media Personal License
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/drm/pluwiz.aspx
Open your task manger and note which program is hogging the CPU.
Windows Explorer?
Internet Explorer?
TEST, play the mp3 in a different player VLC or winamp
is this file 6 channel Dolby Digital or something?
Just thinking about your comment here>>All other MPS2 and audio files play OK.
Is that correct?
is this file 6 channel Dolby Digital or something?
Just thinking about your comment here>>All other MPS2 and audio files play OK.
Is that correct?
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Yes - this is the only audio file that I have looked at so far with the problem. At least another 20+ play OK on WMP with minimual CPU ~ 10-12%. That is what is really so puzzling.
It is a plain vanilla mp3 without any DRM. It is WMP 11 running on Windows XP Professional. When I finally get to the Task Manager it is wmplayer.exe which is hogging all the CPU.
And the file that causes all the problems with WMP plays OK with QuickTime and Real Player on the same computer. The same file also plays OK with WMP 11 on another computer running Windows Vista.
I am not doing any sharing of these media files.
It is a plain vanilla mp3 without any DRM. It is WMP 11 running on Windows XP Professional. When I finally get to the Task Manager it is wmplayer.exe which is hogging all the CPU.
And the file that causes all the problems with WMP plays OK with QuickTime and Real Player on the same computer. The same file also plays OK with WMP 11 on another computer running Windows Vista.
I am not doing any sharing of these media files.
Hi could you respond here>All other MPS2 and audio files play OK.
Is that correct?
what is mps2??
http://www.emotiva.com/mps2.shtm
I ahve never heard of an audio file in this format or name??
so at this point it must be the contents of this mp3, like maybe it's using ac3 codec
to find out drop it onto gspot it will provide what codecs is used in the audio.Then you will see red or green line if the codecs are installed.
If it's using some special codec WMP may attemp to look it up hense the 100 % cpu usage since it's not sure what to do kind of hangs..
If the file was taken from a dvd,
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GSpot
You may jusy need ffdshow or some codec so windows mp will play it nicely, it's related audio.
If it's only this one mp3 rules out all sorts of other things wih WMP itself
Where is this file located? On a mapped drive or network/ USB device on your HDD?
not from itunes?
Is that correct?
what is mps2??
http://www.emotiva.com/mps2.shtm
I ahve never heard of an audio file in this format or name??
so at this point it must be the contents of this mp3, like maybe it's using ac3 codec
to find out drop it onto gspot it will provide what codecs is used in the audio.Then you will see red or green line if the codecs are installed.
If it's using some special codec WMP may attemp to look it up hense the 100 % cpu usage since it's not sure what to do kind of hangs..
If the file was taken from a dvd,
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GSpot
You may jusy need ffdshow or some codec so windows mp will play it nicely, it's related audio.
If it's only this one mp3 rules out all sorts of other things wih WMP itself
Where is this file located? On a mapped drive or network/ USB device on your HDD?
not from itunes?
see if this can assist, suggestion is to remove any extraneous plugins like "What I'm Listening To" (MSN plugin), also disable visualisations.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/615682.html
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/615682.html
probably the way the file was encoded. just get a different file.
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ah i never thought about that. it could be that this file was encoded in a full 320 kbps as well. and the others might be only 128 or something. but yeah, right click on the file and choose properties. you should have all your information right in there. as for the wow effects, all you should need to do is turn them off inside the player and then close it, it should save it for next time. either that, or just use winamp, i think it has better sound anyways.