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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on March 23, 2006, 11:15:13 am

Title: WMP issue
Post by: Kosh on March 23, 2006, 11:15:13 am

Starting yesterday, whenever I use WMP for anything (streaming the BBC Worldservice, watching a clip, or even just leaving it open for a little bit), my page file usage shoots up to 900+ MB which makes my computer close to unuseable. This just suddenly started happening. I tried re-installing WMP 9, I tried upgrading to WMP 10, nothing has worked. It just keeps coming back. Short of reformatting my hard drive, what can I do to fix it?

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: Martinus on March 23, 2006, 01:26:52 pm

I don't want to sound like a dick here but the beast answer I can give you is simply 'use a better piece of software'. WMP has gotten incrementally ****tier with every new version.

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: ZmaN on March 23, 2006, 04:02:12 pm

WMP has spazzes like this often...  So many people call me asking me why they suddenly can play certain clips, or why the computer just wont run it or why it just doesnt work like it should...  The ONLY way is reformatting, unless you can cope with something else such as Quicktime, Itunes, RealPlaywe, or possibly MusicMatch....

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: karajorma on March 23, 2006, 04:36:51 pm

Just use media player classic or something else.

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: demon442 on March 26, 2006, 10:47:07 am

Winamp.  End of discussion.

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: Herra Tohtori on March 26, 2006, 11:12:54 am

Or VLC Player...

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: vyper on March 26, 2006, 11:27:20 am

This is one of those bizzare things. Have you installed any new codecs lately?

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: Kosh on March 26, 2006, 04:29:45 pm

No, mostly I just stream the World Service. I think that it only uses Media Player.


And I haven't reformatted this computer in more than a year. My computer in America hasn't been reformatted in several years, yet I have never had this problem before.

Title: Re: WMP issue
Post by: Spectre-7 on March 26, 2006, 05:18:12 pm

Most Windows media filetypes can be played with whichever player you like, as long as you have the right codecs installed.  I personally prefer WinAmp...   Actually, I prefer not using Windows, but I suppose that's neither here nor there.  :)