If WMA plays immediately, but MP3 takes a long hit before first play, perhaps it's a codec issue? It's as though the DLL is taking a long time to load, but once it's loaded, it's fine.
Yes, and I actually had similar issues a while back, now that i think about it, after installing Win7Codec (
http://shark007.net/).
So, are you recommending this?
I don't have any idea what codec(s) are installed on my computer, nor do I know how to find out. I did notice one thing about the one you linked to:
The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of the Vista Codec Package.
amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid
It doesn't list MP3. Is that because all codecs include MP3 and I'm not smart enough to know that?
Another interesting thing of note is that the description of this codec says it will automatically delete most other installed codecs during its installation. That makes me a bit nervous...
And, of course the fact that my existing codec, whatever it may be, has worked without problems for years makes me wonder about needing to replace it.
Do other media players (like Real Audio) have their own codecs built in, or do they use whatever codecs are the system default? Real Audio will play an MP3 file without delay.
I dunno...
tanstaafl.
edit:
Audio Codecs
Type Name Format Binary Version
ACM Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC 0011 imaadp32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC 0007 msg711.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC 0031 msgsm32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft ADPCM CODEC 0002 msadp32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (decode only) 0055 l3codeca.acm 1.9.0.402
ACM Microsoft PCM Converter 0001
DMO WMAudio Decoder DMO 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163 WMADMOD.DLL 11.0.6001.7000
DMO WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO 0162 WMADMOD.DLL 11.0.6001.7000
DMO WMSpeech Decoder DMO 000A, 000B WMSPDMOD.DLL 11.0.6002.18034
DMO MP3 Decoder DMO 0055 mp3dmod.dll 11.0.6001.7000
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