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Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:31:34
Taking 80% CPU as of the other day. Anybody else have the same problem and how can you fix it?


Thanks in advance


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Whits on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:37:24
www.winamp.com - thats how you fix it   :wink:


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:42:42
I prefer windows media player to be honest, winamp used to be better but  they've really improved media player and it's very convenient.

Haven't had that problem but if you haven't got it already download windows media player 10, that might work. Mine's only using 5%.


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:48:03
I have wmp10 and have disabled visualisations. If I play things in Realplayer it only uses about 5%. I was liking wmp, but this takes the biscuit.


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:50:48
Ok I disabled the music manager plug in and that leaves cpu usage at 10-20%, a definite improvement


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: magicroundabout on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 17:55:20
download Nero Express 6.
it's fucking ace


Title: Re: Windows Media Player
Post by: Panda Paws on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 19:25:10
Quote from: "simon pieman"
Taking 80% CPU as of the other day. Anybody else have the same problem and how can you fix it?


www.apple.com/macosx

Windowz sucks


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: blinkpip on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 19:27:37
How do you check how much it is using?


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 19:33:43
Quote from: "blinkpip"
How do you check how much it is using?


ctrl+alt+delete to bring up task manager. then look in the processes for wmplayer.exe



I think the problem is actually another plug in that i uninstalled, but it seems it didnt do it properly  :|

Fixing it now though (hopefully), otherwise i will download winamp


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: flammableBen on Sunday, May 22, 2005, 22:48:59
I prefer winamp, media player always seems too bulky. Can be a bit funny about playing some films though, if it is then Video Lan (http://www.videolan.org/) is pretty good. Uses alternative built in codecs if I remember correctly. Top little program


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, May 23, 2005, 00:23:20
Removed wmp completely from system no registry entries left either  :twisted:

Downloading winamp pro now. god bless www.torrentspy.com :nod:


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Monday, May 23, 2005, 00:34:08
Don't think I could do without Windows media player, it's class.


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, May 23, 2005, 00:42:40
All the media players aren't too much different these days, all have their good and bad points. Winamp is running at 5% cpu, so fuck Micro$oft  :twisted:


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: sonicyouth on Monday, May 23, 2005, 00:46:48
I've always used Winamp, by far the best 8)


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Monday, May 23, 2005, 00:55:39
The thing I don't like about winamp is the media library I think it'd be better if it you could maximise it take up the whole screen like media player, also prefer the way media player plays videos. I used winamp until I got windows xp then switched and only use it occasionally now.

The worst one I've tried though was itunes, couldn't stand it, didn't seem to have any good points at all, dunno what people see in mac stuff really, might be ok for designers but I don't like it at all, everythings too complicated, no right mouse button. :evil:


Title: Windows Media Player
Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, May 23, 2005, 01:22:36
You can get a plug in for the maximise playlist. I thought wmp ability to play avi files wasn't that good, but I use divX player anyway