Subj : Free WMP alternative? To : MIKE POWELL From : Grymmjack Date : Wed Jun 08 2005 07:40 am > Is there a freeware alternative to Windows Media Player that will handle all > of the media formats that WMP will play (audio and video)? zoomplayer is really good, but it is slightly complex. in essence, you can configure it to do whatever you want (almost), and not a single advanced expert option is every hidden from you which is good for me, but may be bad for your friend.. > and either will not allow other sounds to play from that point on, or > keeps playing until another sound "pushes" it out, and starts hanging on > its own. sounds like a buffer issue. there is that slider in the advanced property of devices to allow x seconds of buffering for the soundcard, try adjusting that all the way up. what brand/make of soundcard? > Annoying to say the least. I attempted to uninstall the WMP update, but > it was not listed as uninstallable. Since the sound was working fine > before, I am leaning more towards it being a software problem than a > hardware problem (although I have seen hardware problems cause this > scenario before). if it was working, then you updated, and now it does that, it's definitely not hardware. - grymmjack .