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On a fairly regular basis I get choppy audio. This happens both when doing
streaming video or playing a musci file directly from my desktop hard drive.
Other times I can play an entire movie without any problem. Once the problem
happens the only way to fix it is to do a reboot which is really annoying
especially if the problem occurs half way thru a playback. I have windows
vista home premium, 4GB ram and a ton of hard drive memory as well as a video
card with 256k of ram and DSL broadbanc internet . I should have enough
capability for this not to happen. Is there anyway to diagnose if this is a
software proble or hardware issue? Also, how would I go about checking to
see if any of the hardware devices need to up updated? Thanks.
Carl

"carl43m" wrote in message
news:6C455B2D-4555-45E3-A6B5-CCD43CFD5C78@microsoft.com...
> On a fairly regular basis I get choppy audio. This happens both when
> doing
> streaming video or playing a musci file directly from my desktop hard
> drive.
> Other times I can play an entire movie without any problem. Once the
> problem
> happens the only way to fix it is to do a reboot which is really annoying
> especially if the problem occurs half way thru a playback. I have windows
> vista home premium, 4GB ram and a ton of hard drive memory as well as a
> video
> card with 256k of ram and DSL broadbanc internet . I should have enough
> capability for this not to happen. Is there anyway to diagnose if this is
> a
> software proble or hardware issue? Also, how would I go about checking to
> see if any of the hardware devices need to up updated? Thanks.
> Carl



I'd start by checking CPU usage levels when the choppiness occurs. A
competing for CPU cycles can often cause choppy audio.

It it's up at or near 100% each time, then that could explain it. Processor
speed could be a factor there.

--
Jon

Thanks, next time the choppiness starts I will check the CPU level. With 4GB
of Ram I never thought that would be a problem but I will check to be sure.

"Jon" wrote:

>
> "carl43m" wrote in message
> news:6C455B2D-4555-45E3-A6B5-CCD43CFD5C78@microsoft.com...
> > On a fairly regular basis I get choppy audio. This happens both when
> > doing
> > streaming video or playing a musci file directly from my desktop hard
> > drive.
> > Other times I can play an entire movie without any problem. Once the
> > problem
> > happens the only way to fix it is to do a reboot which is really annoying
> > especially if the problem occurs half way thru a playback. I have windows
> > vista home premium, 4GB ram and a ton of hard drive memory as well as a
> > video
> > card with 256k of ram and DSL broadbanc internet . I should have enough
> > capability for this not to happen. Is there anyway to diagnose if this is
> > a
> > software proble or hardware issue? Also, how would I go about checking to
> > see if any of the hardware devices need to up updated? Thanks.
> > Carl
>
>
>
> I'd start by checking CPU usage levels when the choppiness occurs. A
> competing for CPU cycles can often cause choppy audio.
>
> It it's up at or near 100% each time, then that could explain it. Processor
> speed could be a factor there.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>
>

Vista requires far more RAM for satisfactory performance. 32-Bit - 3GB,
64-bit - 4 to 8 GB.
"carl43m" wrote in message
news:6F504E5C-2D8F-4A1C-9387-786890979045@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, next time the choppiness starts I will check the CPU level. With
> 4GB
> of Ram I never thought that would be a problem but I will check to be
> sure.
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
>>
>> "carl43m" wrote in message
>> news:6C455B2D-4555-45E3-A6B5-CCD43CFD5C78@microsoft.com...
>> > On a fairly regular basis I get choppy audio. This happens both when
>> > doing
>> > streaming video or playing a musci file directly from my desktop hard
>> > drive.
>> > Other times I can play an entire movie without any problem. Once the
>> > problem
>> > happens the only way to fix it is to do a reboot which is really
>> > annoying
>> > especially if the problem occurs half way thru a playback. I have
>> > windows
>> > vista home premium, 4GB ram and a ton of hard drive memory as well as a
>> > video
>> > card with 256k of ram and DSL broadbanc internet . I should have
>> > enough
>> > capability for this not to happen. Is there anyway to diagnose if this
>> > is
>> > a
>> > software proble or hardware issue? Also, how would I go about checking
>> > to
>> > see if any of the hardware devices need to up updated? Thanks.
>> > Carl
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd start by checking CPU usage levels when the choppiness occurs. A
>> competing for CPU cycles can often cause choppy audio.
>>
>> It it's up at or near 100% each time, then that could explain it.
>> Processor
>> speed could be a factor there.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>

It is a known fact that Vista's audio skills are far inferior to WindowsXP.
it's a piece of junk packed with appearance, and little substance.

I used to enjoy high-end music on WinXP, I am back to Cable and Staellite
for my computer became too painful to listen to after "upgrading" to this
inept piece if half0finished code

He said e has 4GB, can you read?
It's NOt abou tRAM, it's about inferior OS that Vista is versus WinXP

"Mark Levitski" wrote in message
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> It is a known fact that Vista's audio skills are far inferior to
> WindowsXP.
> it's a piece of junk packed with appearance, and little substance.

Well known to who? References please.

> I used to enjoy high-end music on WinXP, I am back to Cable and Staellite
> for my computer became too painful to listen to after "upgrading" to this
> inept piece if half0finished code

Google can answer