Windows Media Player skips music and more

I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.

When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM Surrogate
has stopped working and needs to be closed.

A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player, towards
the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows Media Player,
it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It kind of feels like
it's prefetching the next song and that's what's causing but I wouldn't know
how to turn that off.

I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?

Thanks!

Anyone?

There's more people here complaining about this too.
http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966

Spysect


"Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
>
> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
>
> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It kind
> of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's causing but
> I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
>
> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

Personally I have stopped using Media Player as version 11 is a disaster on
all my system. Use an alternate like Media Player Classic. Works great for
me. Free doesn't hurt.

"Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:6D28DAAB-C122-4897-B68B-804373641B8B@microsoft.com...
> Anyone?
>
> There's more people here complaining about this too.
> http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966
>
> Spysect
>
>
> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
>> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
>>
>> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
>> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
>>
>> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
>> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
>> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It kind
>> of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's causing
>> but I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
>>
>> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>

How do you set it as default on Media Center then? It has the same problem
too


"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:%23h4x3hqLHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Personally I have stopped using Media Player as version 11 is a disaster
> on all my system. Use an alternate like Media Player Classic. Works
> great for me. Free doesn't hurt.
>
> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:6D28DAAB-C122-4897-B68B-804373641B8B@microsoft.com...
>> Anyone?
>>
>> There's more people here complaining about this too.
>> http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966
>>
>> Spysect
>>
>>
>> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
>>>
>>> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
>>> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
>>>
>>> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
>>> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
>>> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It
>>> kind of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's
>>> causing but I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
>>>
>>> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

I have never had any luck with Media Center. I have set up MP3 and MP4 to
use MPC and I open MPC and then open any movies with the file tab.

"Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:227F7DD1-B99A-4E73-ADC7-3BFD5BD8B2DB@microsoft.com...
> How do you set it as default on Media Center then? It has the same
> problem too
>
>
> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> news:%23h4x3hqLHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Personally I have stopped using Media Player as version 11 is a disaster
>> on all my system. Use an alternate like Media Player Classic. Works
>> great for me. Free doesn't hurt.
>>
>> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:6D28DAAB-C122-4897-B68B-804373641B8B@microsoft.com...
>>> Anyone?
>>>
>>> There's more people here complaining about this too.
>>> http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966
>>>
>>> Spysect
>>>
>>>
>>> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
>>>> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
>>>> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
>>>>
>>>> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
>>>> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
>>>> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It
>>>> kind of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's
>>>> causing but I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
>>>>
>>>> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

i've seen the following solution in other posts here and it cured my "skip 20
seconds before end of song" problem that has been driving me crazy:

in control panel, go to sound, find your sound device properties and go to
the "enhancements" tab and check the "disable all enhancements" checkbox.

my guess is that it's looking ahead to the next song to figure out if it
needs to make adjustments. not worth the CPU time if it causing skipping in
the current song.

thanks again to Michael and whoever he got this from for finding this - it's
been driving me and a lot of others crazy!


"John Barnes" wrote:

> I have never had any luck with Media Center. I have set up MP3 and MP4 to
> use MPC and I open MPC and then open any movies with the file tab.
>
> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:227F7DD1-B99A-4E73-ADC7-3BFD5BD8B2DB@microsoft.com...
> > How do you set it as default on Media Center then? It has the same
> > problem too
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> > news:%23h4x3hqLHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> Personally I have stopped using Media Player as version 11 is a disaster
> >> on all my system. Use an alternate like Media Player Classic. Works
> >> great for me. Free doesn't hurt.
> >>
> >> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6D28DAAB-C122-4897-B68B-804373641B8B@microsoft.com...
> >>> Anyone?
> >>>
> >>> There's more people here complaining about this too.
> >>> http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966
> >>>
> >>> Spysect
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
> >>>> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
> >>>>
> >>>> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
> >>>> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
> >>>>
> >>>> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
> >>>> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
> >>>> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It
> >>>> kind of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's
> >>>> causing but I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
> >>>>
> >>>> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>

Yep, the below fixed it perfectly. I had 2 audio devices showing there.
Disabled for all and both the DELAYED START and the SKIPPING problems
are no more.
Thanks!!!


-i've seen the following solution in other posts here and it cured my
"skip 20
seconds before end of song" problem that has been driving me crazy:

in control panel, go to sound, find your sound device properties and go
to
the "enhancements" tab and check the "disable all enhancements"
checkbox.

my guess is that it's looking ahead to the next song to figure out if
it
needs to make adjustments. not worth the CPU time if it causing
skipping in
the current song.

thanks again to Michael and whoever he got this from for finding this -
it's
been driving me and a lot of others crazy!
-


--
timrice

THANK YOU!!!!
you are friggin awesome, i was going crazy because on every other track to
'Minutes to Midnight' was going insane. once again THANK YOU!!!!1

"Neil" wrote:

> i've seen the following solution in other posts here and it cured my "skip 20
> seconds before end of song" problem that has been driving me crazy:
>
> in control panel, go to sound, find your sound device properties and go to
> the "enhancements" tab and check the "disable all enhancements" checkbox.
>
> my guess is that it's looking ahead to the next song to figure out if it
> needs to make adjustments. not worth the CPU time if it causing skipping in
> the current song.
>
> thanks again to Michael and whoever he got this from for finding this - it's
> been driving me and a lot of others crazy!
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
> > I have never had any luck with Media Center. I have set up MP3 and MP4 to
> > use MPC and I open MPC and then open any movies with the file tab.
> >
> > "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:227F7DD1-B99A-4E73-ADC7-3BFD5BD8B2DB@microsoft.com...
> > > How do you set it as default on Media Center then? It has the same
> > > problem too
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> > > news:%23h4x3hqLHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > >> Personally I have stopped using Media Player as version 11 is a disaster
> > >> on all my system. Use an alternate like Media Player Classic. Works
> > >> great for me. Free doesn't hurt.
> > >>
> > >> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:6D28DAAB-C122-4897-B68B-804373641B8B@microsoft.com...
> > >>> Anyone?
> > >>>
> > >>> There's more people here complaining about this too.
> > >>> http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4966
> > >>>
> > >>> Spysect
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> "Spysect" <spysect@SPLATMEgmail.com> wrote in message
> > >>> news:3B3A836B-A4E9-4E3A-9C7B-6A14B16FC1E5@microsoft.com...
> > >>>> I'm having problems with my Windows Vista at the moment.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> When trying to play video files, an error message pops up with COM
> > >>>> Surrogate has stopped working and needs to be closed.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> A more annoying problem is that when playing music on Media Player,
> > >>>> towards the end of any song (20 seconds), all songs played in Windows
> > >>>> Media Player, it starts to skip. It only skips for a second or 2. It
> > >>>> kind of feels like it's prefetching the next song and that's what's
> > >>>> causing but I wouldn't know how to turn that off.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I use a Sony VAIO VGN-FE21S, any ideas on how to fix the problem?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >