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Don't worry, small rodents haven't set up housekeeping in Windows
Media Player. Instead, your sound card's clock most likely has a timing
problem. To fix the problem, try reducing the hardware-acceleration
level for your audio card by doing the following:
1.
In Control Panel, open Sounds and Audio Devices.
2.
On the
Volume tab, in the
Speaker settings area, click the
Advanced button.
3.
In the
Advanced Audio Properties dialog box, click the
Performance tab, and then adjust the
Hardware acceleration slider control to adjust the clock timing for your sound card.
Keep
in mind that, if your sound card supports multichannel (5.1) audio
playback, turning off hardware acceleration (by moving the slider to
None) will cause the sound card to play all multichannel audio in stereo (two speaker) sound.
If you can't fix the problem by adjusting hardware acceleration, check for updates for your sound card by doing the following:
•
Check for sound-card driver updates. You should scan for updates on the
Windows Update Web site and also check for updates on the Web site of your sound card maker.
•
Check for Microsoft DirectX updates by scanning for updates on the
Windows Update Web site.
