Duplicate song list with -4.hst

[Glen Turner]

Genlemen,

laddie, I downloaded the zip file but there was only one exe file there. It removed the wmfd file but not wmp11....I have tried all the other suggestions posted but to no avail.....I can't get 4.06 lyrics and music to play without lyrics being behind the music on this laptop...I still haven't heard back from Dell on an upgrade. The only thing left to try is to delete wmp11 if I could.....I wish i could at least go back to 4.03...it worked then....any other ideas?????????

[ddouglass]

Glen try this site to download Windows Media Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...Downloads.aspx
Look for the WMP 9 for (Windows 98,SE,ME,2000) this is the same one for XP too.

[Glen Turner]

Thanks dale.....I'll give it a whirl when I get in tonight....man I hate to think I may have to but a new machine...............Thanks again sir.....

[laddie]

Originally Posted by Glen Turner

Genlemen,

laddie, I downloaded the zip file but there was only one exe file there. It removed the wmfd file but not wmp11....I have tried all the other suggestions posted but to no avail.....I can't get 4.06 lyrics and music to play without lyrics being behind the music on this laptop...I still haven't heard back from Dell on an upgrade. The only thing left to try is to delete wmp11 if I could.....I wish i could at least go back to 4.03...it worked then....any other ideas?????????

Sorry bout that, left one dir out download again, both should be there now.http://forum.themuzikman.com

[Glen Turner]

Hey laddie, thanks for the zip files....downloaded them...removed wmp11, downloaded wmp9 just to be sure and it's still the same...OTHER than some of my .wav files look like picture negatives now (some don't) ...4.06 lyrics still run behind....this is starting to get to me.....Ahhhhhh!!!!! Any more ideas or suggestions folks? Thanks for your time with my problem.

[ddouglass]

Did you switch to the "Old" player in the Options? You didn't say.

[Glen Turner]

Hey Dale, sorry, yes I did....I think I've tried all the settings suggested. I went back over all the post (I actually printed all of them) to make sure I didn't miss anything. Works great till you connect a s-video cable and extend to another monitor. I logged my son in Va. (software engineer) to the forum so he could see all the post and he and I went thru it all together last night. It has him baffled too. If the video card in my laptop is not made onto the mother board, I'll buy a new one and upgrade it. My other son at Dell in Nashville just called me while I'm typing this and is double checking to see if that's possible....I don't know what else to do at this point. When I open the ATI Catalyst Control Center and look at the video hardware - it says there's 256 mg of memory and under it says Hyper Extended Memory even though the spec sheet when I bought the lapto shows 128mg card. I wasn't having any problem with the 4.03 but I thought I might be missing something if I didn't get the Free Upgrade to 4.06. Big mistake looking back. I don't do the kinds of shows most people on here do. I only have abpt 6500 kma files and we just use it for our fun and a few company parties and such. I hate losing out on the "insta-buttons" and the scrolling graphics by running 3.4 but that's all I can do at this point. I noticed a new post about "lryics lagging" and going to watch there to see if a new suggestion comes up. Looked like he didn't have the video card problems I may have. Sorry for the length of this. Thanks again...

[ddouglass]

I think the problem that is coming up with laptops now is not so much the video card as it is the power supply. Laptops are typically powered with just enough to run them to keep from taxing the battery in more than is necessary. This is showing up because the additional processing and and video power needed is putting a strain on the power supply and something has to give...thus video is lagging.
The main difference between 4.03 and 4.06 is the player. Version 4.03 only had the old player and 4.06 has the option to use it or the new player.
When you open the Tools/Options does the player box have Old or New in it? It should have Old.

[Glen Turner]

Yes I have the option of Old and New Player. Old has been selected for a while now. When I went back and checked it at the first suggestion it was already selected. Not sure when I had selected it it but it was set to Old....
My son at Dell just informed me there is no way to upgrade because video is soldered onto mother board....uh, uh uh...what a dilemma .....